Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of Public/User_Guide/News

Timestamp:

Sep 1, 2020, 10:30:17 AM (4 years ago)

Author:

Jochen Kreutz

Comment:

try to reflect current status

Public/User_Guide/News

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 === ESB nodes ===
 
-- currently only 1 rack installed in the system (25 nodes).
-- installation of the 2 remaining racks is scheduled for mid of May
+- remaining two ESB racks have been installed: now 75 ESB nodes present
+- currently connected via IB EDR, to be changed to Extoll network later this year
 
 === DAM nodes ===
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 === File Systems ===
 
-- The old shared file system `/sdv-work` (from previous DEEP projects) currently does not work. Metadata are still available (files and directories can be seen), but data is not accessible. Please contact deepest-sup@fz-juelich.de if you need to recover data from the file system. 
+- The old shared file system `/sdv-work` (from previous DEEP projects) has been rebuild after disk failures and is back online
 
-- Still ongoing investigations on the performance of the shared file system `/work` (BeeGFS).
+- Shared file system `/work` (BeeGFS) is now mounted via NFS 
 
 - It is now possible to access the `$ARCHIVE` file system from the `deepv` login node under `/arch`. For more information about `$ARCHIVE`, please refer to the [wiki:Filesystems Filesystems page].
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 === SW updates ===
 
-- new SLURM version 19.5.5 with workflow support has been rolled out
+- new SLURM version 19.05.6 with workflow support has been rolled out
   - information on how to use workflows have been added [https://deeptrac.zam.kfa-juelich.de:8443/trac/wiki/Public/User_Guide/Batch_system#Workflows here].
   - please, report any problems found 
 
-- new ParaStationMPI version (5.4.6-1) is being installed and will be used as default now
-  - Pending: Install software packages that depend on psmpi also with the new version 
+- new 2020a Easybuild stage is currently being set up 
+
+- new ParaStationMPI version (5.4.6-1) has been installed and is used as default now
 
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 === User management ===
 
-==== QoS ====
-
-- the quality of service groups (QoS) within Slurm (determining the jobs priority) are currently being re-organized with regards to the accounting introduced with the EAP
-
-- please, report any issues in starting jobs or in specifying an account for your jobs using the `-A` option
-
 ==== BeeGFS Quotas ====
 
-- it's currently under consideration to implement a quota for the BeeGFS file system (mounted to /work)
+- a quota for the BeeGFS file system (mounted to /work) is being implemented