wiki:Public/User_Guide/News

Version 3 (modified by Jacopo de Amicis, 4 years ago) (diff)

Added brief info about the ESB.

Table of Contents

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

Latest news on the DEEP-EST prototype system

System hardware

CM nodes

ESB nodes

  • currently only 1 rack installed in the system (25 nodes).

DAM nodes

  • all nodes still run in app-direct mode for the DCPMM (see #2366)

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

System software

SW updates

  • upcoming SLURM update to version 19.5.5
    • will require a maintenance for the full system
    • no date fixed yet
  • Easybuild has been updated to version 4.1.2
  • modules successfully tested in the Devel stage will be included in the production (default) stage
  • ParaStation Health Checker now includes a check for GPU presence on the DAM and ESB nodes

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)