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MPT and other software default updates planned for April 11

March 24, 2022

To ensure that users of our Cheyenne and Casper systems have access to up-to-date capabilities, new default module versions will be set for several software programs and libraries on April 11 at noon MDT. Most notable of the changes will be the MPT MPI library on Cheyenne, which will go from a default version of 2.22 to 2.25. This newer version contains many backend improvements and users shoul...

Registration open for GPU series: Directive-Based Programming with OpenACC (1 of 2)

March 21, 2022

Registration is open for another session in a series of workshops and tutorials on GPU computing. “Directive-Based Programming with OpenACC (1 of 2)” will be on Thursday, March 31, at 10 a.m. MDT. Please use this form to register by March 27 if you plan to attend and have not already registered for the series. The series of one-hour sessions is for scientists, software engineers, and students ...

No system downtimes for week of March 21-25

March 18, 2022

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

NWSC and HPC systems maintenance downtime planned for May 9-13

March 18, 2022

NCAR’s HPC resources will be unavailable to users May 9-13 while CISL staff perform annual system and facility maintenance at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC). The work includes a number of HPC system software updates in addition to power and cooling system maintenance tasks. Progress will be communicated through Notifier emails during the week. Software upgrades are planned for al...

Reminder: Acknowledge NCAR and CISL support in your publications

March 17, 2022

Acknowledging the support of NCAR and CISL computing when you publish research results helps ensure continued support from the National Science Foundation and other sources of funding for future high-performance computing systems. It is also one of the requirements of receiving an allocation, as was noted in your award letter. The reporting requirements and recommended wording of acknowledgment...

Automated file compression enabled for NCAR Campaign Storage

March 11, 2022 Updated: March 15, 2022

CISL is implementing automated file compression for data on the Campaign Storage file system. This action is completely transparent to user applications and subsequent file access. No user action is necessary. As detailed here, large files will be compressed automatically 180 days after creation, allowing the file system to hold large data sets more efficiently for extended durations. It will a...