Anvil
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(August outage cancelled) Upcoming Anvil Outages In August and September 2026
Updates: The power outage originally scheduled for Saturday, August 15, at 12:00 a.m. through Monday, August 17, at 5:00 p.m. EDT has been cancelled, therefore Anvil remains available during this time. Anvil is still scheduled for a power outage and...
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Service Disruption to Bell, Geddes, Gilbreth, Negishi, Anvil, and GenAI Studio
We are currently experiencing an unexpected service outage affecting the following systems: Negishi, Geddes, GenAI Studio, Bell, Anvil, and Gilbreth. Our team is actively working to restore full functionality as quickly as possible. During this time,...
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Kernel Upgrade on Clusters Nodes
We are performing rolling reboots on all login and compute nodes for critical kernel upgrades. Nodes will reboot in stages, so resources remain available.
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All Clusters & Services Restored
At approximately 9:40pm EDT Monday, April 27th, 2026, a campus-wide power outage due to weather impacted all research computing clusters and storage systems. Power has been restored, and engineers are currently bringing systems back online in an orde...
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RCAC Maintenance Complete – All Systems Available
The ongoing RCAC maintenance originally scheduled to conclude at 5:00 PM today (Thursday, April 23) has been extended. The new expected completion time is 9:00 PM tonight, Thursday, April 23. All RCAC systems and Research Network services will remain...
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Power Outage Impacting Multiple Clusters — Recovery Underway
At approximately 6:00 AM EDT, a power outage impacted systems in the Math Data Center. Most services have now been restored. Due to the outage, some jobs on Gilbreth did not requeue automatically. Users should check the status of any jobs that were r...
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MATH Datacenter Cooling issue - Job scheduling paused on Anvil/Gautschi
The MATH datacenter started experiencing issues with cooling systems around 12pm. Job scheduling on the Anvil and Gautschi clusters was paused shortly after and scheduling resumed at 1:30pm.
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February 5 Maintenance – Math Data Center Upgrades and Service Impact
On Thursday, February 5, RCAC will perform planned maintenance in the MATH data center to support cooling upgrades and capacity improvements as part of the ongoing MATH datacenter renovation project. During this maintenance window, several clusters w...
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We are currently investigating network performance issues affecting network traffic. Impact To You: At this time, you may notice latency or brief disruptions when accessing certain on-campus or external resources, especially during peak usage periods...
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Globus access to Depot degraded; slow Depot logins and Depot access on clusters
Users of Data Depot on RCAC clusters are currently experiencing degraded performance, and some Globus transfers to and from Depot are failing or running slowly. In addition, some users may see slow Globus logins or be temporarily unable to log in to...
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Research Computing Holiday Break
Research Computing personnel will observe the university winter break from 12:00am EST on 12/23/25 and will resume normal business hours on January 5th, 2026 During this time, Research Computing services will continue to be available, but all staff...
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Anvil REU Student presents at GOOD 2025
Richie Tan, one of the participants of the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing’s (RCAC) 2024 Anvil Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer program, recently presented at the Global Open OnDemand 2025 Conference (GOOD 2025). Tan highlighte...
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Anvil used to advance research on two-phase flows
Researchers from The George Washington University used Purdue’s Anvil supercomputer to simulate fluid flows in order to elucidate the physics of turbulent bubble entrainment. Understanding this process will lead to practical applications in a variety...
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RCAC student improves Anvil supercomputer while obtaining Master’s degree
Vivek Karunai Kiri Ragavan, a Graduate Research Assistant at the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC), recently obtained his Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Information and Technology. His MS thesis was related to the work he conducte...
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RCAC staff win I-GUIDE Spatial AI Challenge
Two staff members from the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) recently took first place in the I-GUIDE Spatial AI (Artificial Intelligence) Challenge 2024–25. Dr. Elham Barezi, the Lead AI Research Scientist, and Dr. Jungha Woo, a Lead Softwa...
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Anvil enters year four of production
Anvil, one of Purdue’s most powerful supercomputers, continues its pursuit of excellence in HPC as it enters its fourth year of operations. Funded by a $10 million acquisition grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Anvil began early user o...
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Anvil impact highlighted in National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot webinar
Dr. Haniye Kashgarani, a Senior AI Scientist at the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC), recently gave a presentation for the NAIRR Pilot Partner Series Webinar. Her presentation focused on how Anvil, one of Purdue University's most powerful s...
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Researchers use Anvil to create AI model for medical image diagnosis
Researchers from Arizona State University utilized the Anvil supercomputer to develop and deploy a fully open AI (artificial intelligence) foundation model for diagnosing diseases based on medical imaging. The new model, called Ark+, was recently pub...
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RCAC hosts successful Anvil REU Summer 2025 program
Over the summer, the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) hosted its annual 11-week hands-on internship, the Anvil Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer program. Eight students from across the nation gathered at Purdue’s campus in...
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Anvil used to study how trade can reduce volatilities in crop supply
A researcher from Purdue University used the Anvil supercomputer to study climate-induced volatility in crop production and identify the role of potential adaptation strategies for reducing future risk. The results of this research, notably that inte...