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Training Materials for "Effective Use of the Lou Mass Storage Cluster" Now Available
12 Dec, 2013
Training materials are now available for the webinar "Effective Use of the Lou Mass Storage Cluster" which was held on December 11, 2013. You can download a PDF of the slides presented, and follow along with an accompanying MPEG file of the...
Lou1 and Lou2 Merged into Unified Mass Storage System
20 Nov, 2013
On November 20th, 2013, HECC merged the Lou1 and Lou2 mass storage systems into a single system, now known as Lou. All Lou1 and Lou2 users now have access to the unified system, which is an SGI parallel DMF cluster with high-availability...
Update: Lou1 Decommissioning is Complete
20 Nov, 2013
During this dedicated time, Lou1 was merged with Lou2, and the old Lou1 was decommissioned. Lou1 users now log into the Lou front ends (LFEs). Please note the following: You can still log into "lou1" (or "lou" or "lfe"), and your session will...
Update: Two New Lou Front Ends, lfe3 and lfe4, Are Now Available for Users
06 Nov, 2013
Two new Lou hosts, lfe3 and lfe4, are now available for users. All four LFEs have the same functionality and hardware. The lfe3 and lfe4 systems are running SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2 (SLES 11 SP2); lfe1 and lfe2 continue to run SLES...
Introducing Merope: Harpertown Cluster is Now Available to Users
16 Sep, 2013
We are happy to announce that the Harpertown cluster, known as Merope is now available to users. The new system currently consists of 640 repurposed Harpertown nodes, each with 8 cores and 16 Gb of memory. Please expect the availability of...
Pleiades Ivy Bridge Upgrade Completed on Schedule
27 Aug, 2013
On August 24th, with the release of the final 14 Ivy Bridge racks to users, HECC completed the multi-phase upgrade to Pleiades that began on July 22nd. The 46 Ivy Bridge racks replaced 64 previous-generation Harpertown racks, and provide 3.77 times...
Training Materials for "Using the TotalView Debugger and MemoryScape" Now Available
22 Aug, 2013
Training materials are now available for the webinar "Using the TotalView Debugger and MemoryScape" which was held on August 21, 2013. You can download a PDF of the slides presented, and follow along with an accompanying MPEG file of the recorded...
Pleiades Upgrade Update
02 Aug, 2013
Attention Pleiades users: The integration of the new Ivy Bridge nodes continues ahead of the original schedule. The first two shipments (32 racks) have been integrated and are in production. The last 14 racks are being integrated and tested, and...
Training Materials for "Evaluating Collections of Simulation Results with Tecplot Chorus and Tecplot 360" Now Available
25 Jul, 2013
Training materials are now available for the webinar "Evaluating Collections of Simulation Results with Tecplot Chorus and Tecplot 360" which was held on July 24, 2013. You can download a PDF of the slides presented, and follow along with an...
New and Improved "New User Orientation" Now Available
02 Jul, 2013
The New User Orientation section of the HECC Knowledge Base has been updated and reorganized to provide a more streamlined introduction to computing at NAS. If you are a new user, check out these topics to get a high-level overview of the resources...
Pleiades to be Upgraded this Summer
01 Jul, 2013
The total computing power of Pleiades will be significantly increased this summer with the addition of 3312 Ivy Bridge nodes. To make way for the new addition, the Pleiades Harpertown nodes will be removed; and some outages will be required. ...
Training Materials for "PBS Queues and Scheduling on Pleiades" Now Available
18 Jun, 2013
Training materials are now available for the webinar "PBS Queues and Scheduling on Pleiades" which was held on June 11, 2013. You can download a PDF of the slides presented, and follow along with an accompanying MPEG file of the recorded...
Training Materials for "Using Excel to Analyze Experimental Data, Part II" Now Available
24 May, 2013
Training materials are now available for the webinar "Using Excel to Analyze Experimental Data, Part II" which was held on May 22, 2013. You can download a PDF of the slides presented, and follow along with an accompanying MPEG file of the...
Training Materials for "Using Excel to Analyze Experimental Data, Part I" Now Available
13 May, 2013
Training materials are now available for the webinar "Using Excel to Analyze Experimental Data, Part I" which was held on May 08, 2013. You can download a PDF of the slides presented, and follow along with an accompanying MPEG file of the...
Training Materials for "Advanced Features of the Shift Automated File Transfer Tool" Now Available
10 Apr, 2013
Training materials are now available for the webinar "Advanced Features of the Shift Automated File Transfer Tool" which was held on April 10, 2013. You can download a PDF of the slides presented, and follow along with an accompanying MPEG...
Shift Transfer Tool Upgraded
01 Apr, 2013
Attention Shift users: The new version of the Shift automated file transfer tool has several added features, including high-speed local and remote tar creation and/or extraction, rsync-like synchronization, and an optimized built-in transfer...
New Lou Data Analysis Nodes in Production
07 Mar, 2013
NAS has deployed ten Lou Data Analysis Nodes (ldan) for pre- or post-processing of mass storage data through PBS jobs. Lou2 users can use these nodes now, and Lou1 users will be able to use them after the two systems are merged. To get details on...
Training Materials for "Introduction to the New Shared Memory System Endeavour" Now Available
28 Feb, 2013
Training materials are now available for the webinar "Introduction to the New Shared Memory System Endeavour" which was held on February 27, 2013. You can download a PDF of the slides presented, and follow along with an accompanying MPEG...
New Endeavour Supercomputer Released for Production Work
22 Feb, 2013
HECC has released the new Endeavour supercomputer to users for production computing work. Endeavour is an SGI UV 2000 system that replaces the legacy Columbia supercomputer, which is being phased out. The new system retains the shared-memory...
Columbia Phase-Out Process Has Begun
12 Feb, 2013
Update: The Columbia supercomputer is being phased-out to make room for the new Endeavour supercomputer being installed at the NAS facility. As of February 27, 2013, the Columbia nodes c23-24 have been taken offline. Columbia 22 is still...
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