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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...

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No system downtimes for week of March 14-18
March 14, 2022

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

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Register for March 17 session of GPU-computing training series
March 9, 2022

The fourth session in a series of workshops and tutorials on GPU computing – “Software Infrastructure and Make Systems” – will be on Thursday, March 17, at 10 a.m. MDT. The series of one-hour sessions is for scientists, software engineers, and students in the Earth system sciences to help them prepare to use the extensive GPU-computing capabilities of the new Derecho system. The training is int...

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Update on conda environments for Python access
March 8, 2022

The CISL user documentation page Using conda environments for Python access now includes a new section describing how to produce a custom environment from a YAML file. The process described allows conda or Mamba to resolve all package requirements at the same time, which can produce more coherent environments and avoid situations in which the dependency resolver fails to find a solution. Using ...

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Resource group being planned for military, veterans
March 7, 2022

NCAR, UCAR, and UCP staff who identify as military, veterans, or reservists – or family, friends, and allies of those who are – are invited to join others in planning for a Military & Veterans Employee Resource Group. Planning meetings are scheduled for every Thursday until a charter is adopted and officers are elected. Check the staff calendar for meeting details. 

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No system downtimes for week of March 7-11
March 7, 2022

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

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