Anvil
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Resources down due to power event
Update 3:40PM, EDT: All systems have been returned to full service and queues are accepting new jobs. Update: 3:00PM, EDT: Systems returning but queues are still paused on all clusters except for Bell and Hammer. Some clusters are waiting for full co...
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Beginning at 10:00 AM EST on June 10th, the Anvil cluster experience a brief network interruption to fix an issue related to network connectivity. We are continuing to work on it and expected return to service is 11:00 AM EST the end of the day. Upda...
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Beginning at 19:00 EST, the Anvil cluster will experience a brief network interruption to fix an issue related to network connectivity. Expected return to service is 19:30 EST.
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RCAC systems are experiencing networking related issues that impact access to some destinations on the Internet. We are actively monitoring the situation and working to resolve the disruptions as quickly as possible. During this time, you may encount...
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The Anvil cluster began experiencing issues with permissions issues of project directories around noon. We are working on the fix. Job scheduling has been paused while this issue is being addressed. Update: the issue has been fixed by 2:20 pm today.
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Power outage impacting multiple clusters
Due to a campus-wide power outage, the Anvil, Negishi, Rowdy, and Scholar clusters experienced an unscheduled reboot at Friday, April 4th, 2025 at 8:30am EDT. Engineers are currently diagnosing the impacted nodes and bringing services back online. If...
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Marina License Server Maintenance
Purdue IT's Marina license server will be unavailable on Wednesday, March 19th, 2025 from 7:00am EDT to 9:00am EDT for scheduled maintenance. During this time, the server will undergo an operating system upgrade. Licenses hosted on Marina will be una...
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We have noticed a discrepancy in the allocation usage after the outage, so you may see incorrect usage for your allocation(s) from mybalance. Our engineers are woking on the fix. Job scheduling will NOT be impacted. We will provide an update by 5:00p...
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The Anvil cluster began experiencing issues with electrical power around 2:30 PM EST. RCAC engineers are working with Purdue electricians to safely restore power. Anvil is operating at reduced capacity while a handful of nodes were shut down as a pre...
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Anvil Cluster Open Ondemand Maintenance - Jan 17
Update: the maintenance has been postponed to Friday Januany 17, 2025 The Open Ondemand service for Anvil will be unavailable from Friday, January 17 at 9:00am EDT, 2025 to Friday, January 17 at 5:00pm EDT, 2025. During the maintenance, Anvil team wi...
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Research Computing Holiday Break
Research Computing personnel will observe the university winter break from 12:00am EST on Monday, December 23rd, 2024, and will resume normal business hours on Thursday, January 2nd, 2025. During this time, Research Computing services will continue...
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Anvil helps researchers study land-atmosphere interaction processes
A research group from Columbia University has utilized Purdue’s Anvil supercomputer to run computational fluid dynamics simulations in order to learn more about atmospheric turbulence and the interactions between land surfaces and the atmosphere. Dr....
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Anvil helps develop new SARS-CoV-2 therapy
A research team from Delaware State University used Purdue’s Anvil supercomputer to computationally design a new pan-coronavirus therapy that is resistant to mutational changes. Dr. Mohammad Shahidul Islam, a former assistant professor in the Departm...
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Anvil helps undergraduates gain real-world HPC experience
Five students from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I) took part in a semester-long research experience program to gain practical knowledge on data analytics and statistical research using common computing HPC resources. Daniel Ries,...
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Anvil supercomputer used to advance knowledge of nanotechnology
A researcher from Duke University is using Purdue’s Anvil supercomputer to study and explore the underlying physics of a nanotechnology known as DNA Origami. Pranav Sharma is an Associate Researcher in the Biological and Soft Materials Modeling Lab a...
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RCAC student employee successfully defends Master’s Thesis
Yiqing Qu, a Graduate Research Assistant at the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC), recently obtained her Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Information and Technology. Her MS thesis was related to the work she conducted at RCAC, which...
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Anvil enters year three of production
Anvil, Purdue’s most powerful supercomputer, continues its pursuit of excellence in HPC as it enters its third year of operations. Funded by a $10 million acquisition grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Anvil began early user operations...
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Researchers use Anvil supercomputer to help detect manipulation in media
In our world of 24-hour news cycles and social media reporting, the amount of information we receive daily has reached astounding levels. Never before has information exchange flowed so freely, nor so quickly, with news from anywhere in the world ava...
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RCAC successfully hosts third Anvil REU Summer program
Over the summer, the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) hosted its third annual 11-week hands-on internship, the Anvil Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer 2024 program. Eight students from across the nation gathered at Purdue’...
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RCAC and Purdue’s Women in HPC assist with inaugural InnovateHer Hackathon
The Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) and Purdue’s Women in High-Performance Computing (WHPC) group recently participated in the inaugural InnovateHer Hackathon, a weekend-long event at Purdue University aimed at fostering inclusivity in the...