Peregrine1
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Anaconda, a new Python distribution
At the end of the Fall semester a change is planned for the default Python installation. It will be replaced by Anaconda, a distribution of Python that includes over 200 popular Python packages used throughout scientific computing. Some of these pack...
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Power has been restored and the Peregrine 1 cluster has been restarted and is in full production mode The Calumet campus is experiencing a power issue that has rendered Peregrine1 unavailable. Contractors are on site working to restore service, but t...
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Evaluation of new environment modules system
A new environment modules system, called Lmod, is available for evaluation on ITaP Research Computing clusters. ITaP Researching Computing staff are evaluating Lmod as a replacement for the current environment modules system and are looking for feedb...
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On May 19th, there will be changes made to the software stack on ITaP's community clusters. The software stack will be updated to include the latest Intel compiler, version 14.0.2.144. Support for Intel versions 12.0.084 and 13.0.1.117 compilations w...
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The Peregrine1 cluster will be unavailable beginning at 8:00am on Monday, May 19, 2014, for scheduled maintenance. The cluster will return to full production by 5:00pm, Tuesday, May 20. During this time, the cluster's network link to West Lafayette...
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In order to repair a hardware issue with the underlying disk storage comprising LustreC, ITaP storage engineers will execute a brief maintenance on the filesystem on Monday morning, April 7, 2014. This issue is currently impacting the filesystem's re...
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UPDATE - As of 7:45pm Sunday, March 16th, 2014, the fileserver maintenance has completed successfully, and cluster systems are back online. All Research Computing systems will be unavailable from 8:00am Saturday, 3/15/2014 through Sunday, 3/16/2014...
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All ITaP Research Computing systems are currently experiencing an issue with accessing network filesystems. A case has been opened with our vendor as ITaP engineers troubleshoot the issue. Cluster users may experience issues accessing files in /home,...
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Nearly all major clusters operated by ITaP Research Computing are stopped due to issues with their storage systems relating to the power loss on the West Lafayette campus in the wake of the severe weather Sunday night. This includes: Conte, Carter,...
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Effective Use of Research Storage
On Thursday, Oct 10, a BlueArc scratch fileserver suffered a filesystem failure that resulted in data loss on several scratch filesystems. In light of this event, we'd like to take this opportunity to remind all of our cluster users of the most effec...
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LustreC Filesystem Maintenance
The high performance scratch file system (LustreC) supporting the Carter, Hansen, Peregrine1, and WinHPC research clusters is in need of mandatory maintenance work. The work should be performed as soon as possible in order to ensure full performance...
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LustreC filesystem unavailable
Update: May 13, 2013 11:00pm: LustreC has been returned to service. Carter, Hansen, and Peregrine1 are back in production with queues enabled. Update: May 13, 2013 3:00pm: storage engineers are continuing to work with vendor support to return Lustre...
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Network outage affecting Peregrine1 cluster
On April 24, 2013, network engineers will be relocating fiber optics that connect the Peregrine1 cluster to infrastructure in West Lafayette. This outage is scheduled for 12:00am through 5:00am. This will leave Peregrine1 unable to run jobs Any PBS j...
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Update: ITaP engineers have corrected the issue affecting the LustreC filesystem. The system is back in production. Job scheduling on Carter, Hansen and Peregrine1 has been restarted. As always, thank you for your patience. If you encounter any issue...
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As of 9:00am, are seeing a problem with the LustreC scratch filesystem that serves Carter, Hansen, and Peregrine1. To prevent any more jobs from running into this, we have temporarily suspended scheduling of new jobs, though you may still submit to...
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Scheduled Maintenance - RCAC home directory upgrades
Update - 7:00pm, 1/4/2013: - All community clusters (Steele, Coates, Rossmann, Hansen, Carter, and Peregrine1) are back in production. Radon is currently not in production, as ITaP engineers are addressing issues encountered during the upgrade. T...