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New 1 Terabyte Memory Node

June 17, 2011 by Francesca Verdier | 0 Comments

A new "extra large" memory node  that has four 8-core Nehalem EX processors (32 cores total) and 1TB memory has been deployed in the Carver/Magellan complex.  See Memory Considerations on Carver.

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Purging of /global/scratch

June 13, 2011 by Francesca Verdier | 0 Comments

As previously announced, we have begun purging old files from /global/scratch. Last week we were approaching 90% full on this file system, which can severely impact file system performance and reliability. We therefore began the purge process, which brought usage down to about 75%. The "newest" file removed during this process was from November, 2010 (about 6 months old).

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