CISL Daily Bulletin

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Where to run small, CPU-only jobs?

November 16, 2023

CISL recommends running small jobs that use only CPUs on the Casper cluster’s high-throughput computing (HTC) nodes. Casper has 64 HTC nodes specifically for running small batch jobs. It also has: • Shared resources rather than dedicated Derecho nodes. • More available memory, plus NVMe swap for overflow and local storage. • Direct PBS cross-submission from Derecho. See Starting Casper jobs w...

NCAR receives HPCwire award at SC23

November 13, 2023

CISL is receiving an award from HPCwire, a prominent and well-established news and information resource covering high-performance computing. NCAR has won the organization’s Readers’ Choice Award in the category of Best Use of High Performance Data Analytics. HPCwire will present the award to CISL in-booth at the SC23 conference, on Tuesday at 10am in the NCAR/CISL booth (#1517), with Scott P...

NCAR Staff Participating in the Annual Supercomputing Conference - Potentially Slowed Response Times

November 13, 2023

The annual International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Conference is occurring this week in Denver, CO, with strong participation from much of NCAR’s CISL staff. We will continue to monitor system performance and help desk tickets during this time, however response times may be delayed.

No system downtimes for week of November 13 - 17

November 13, 2023

None planned for Cheyenne, Casper, Derecho, GLADE, Quasar, Stratus, or JupyterHub.

Cheyenne Countdown: Before Cheyenne retires, get these useful tips on the Derecho switch!

November 10, 2023

The time draws near—Cheyenne’s retirement is soon. By December 31, 2023, all Cheyenne users must migrate their workflows to Derecho. Need some quick pointers on how to switch your computing projects from Cheyenne to Derecho? Check out this help page for the primary steps. Want a more comprehensive overview on how to make the transition (and on Derecho itself)? Watch this video from the August...

Apply for URSSI Winter School in Research Software Engineering

November 8, 2023

Are you an early-career researcher in the US who develops software for your work? Do you have some basic skills but want more? The US Research Software Sustainability Institute is excited to announce the next URSSI Winter School in Research Software Engineering, to be held 3-5 Jan 2024 in Portland, Oregon. Applications are open through 27 Nov! The cost to attend for accepted applicants is free...