Modules Update December 2021
Since the last module update in December 2019, we have:
- added/moved 48 modules to production
- added 20 modules to the development environment
- deprecated 12 modules
- deleted 4 modules
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ITS Research FAQ regarding use of services during COVID-19 pandemic
As a result of the large-scale shift to remote working due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been asked various questions relating to computational research, which we'll try to address below. We've seen an increase in the number of new account requests for the HPC service, and we realise there will be quite a few users wishing to run workloads on the cluster for the first time. Fortunately, the design of the HPC cluster service means that for many of you, your workflow may remain the same as when you were based on-campus.
Apocrita newsletter - March 2020
Here is a round-up of recent QMUL HPC cluster news from the ITS Research team, including information about new compute nodes.
Modules Update December 2019
Since the last module update in August, we have added 22 modules to dev, added 22 modules to production and removed 4 modules.
Modules Update August 2019
Since the last update in April, we have updated the following module files:
Simplification of parallel queues on Apocrita
We are simplifying the way that the multi-node parallel jobs are run on the cluster.
Currently, users wishing to run multi-node MPI jobs on the public queues must choose beforehand whether to run on the nxv parallel nodes or the sdv parallel nodes, and to configure the job accordingly for the number of cores on each type of node.
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:
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.