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Edison configuration and testing continue

January 3, 2013 by Richard Gerber | 0 Comments

Edison has been successfully installed and configuration and testing continues. There have been no major surprises and the anticipated date for first early user access is in February.

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First system tests have run successfully!

December 4, 2012 by Richard Gerber | 0 Comments

The first set of system tests on Edison system are complete and ran successfully.

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Edison Phase 1 Compute Cabinets Arrive

November 30, 2012 by Richard Gerber | 0 Comments

The four compute cabinets that comprise the Edision Phase 1 system have arrived and have been installed on the machine room floor in Oakland. Cabling for external nertwork services is underway and Cray is running tests on the compute components.

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Soliciting Early Users for Edison

November 8, 2012 by Richard Gerber | 0 Comments

If you are a NERSC user with a compelling scientific result that would be enabled by early access to Edison, feel free to send me an email with a summary of what you would hope to accomplish. As an early user you'd help us shake out the new system and you might have to deal with initial instabilities and unexpected downtimes, but it's a great opportunity to pursue new lines of scientific inquiry or extend your current research. Write to me at ragerber@lbl.gov with the subject line "Edison Early User Access." We'll select users and projects that can best advance their research while stressing the system.

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Cray dubs Cascade the Cray XC30

November 8, 2012 by Richard Gerber | 0 Comments

Cray announced a product name for the "Cascade" system: the Cray XC30. This article from the Register has lots of information: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/08/cray_cascade_xc30_supercomputer/

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