Purdue University

Thank you for partnering with ITaP in the community cluster program.

Carter has been running for more than 4.5 years now and will be decommissioned on April 30, 2017. This timeline coincides with the five-year warranty of the machine.

Our current timeline for Carter retirement is:

• Winter 2017: Trade-in value for Carter established
• March 1, 2017: Jobs that run past April 30 will no longer be accepted on Carter
• April 30, 2017: Carter hardware will be decommissioned

As Carter winds down, please take time to migrate any data from Carter's scratch to other community clusters or to the Fortress archive. Additionally, we encourage you to consider purchasing access in Halstead which is significantly faster, easier to scale, and much more energy efficient.

You can generate your usage report for Carter from https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/usage

As we decommission the Carter hardware, ITaP will seek bids for the residual value of the hardware and apportion that to the faculty owners - so, for example, if we are able to get $50/node, that dollar value would be provided as credit towards an upcoming cluster.

If you have any questions, please contact rcac-help@purdue.edu

Thank you again for your participation in the community cluster program and we look forward to our continued partnership.