CISL Daily Bulletin


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Training opportunity for transitioning to Derecho: one session remaining
August 23, 2023

On August 9, the new Derecho supercomputer officially opened to NCAR’s broader HPC user community. While Cheyenne will remain in service through December 31, all current NCAR HPC users are encouraged to migrate their workflows from Cheyenne to Derecho now rather than later. (Note that Casper users will not be impacted by this transition). To support this transition, CISL's Consulting Services ...

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Dignitaries lined up for Derecho ceremonial ribbon cutting
Dignitaries Visit NWSC for Derecho Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
August 22, 2023

Political, science, academic, and business leaders formally inaugurated NCAR’s new supercomputer August 18 at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC). Derecho will provide researchers across the country with an important new tool to advance understanding of the atmosphere and other Earth system processes. Among the dignitaries who participated in the ribbon cutting were Wyoming Governor ...

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System downtimes for week of August 21 - 25
August 21, 2023

There is planned Quasar downtime for software and firmware upgrades Monday 8/21 at 8:00 am though Wednesday 8/23 at 5:00 pm None planned for Derecho, Cheyenne, Casper, GLADE, Campaign Storage, Stratus, or JupyterHub.

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Training opportunities for transitioning to Derecho: two sessions remaining
August 17, 2023

On August 9, the new Derecho supercomputer officially opened to NCAR’s broader HPC user community. While Cheyenne will remain in service through December 31, all current NCAR HPC users are encouraged to migrate their workflows from Cheyenne to Derecho now rather than later. (Note that Casper users will not be impacted by this transition). To support this transition, CISL's Consulting Services ...

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No system downtimes for week of August 14 - 18
August 14, 2023

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

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NCAR/CISL Introduces Derecho for all HPC Users
August 9, 2023

Dear HPC Users, We are excited to open Derecho, our new supercomputer at the NCAR's Computational & Information System Lab (CISL), to all users after a successful ASD project period. This milestone results from the hard work and dedication over multiple years of the NCAR project team. Derecho, the third supercomputer at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center, offers about 3.5 times the computa...

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