Hopper Featured Announcements
Hopper scheduled maintenance on Tue March 20 and new software available
March 13, 2012 by Helen He | 0 Comments
1) There will be a scheduled hardware and software maintenance for Hopper next Tuesday, March 20, from 8 am to 4 pm Pacific time. Please plan your work accordingly and check the NERSC Message of the Day (MOTD) for status update: http://www.nersc.gov/live-status/motd/.
2) The following new software versions are now available on Hopper:
-- pgi/11.10.0
-- cce/8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2
-- gcc/4.6.2
-- pathscale/4.0.9
-- intel/12.1.1.256, 12.1.2.273
-- xt-mpich2/5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.4.3; xt-shmem/5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.4.3
-- perftools/5.3.0
-- papi/4.2.0
-- xt-libsci/11.0.04, 11.0.05
-- trilinos/10.8.3.0
-- petsc/3.2.00, petsc-complex/3.2.00
-- tpsl/1.2.00
-- ga/5.0.2
-- onesided/1.5.0
-- atp/1.4.1, 1.4.2
-- java/jdk1.7.0_02
Please issue the command below first when using the new software versions before they become the default:
% module swap xt-asyncpe xt-asyncpe/5.07
After the maintenance, the following versions will be set to default:
-- cce/8.0.2
-- gcc/4.6.2
-- pathscale/4.0.9
-- intel/12.1.2.273
-- perftools/5.3.0
-- papi/4.2.0
-- xt-libsci/11.0.05
-- trilinos/10.8.3.0
-- petsc/3.2.00, petsc-complex/3.2.00
-- tpsl/1.2.00
-- ga/5.0.2
-- onesided/1.5.0
-- atp/1.4.2
-- java/jdk1.7.0_02
More information about the above new software versions can be found in the following CrayDoc Release Announcements:
http://docs.cray.com/books/S-9401-1111//S-9401-1111.pdf
http://docs.cray.com/books/S-9401-1112//S-9401-1112.pdf
http://docs.cray.com/books/S-9401-1201//S-9401-1201.pdf
http://docs.cray.com/books/S-9401-1202//S-9401-1202.pdf
Purging of Hopper scratch file systems to start on Mar 14
February 28, 2012 by Helen He | 0 Comments
The purging for the Hopper scratch file systems will start from Wednesday, March 14. The files in your $SCRATCH and $SCRATCH2 will be deleted ("purged") if they are older (defined by last access time) than 12 weeks once the purge starts.
Please take some time now to clean up contents, back up all important files (eg. to HPSS), and reduce your overall usage as much as you can.
Hopper scheduled maintenance and SW new default versions on Wednesday, Jan 18
January 11, 2012 by Helen He | 0 Comments
1) There will be a scheduled hardware and software maintenance for Hopper next Wednesday, January 18, from 7 am to 10 pm Pacific time. This is a major OS upgrade. Users are recommended to recompile your applications after the maintenance. Please plan your work accordingly and check the NERSC Message of the Day (MOTD) for status update: http://www.nersc.gov/live-status/motd/.
2) After the maintenance, the following software versions will be set to default on Hopper:
-- pgi/11.9.0
-- cce/7.4.4
-- intel/12.0.5.220
-- chapel/1.4.0
-- xt-mpich2/5.4.0, xt-shmem/5.4.0
-- perftools/5.2.3
-- papi/4.1.4
-- xt-libsci/11.0.03
-- trilinos/10.6.4.0
-- petsc/3.1.09, petsc-complex/3.1.09
-- tpsl/1.1.01
-- fftw/2.1.5.3
The availability of the above software versions was announced on Dec 6.
If there are any questions or comments, please contact "consult at nersc dot gov".
max wall time for reg_small increased to 48 hrs
January 4, 2012 by Helen He | 0 Comments
The max wall time for Hopper jobs using up to 682 nodes (16,368 cores, corresponds to the "reg_small" queue) has been increased from 36 hrs to 48 hrs. Notice that jobs should still be submitted to the "regular" queue.
New scavenger Queue
November 7, 2011 by Francesca Verdier | 0 Comments
There is a new queue, called scavenger, available on Hopper and Franklin to users with a zero or negative balance in one of their repositories. This applies to both total repository balances as well as per-user balances. The queue is not available for jobs submitted against a repository with a positive balance. The charging rate for this queue is 0 and the priority on all systems is lower than the “low” queue. The Hopper scavenger queue limits are:
