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Latest revision as of 14:59, 15 May 2018

WARNING: SciNet is in the process of replacing this wiki with a new documentation site. For current information, please go to https://docs.scinet.utoronto.ca

System Status

System status can now be found at docs.scinet.utoronto.ca

Mon 23 Apr 2018 GPC-compute is decommissioned, GPC-storage available until 30 May 2018

Thu 18 Apr 2018 Niagara system will undergo an upgrade to its Infiniband network between 9am and 12pm, should be transparent to users, however there is a chance of network interruption.

Fri 13 Apr 2018 HPSS system will be down for a few hours on Mon, Apr/16, 9AM, for hardware upgrades, in preparation for the eventual move to the Niagara side.

Tue 10 Apr 2018 Niagara is open to users.

Wed 4 Apr 2018 We are very close to the production launch of Niagara, the new system installed at SciNet. While the RAC allocation year officially starts today, April 4/18, the Niagara system is still undergoing some final tuning and software updates, so the plan is to officially open it to users on next week.

All active GPC users will have their accounts, $HOME, and $PROJECT, transferred to the new Niagara system. Those of you who are new to SciNet, but got RAC allocations on Niagara, will have your accounts created and ready for you to login.

We are planning an extended Intro to SciNet/Niagara session, available in person at our office, and webcast on Vidyo and possibly other means, on Wednesday April 11 at noon EST.

System News

April 23, 2018: GPC & Sandy decommissioned.
April 10, 2018: Niagara commissioned.
March 20th, 2018: Gravity decommissioned.
Dec 4, 2017 : scratchtcs decommissioned.
Nov 28, 2017: The GPC has been reduced from 30,912 to 16,800 cores to make room for the installation of Niagara.
Sept 29, 2017: The TCS has been decommissioned.

(Previous System News)

QuickStart Guides

Tutorials and Manuals

What's New On The Wiki

Dec 2014: Updated GPC Quickstart with info on email notifications from the scheduler.

Dec 2014: Hdf5 compilation page updated.

Dec 2014: Research Computing with Python 2014 lectures 5-8

Nov 2014: "Modern CUDA Features" TechTalk slides in SciNet TechTalks and Seminars.

Nov 2014: Research Computing with Python 2014 lectures 1-4

Sept 2014: Tip on reducing virtual memory consumption for multithreaded programs

Sept 2014: Improved information on the Python versions installed on the GPC, and which modules are included in each version.

Sept 2014: Description on using job arrays on the GPC on the Scheduler page.

Sept 2014: Tkinter instructions, slides and code for the TkInter workshop held in September.

Sept 2014: Instructions on using Hadoop (for the Hadoop workshop held in September).

Previous new stuff can be found in the What's new archive.

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-==System Updates==
+==System News==
+* April 23, 2018: GPC & Sandy decommissioned.
-* May 26: gcc 4.9.0 installed as an experimental module (module load use.experimental gcc/4.9.0).
+* April 10, 2018: Niagara commissioned.
-* May 23: CUDA 6.0 installed as a module and Nvidia driver updated to 331.67  on ARC and GRAVITY
+* March 20th, 2018: Gravity decommissioned.
-* May 21: Allinea DDT/MAP updated on the GPC to version 4.2.1.
+* Dec 4, 2017 : scratchtcs decommissioned.
-* May 15: 4 nodes have been upgraded with more memory (2 with 128GB, 2 with 256GB), see [[GPC_Quickstart#Memory_Configuration| GPC Memory Configuration]] for usage details.
+* Nov 28, 2017: The GPC has been reduced from 30,912 to 16,800 cores to make room for the installation of Niagara.
+* Sept 29, 2017: The TCS has been decommissioned.
-([[Previous_updates:|Previous updates]])
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 == QuickStart Guides ==
+* [[SciNet Command Line Utilities]]
 * [[Media:SciNet_Tutorial.pdf|SciNet User Tutorial]]
-* [[GPC_Quickstart|GPC: General Purpose Cluster]]
-* [[TCS_Quickstart|TCS: Tightly Coupled System]]
-* [[Sandy| Sandy: Intel Sandybridge nodes ]]
-* [[GPU_Devel_Nodes|ARC: GPU nodes]]
-* [[Gravity| Gravity: GPU nodes]]
 * [[P7_Linux_Cluster|P7: Power 7 Linux cluster]]
 * [[BGQ|BGQ: BlueGene/Q clusters]]
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 * [[FAQ | FAQ (frequently asked questions)]]
 * [[Acknowledging_SciNet | Acknowledging SciNet]]
-* [[File:Rss.gif|link=http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/podcasts.xml]]&nbsp;[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/podcasts.xml SciNet Training Webcasts]
+* [https://courses.scinet.utoronto.ca SciNet education]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC42CaO-AAQhwqa8RGzE3daQ SciNet YouTube Channel]
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 * [[Knowledge_Base:_Tutorials_and_Manuals#Manuals|Manuals (compilers etc)]]
+* [[2016_Ontario_Summer_School_for_High_Performance_Computing_Central]]
+* [[2015_Ontario_Summer_School_for_High_Performance_Computing_Central]]
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-* May 20, 2014: [[Media:TechTalkSzalwinskiCilkPlus.pdf|CilkPlus - Getting Started]] (slides of the May 2014 TechTalk by Chris Szalwinski)
-* May 16, 2014: Intro to SciNet May 2014: [http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/CourseVideo/SciNetIntroMay2014/IntroMay2014.html Video]/[[Media:IntroScinetMay2014.pdf|Slides]]
+* Dec 2014: Updated [[GPC Quickstart]] with info on email notifications from the scheduler.
-* Apr 4, 2014: [[High Performance Scientific Computing Course 2014]]
-* Apr 4, 2014: [[Media:NetCDF.pdf|Introduction to NetCDF4 binary files with Python, C++ and R]] (slides of the Mar 2014 TechTalk)
+* Dec 2014: [[Hdf5]] compilation page updated.
-* Mar 12, 2014: [[Media:Westgrid_CUDA.pdf | Intro to GPU Computing Using CUDA]] (WestGrid Spring 2014 Seminar Series)
-* Feb 28, 2014: [[Numerical Tools for Physical Sciences Course 2014]]
+* Dec 2014: [[Research Computing with Python 2014]] lectures 5-8
-* Feb 12, 2014: [[Media:Snug_techtalk_XeonPhi.pdf| Introduction to the Xeon Phi ]](slides of the Feb 2014 TechTalk)
-* Feb 3, 2014: [[Scientific Software Development Course 2014]]
+* Nov 2014: "Modern CUDA Features" TechTalk slides in [[SciNet TechTalks and Seminars]].
-* Jan 22, Improved description of the [[Application Process]] for SciNet accounts
-* Jan 15, 2014: [[IPython Notebook on GPC]]
+* Nov 2014: [[Research Computing with Python 2014]] lectures 1-4
+* Sept 2014: [[User_Tips#Reducing_virtual_memory_consumption_for_multithreaded_programs| Tip on reducing virtual memory consumption for multithreaded programs]]
+* Sept 2014: Improved information on the [[Python]] versions installed on the GPC, and which modules are included in each version.
+* Sept 2014: Description on using job arrays on the GPC on the [[Scheduler]] page.
+* Sept 2014: [[Intro to Tkinter|Tkinter instructions]], [[Media:Tkinter.pdf|slides]] and [[Media:Tkinter_code.tgz|code]] for the TkInter workshop held in September.
+* Sept 2014: Instructions on using [[Hadoop for HPCers|Hadoop]] (for the Hadoop workshop held in September).
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 Previous new stuff can be found in the [[What's new archive]].