[intrepid-notify] ALCF Weekly Updates - June 21, 2012

[ALCF User Services]

*** INCITE Runs Prioritized Through June 27 ***
To support users preparing proposal submissions, INCITE benchmark runs will be given priority over normal queue flow through the close of the INCITE Open Call on June 27. ALCC and INCITE users with issues or concerns should contact their catalysts for assistance in prioritizing their INCITE benchmark runs in the queue. If you have a job in the queue that you need for your proposal, please email support at alcf.anl.gov.

*** /intrepid-fs0 at Critical Capacity ***
The /intrepid-fs0 filesystem, used by Intrepid, Challenger, and Eureka, is at critical capacity. Please remove any unneeded data, or transfer it offsite or to tape archive (and then delete it). Keep in mind that performance suffers when the filesystem is very full, and jobs cannot run if the filesystem fills completely. Please contact support at alcf.anl.gov for help transferring or archiving data.

*** Routine Systems Maintenance Monday ***
Surveyor and Gadzooks will have their regularly scheduled preventive maintenance period this coming week starting at 14:00 UTC on Monday, June 25, with an expected conclusion at 22:30 UTC on Monday, June 25. Intrepid, Challenger, and Eureka will also have regularly scheduled preventive maintenance starting at 14:00 UTC on Monday, June 25, expected to conclude at 01:30 UTC on Tuesday, June 26. During maintenance, no jobs will be run on the systems, there may be disruptions in filesystem access and there may be disruptions in network access to the login nodes. We will email users when the work has been completed and the machines are again available for general use. Please email support at alcf.anl.gov with any concerns. 

*** Important Dates ***
June 27 -- INCITE Open Call ends: https://hpc.science.doe.gov/allocations/calls/incite2013
July 10-12 -- 2012 Symposium on Application Accelerators in High-Performance Computing (registration ends June 26): http://saahpc.ncsa.illinois.edu/