[intrepid-notify] ALCF Weekly Updates - February 21, 2013

[ALCF Support]

*** System Maintenance Monday, February 25 ***
The Intrepid, Challenger, and Eureka systems will have their regularly 
scheduled preventative maintenance period on Monday, February 25. From 
15:00 UTC on Monday, Feb. 25 to 00:30 UTC on Tuesday, Feb. 26 no jobs 
will be allowed to run on the systems. It's also likely there will be 
disruptions in filesystem access and in network access to the login 
nodes. Please send any comments or questions to support at alcf.anl.gov

*** Allinea DDT Updated to 3.2.1-28503 ***
The Allinea DDT parallel debugger version 3.2.1-28503 is now available 
on all Blue Gene systems (Vesta, Intrepid, Challenger, and Surveyor). 
This version has minor bugfixes and changes, including some that are 
BG-specific. Release notes are available at 
http://www.allinea.com/products/ddt-support/#changes. The softenv key 
"+ddt" has been updated to use this new version. Please see 
http://www.alcf.anl.gov/resource-guides/allinea-ddt for more information 
on getting started with DDT.

*** MOAB Updated to 4.6.0 ***
The Mesh-Oriented datABase (MOAB) mesh software version 4.6.0 is now 
available on ALCF Blue Gene/P systems (Intrepid, Challenger, and 
Surveyor) at /soft/apps/current/MOAB-4.6. The newest release features 
several improvements in the parallel mesh-to-mesh transfer, including 
handling of spectral elements and better tolerance for point searches; 
and one-dimensional support in a structured mesh interface. Please see 
https://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/ITAPS/wiki/MOAB for additional 
documentation.