wiki:Public/User_Guide/News

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Table of Contents

  1. System hardware
    1. CM nodes
    2. ESB nodes
    3. DAM nodes
    4. Network Federation Gateways
    5. Global resources
    6. File Systems
  2. System software
    1. SW updates
    2. User management
      1. BeeGFS Quotas

Latest news on the DEEP-EST prototype system

This is a summary of the latest news concerning the system. For a list of known problems related to the system, please refer to this page.

Last update: 2020-09-07

System will be in maintenance in CW37 (Monday, 2020-09-07 to Friday 2020-09-11)

System hardware

CM nodes

ESB nodes

  • 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

  • all nodes still run in app-direct mode for the DCPMM (see #2366)
  • BIOS update is being tested and will be rolled out to all DAM nodes soon

Network Federation Gateways

  • two gateway nodes for IB ↔ Extoll bridging between CM/ESB and DAM are available for the users
  • for an example on how to use the gateway nodes and for further information, please refer to the batchsystem wiki page.

Global resources

File Systems

  • DEEP-EST storage is being rebuilt in CW37 for performance reasons
    • affecting /usr/local and /work
    • BeeGFS servers and clients will be updated
  • Due to the BeeGFS updates for the DEEP-EST storage the SDV will be de-couled meaning that after CW37 the SDV nodes will only mount /sdv-work (not /work) and the DEEP-EST nodes will only mount /work (not /sdv-work)
  • BeeGFS (/work) will get user quotas (see section "User management")
  • It is possible to access the $ARCHIVE file system from the deepv login node under /arch. For more information about $ARCHIVE, please refer to the Filesystems page and see also the hint in the MOTD for efficient usage of the archive filesystem
  • DCPMM usage within BeeGFS currently being tested on dp-dam03
    • more tests (with CentOS 8) to follow

System software

SW updates

  • new SLURM features are being integrated and will be rolled out in near future:
    • extended logging and improved resource management for jobs within a workflow
    • burst buffer pluggin
  • 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

User management

BeeGFS Quotas

  • a quota for the BeeGFS file system (mounted to /work) is being implemented