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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.

in news, Feb 14, 2019

Sizing your Apocrita jobs for quicker results

At any one time, a typical HPC cluster is usually full. This is not such a bad thing, since it means the substantial investment is working hard for the money, rather than sitting idle. A less ideal situation is having to wait too long to get your research results. However, jobs are constantly starting and finishing, and many new jobs...

in tutorial, Jan 28, 2019

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.

in modules, Jan 18, 2019

Using Ford to document Fortran programs

Ford is a tool which can help document Fortran source code. Here we show how to use Ford and the value of automatic documentation generation.

in rse, Dec 19, 2018

Performance testing with NVMe storage and Spectrum Scale 5

We have recently procured 120TB of NVMe based SSD storage from E8 Storage for the Apocrita HPC Cluster. The plan is to deploy this to replace our oldest and slowest provision of scratch storage.

in article, Dec 19, 2018

What is the ITSR RSE team?

ITS Research has a Research Software Engineering team. This post introduces the team and how it supports research in Queen Mary University of London. You can also see how to contact the team and why you may want to.

in rse, Dec 10, 2018

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.

in news, Dec 04, 2018

Development modules update

We have moved the following modules from dev to deprecated:

in modules, Nov 29, 2018

GitHub Enterprise Upgrade 2.15

On Wednesday 2018-11-21 at 14:00 we will be applying an upgrade to our GitHub Enterprise instance to version 2.15.2, which includes bug fixes and the latest security updates.

in news, Nov 19, 2018

AI tools

For the increasing number of Researchers working with Deep Learning technologies, we also have the existing GPU nodes attached to Apocrita. Tensorflow is available, and we are working on adding more machine learning tools.

in news, Sep 15, 2018