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<span lang="EN"><a href="https://hpcc.ucr.edu/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1155CC">WEBSITE</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt"> -
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">This e-newsletter summarizes recent activities, trends and resource updates of UCR’s High-Performance Computing Center (HPCC). The mission of the HPCC is to provide state-of-the-art research computing
infrastructure and training accessible to all UCR researchers and affiliates at low cost.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:17.0pt;color:white">Growth and Expansions</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-4.5pt"><b><span lang="EN">Move to Larger Server Room<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN">To keep up with increasing demands of currently ~150 user groups and ~800 active users, the size of HPCC’s clusters and big data storage systems continues to grow rapidly. As a result, the HPCC has now outgrown the capacity of its current server
room in the Genomics Building. To solve the current space, electrical power and cooling shortage, most of HPCC’s clusters will soon be moved to a much larger server room on campus with sufficient capacity to allow the HPCC to continue to grow at its current
or an even higher pace. This move is scheduled to take place in the first half of 2023 after the assigned server room has been largely vacated by ITS and remodeled to accommodate the elevated power and cooling demands of an HPC cluster operation.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">For user groups with very large computing or storage needs (<i>e.g.</i> 24/7/365 access to hundreds of CPUs, dedicated GPUs, or 50-250TB), the HPCC provides cost-effective ownership
solutions, where user labs can purchase compatible CPU or GPU nodes, or hard drives for their groups that will be added to the cluster or central storage, respectively. This ownership model is very efficient and has become very popular in recent years. User
labs interested in learning more about this option, want to contact the HPCC staff or director directly to discuss technical needs and to obtain vendor quotes.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15.75pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">The HPCC has recently submitted another NSF MRI equipment grant with the generous help from several user PIs*. If successful, this grant will provide almost $900,000 in funding
to expand our clusters by approximately 3,500 CPU cores (Intel and AMD), a considerable number of the latest NVIDIA A100 GPUs or better, and ultra fast network switches. *Please note: not all PIs have been contacted to help with this grant since we wanted
to keep the collective time investment to a minimum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN">As announced in a separate email with the subject line <i>HPCC System Upgrades</i>, we are deploying Rocky 8 and DUO on all HPCC systems. This is a staged rollout with a testing phase that will take place from Feb 18 to Mar 17, 2022. For additional
details please visit the corresponding News and Updates page <a href="https://hpcc.ucr.edu/changes/">
<span style="color:#1155CC">here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN">Scheduled Downtimes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span lang="EN">There are currently no other exceptions or downtimes scheduled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:17.95pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">Due to a severe personnel shortage in the HPCC, we have to postpone our regular training events until the above major system upgrades will be completed. The events will resume
in April/May, and will be offered more frequently once we have refilled the open positions. Users looking for training events want to consult our extensive online
<a href="https://hpcc.ucr.edu/manuals/"><span style="color:#1155CC">manuals</span></a> and
<a href="https://hpcc.ucr.edu/events/small/"><span style="color:#1155CC">workshop</span></a> materials from previous events. Video recordings are also available. Upon request, the HPCC provides personalized training as well.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:17.95pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">Currently, the HPCC supports many undergraduate and graduate classes in a wide range of disciplines. Instructors interested in using our cluster for classroom teaching, are
asked to discuss with us their specific needs several weeks prior to the start of a class. Usually, we require instructors to have an active HPCC subscription. Additional restrictions and/or charges may apply if classes are very large (<i>e.g.</i> over 35
students). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN">Annual User Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:17.95pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">Currently, we are planning to have our annual user meeting in mid June. Details will be announced via email, Slack and on our website.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:17.95pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">Several positions are open for undergraduate students interested in HPC systems administration. The required skills for these positions include: experience with Bash/shell command-line,
Python programming, Git versioning and some prior Linux systems administration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#244995">Jordan Hayes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:13.5pt"><i><span lang="EN" style="color:#434343">Senior HPC Systems Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#244995">Thomas Girke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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