Cluster update summary
As part of our commitment to providing stable and manageable systems, here is a round-up of some recent updates we have been working on behind the scenes:
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Modules Update April 2019
Since the last update in March, we have updated the following module files:
New high performance storage for scratch data
We are pleased to announce a new scratch storage array that is based on fast NvME based hardware. This will hopefully make I/O related tasks much faster
NAG Fortran compiler available on Apocrita for SEF
We have installed the NAG Fortran compiler on Apocrita for use by researchers from the School of Economics and Finance. In this post we look at how to access the compiler, why we may want to use it, and what we have to pay special attention to.
Modules Update March 2019
Since the last update (on 29/11/2018), we have updated the following module files:
GitHub Enterprise Upgrade 2.16
On Wednesday 2019-02-20 at 14:00 we will be applying an upgrade to our GitHub Enterprise instance to version 2.16.2, which includes bug fixes and the latest security updates.
Update of environment modules to version 4.2.1
We have deployed the latest version of Environment Modules (4.2.1) across the cluster on all frontend and compute nodes.
Cluster Hardware Upgrades and Additions
As part of our commitment to regular upgrades to the HPC service, and to keep up with ever-growing demand, we are pleased to announce the addition of new hardware to the Apocrita HPC Cluster for the benefit of all QMUL Researchers.
Development modules update
A quick update listing modules that have been moved from the development environment to production, or deprecated.
Short queue
In addition to the primary queue, there is a queue designed to minimise waiting times for short jobs and interactive sessions, in response to users who requested the ability to quickly obtain qlogin sessions for quick tests and debugging. This short queue runs on a wider selection of nodes and is automatically selected if your runtime request is 1 hour or less.