ARCHER News
Tuesday 6th March 2018
- Change to Planned RDF Downtime for UPS Battery Replacement
- Default module versions changed for Git, Curl and OpenSSL
- ARCHER Champions, Manchester 25th April 2018
- Getting Access to UK Advanced Computational Facilities for your Research
- Training : Upcoming ARCHER Training Opportunities
Change to Planned RDF Downtime for UPS Battery Replacement
The RDF has built-in UPS systems (uninterruptible power supply) to help prevent data loss and corruption in case of a power outage. The batteries in these UPS systems are now approaching the end of their life and have to be replaced. The replacement work needs to be carried out with the RDF offline to reduce any risk of data loss during the process and is required to be completed before the actual battery end of life date.
We had planned to replace the RDF UPS batteries in the week of 5 March. However due to the severe weather the external contractors due to carry out the replacement work have had to postpone their visit to us. We have rebooked the work for the week starting 19 March 2018.
This means that this week, starting 5 March, the /eprsc, /nerc and /general file systems, RDF, DAC, DTNs, GridPP and access to JASMIN will now be available for use. The week of 19 March the /eprsc, /nerc and /general file systems, RDF, DAC, DTNs, GridPP and access to JASMIN will all be unavailable. We hope that the work can be completed in less than 5 days and will let you know if the RDF is returned to service early.We will update our status page (https://www.archer.ac.uk/status ) and remind you of the work planned for the week of 19 March nearer the time. We apologise for the inconvenience caused and please contact the ARCHER Helpdesk if you have any questions or concerns.
Default module versions changed for Git, Curl and OpenSSL
The default modules for Git, Curl and OpenSSL were changed today, 6 March 2018, to
git/2.16.2_build1
curl/7.58.0_build1
openssl/1.1.0g_build1
These changes are needed to use TLS 1.2, which is now required by GitHub. Use
module load gitand then use the usual Git commands (clone, pull, push, etc.).
Previous versions of the git, curl and openssl modules have been removed.
ARCHER Champions: Manchester, MoSI Wednesday 25th April 2018
The next ARCHER Champions will be held in Manchester at the Museum of Science and Industry on Wednesday 25th April 2018. It will be a full day meeting which will follow the UK/US SSI Impact Event taking place on Tuesday 24th April. There will be an evening meal on the Tuesday evening in Manchester.
Topics will include the eCSE programme, training and MOOCs, Tier 2 and a discussion session on the future of Champions. We will also have sessions with lightning talks from Champions so please let us know if you would like to contribute.
Registration for the workshop is now open.
Bursaries will be available to cover reasonable travel and accommodation costs. If you would like to apply for a bursary,please contact the ARCHER helpdesk.
Getting Access to UK Advanced Computational Facilities for your Research
Wednesday 7th March 2018 15:00 Online
Andy Turner, EPCC
We will give an overview of UK HPC facilities and how to get access to them through the currently open Resource Allocation Panel (RAP) calls.
"Scholarships available for EPCC's MSc in HPC Programmes 2018/19
We thought ARCHER users might want to mention these funding
opportunities to any potential MSc students - for more information
including upcoming Virtual Open Days see:
scholarships opportunities.
Registration open now Full details and registration at http://www.archer.ac.uk/training/index.phpUpcoming Training Opportunities
