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KAUST Supercomputing Laboratory Newsletter 30th June

In this newsletter:

  • Delayed Start to Data Centre Upgrade
  • Shaheen projects extended by 2 months
  • RCAC meeting
  • Follow us on Twitter and YouTube
  • Previous Announcements
  • Previous Tips

 

Delayed Start to Data Centre Upgrade: (no longer July 7th)

As previously announced, in preparation for the arrival of Shaheen III, scheduled to be installed in 2023, the four power substations that supply Building 1 Data Centre will be replaced.

KAUST Supercomputing Laboratory Newsletter 2nd June

In this newsletter:

  • Delayed Start to Data Centre Upgrade starting on July 7th (not June 17th)
  • Shaheen projects extended by 2 months
  • RCAC meeting
  • Follow us on Twitter and YouTube
  • Previous Announcements
  • Previous Tips

 

Delayed Start to Data Centre Upgrade starting on July 7th (not June 17th)

As previously announced, in preparation for the arrival of Shaheen III, scheduled to be installed in 2023, the four power substations that supply Building 1 Data Centre will be replaced.

KAUST Supercomputing Laboratory Newsletter 10th June

In this newsletter:

  • Next maintenance session
  • RCAC meeting
  • Tip of the week: Allocating Ranks Unequally Over Nodes
  • Follow us on Twitter and YouTube
  • Previous Announcements
  • Previous Tips

 

Next maintenance session

We would like to announce our next maintenance session on Shaheen which will take place on Tuesday the 22nd of June. We are planning for a one full day outage (24 hours).

We will send more details and detailed timing closer to the date.

 

KAUST Supercomputing Laboratory Newsletter 3rd June

In this newsletter:

  • Application License Server Maintenance by IT on Thursday, 3th June 2021, 8.00 PM to 4:00 AM 4th June
  • Next maintenance session
  • RCAC meeting
  • Tip of the week:using nohup
  • Follow us on Twitter and YouTube
  • Previous Announcements
  • Previous Tips

 

Application License Server Maintenance by IT on Thursday, 3th June 2021, 8.00 PM to 4:00 AM 4th June

KAUST Supercomputing Laboratory Newsletter 27th May

In this newsletter:

  • Next maintenance session
  • RCAC meeting
  • Tip of the week: Installing personalised Python modules
  • Follow us on Twitter and Youtube
  • Previous Announcements
  • Previous Tips

 

Next maintenance session

We would like to announce our next maintenance session on Shaheen which will take place on Tuesday the 22nd of June. We are planning for a one full day outage (24 hours).

We will send more details and detailed timing closer to the date.

KAUST Supercomputing Laboratory Newsletter 4th March

In this newsletter:

  • RCAC meeting
  • Shaheen Maintenance: 23rd of March and end of April
  • Application License Server Maintenance by IT on Thursday, 4 March 2021, 8.00 PM to 4:00 AM 5 March
  • AI users survey
  • Tip of the week: Use “timeout” command to automatically restart jobs
  • Follow us on Twitter
  • Previous Announcements
  • Previous Tips

 

Shaheen Maintenance: 23rd of March and April

KAUST Supercomputing Laboratory Newsletter 26th November 2020

In this newsletter:

  • RCAC meeting
  • Application License Server Maintenance by IT on Thursday, 26th November 2020, 8.00 PM to 4:00 AM 27th November
  • Maintenance Session
  • 7th KAUST-NVIDIA Workshop on Accelerating Scientific Applications using GPUs
  • Seminar on Overview on HPC Numerical Libraries & Success Stories
  • Tip of the week: Exclusive option for job step
  • Follow us on Twitter
  • Previous Announcements
  • Previous Tips

 

KAUST Supercomputing Laboratory Newsletter 1st October 2020

In this newsletter:

  • RCAC meeting
  • Application License Server Maintenance by IT on Thursday, 1st October 2020, 8.00 PM to 4:00 AM 2nd October
  • KAUST supercomputer Shaheen II joins the fight against COVID-19
  • Tip of the week: Running DDT in batch mode
  • Follow us on Twitter
  • Previous Announcements
  • Previous Tips

 

RCAC meeting

KAUST Supercomputing Laboratory Newsletter 22nd September 2020

In this newsletter:

  • Saudi National Day
  • RCAC meeting
  • Application License Server Maintenance by IT on Thursday, 1st October 2020, 8.00 PM to 4:00 AM 2nd October
  • KAUST supercomputer Shaheen II joins the fight against COVID-19
  • Tip of the week: Customising ssh
  • Follow us on Twitter
  • Previous Announcements
  • Previous Tips

 

Saudi National Day

The 23rd and 24th September are KAUST holidays to celebrate Saudi National Day. We will be back to work on 27th September.

KAUST Supercomputing Laboratory Newsletter 17th September 2020

In this newsletter:

  • RCAC meeting
  • KAUST supercomputer Shaheen II joins the fight against COVID-19
  • Tip of the week: Processing large data sets on Shaheen
  • Follow us on Twitter
  • Previous Announcements
  • Previous Tips

 

RCAC meeting

The project submission deadline for the next RCAC meeting is 30th September 2020. Please note that the RCAC meetings are held once per month. Projects received on or before the submission