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Systems downtime schedule for May 24-28

May 24, 2021

Stratus will be down on May 26 from 0700 to 2200 for system software upgrade. No downtime scheduled for Cheyenne, Casper, Campaign Storage, JupyterHub, GLADE, HPSS, and Quasar.

Tutorial May 26: Pandas

May 21, 2021 Updated: May 24, 2021

The NCAR/UCAR virtual Xdev Seminar Series continues on Wednesday, May 26, with an introduction to the Python package pandas at 1 p.m. MDT. See the Xdev blog for more information. The previously announced GeoCat-Viz tutorial is now scheduled for September.

New versions of major compilers, libraries available

May 18, 2021 Updated: May 19, 2021

Cheyenne and Casper both now have new versions of Intel, GCC, and NVIDIA's HPC SDK as part of our yearly compiler refresh. Intel redesigned its Parallel Studio into Intel OneAPI, which provides the traditional compilers as well as a new suite based on LLVM. Both the new and traditional compilers are made available by loading the intel/2021.2 module; default build flags (e.g., CC, FC) use the tr...

No downtime scheduled for May 17-21

May 17, 2021

No downtime scheduled for Cheyenne, Casper, Campaign Store, JupyterHub, HPSS, GLADE, Quasar, or Stratus.

May 24 CISL tutorial for new NCAR HPC users

May 11, 2021 Updated: May 13, 2021

The CISL Consulting Services Group will present an online tutorial at 10 a.m. MDT on Monday, May 24, for new users of NCAR’s Cheyenne high-performance computing (HPC) system and storage resources. The 60-minute tutorial – presented by CSG’s Mick Coady – will cover basic usage and typical user workflows and include time for users to ask questions. Participants are assumed to have a basic underst...

Extended HPC systems downtime scheduled for July 26 through August 2

May 11, 2021

All HPC compute and data storage systems hosted at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center will be unavailable during part or all of a planned maintenance downtime beginning Monday, July 26, to allow CISL staff and contractors to perform critical updates to the facility’s power infrastructure in preparation for the arrival of the new Derecho system. The Casper cluster, GLADE file systems, Campai...