{"id":8147,"date":"2013-10-07T13:03:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T17:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcwebsite2.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/?page_id=8147"},"modified":"2019-10-16T12:46:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T16:46:58","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/updated-tres-weighting-scheme\/\">Updated TRES Weighting Scheme<\/a><\/h3><h5>  July 23, 2026<\/h5><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">by Paul Edmon July 23, 2026\nAbstract\nWith the advent of Nvidia deprioritizing 64-bit floating point performance, another metric is needed to fairly weight GPU performance for the sake of fairshare accounting. This blog post describes the rationale behind the new method which is to take the theoretical peak performance in whatever category is the largest and ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/updated-tres-weighting-scheme\/\">Read More<\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/rspace-report\/\">RSpace Support Group Pilot Project Report<\/a><\/h3><h5>  July 8, 2026<\/h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/rspace-report\/\" title=\"RSpace Support Group Pilot Project Report\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rspace_070826.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\"  alt=\"RSpace Support Group Pilot Project Report\" \/><\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nBy Sarah Marchese - FASRC Research Data Manager - July 8, 2026\nThe RSpace Support Group pilot project was launched in July 2025 to assess awareness, use, and support of RSpace, an FAS-supported electronic lab notebook (ELN) available to Harvard researchers. Representatives from Harvard Library, University Research Computing (URC), the Office of the Vice Provost for ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/rspace-report\/\">Read More<\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/2026-mghpcc-power-down\/\">2026 MGHPCC power downtime June 15-18, 2026<\/a><\/h3><h5>  May 6, 2026<\/h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/2026-mghpcc-power-down\/\" title=\"2026 MGHPCC power downtime June 15-18, 2026\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mghpcc_powerdown_2026.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\"  alt=\"2026 MGHPCC power downtime June 15-18, 2026\" \/><\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The yearly power downtime at our Holyoke data center, MGHPCC, has been scheduled by the facility. This year's power downtime will take place June\u00a0 15th - 18th, 2026.\u00a0 There will be no June monthly maintenance as a result.\nSince the facility will be powered down for two days this year, we will not be performing the ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/2026-mghpcc-power-down\/\">Read More<\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/storage-modernization-111325\/\">FAS Research Computing Storage Modernization Initiative &#8211; Nov 2025<\/a><\/h3><h5>  November 13, 2025<\/h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/storage-modernization-111325\/\" title=\"FAS Research Computing Storage Modernization Initiative - Nov 2025\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NY0mxmIMmk5y0W4fkpM2kz_KEYGanHaHnr0r4bNahxdk4NvuawavOm9UBZz8Rc_WFdZzYIo5MzT_XfQJNO2qD1nt5zSWTA1gS2bXELfmTBxMRfAlwinr0eBZfKzYlDqQhjGsw=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rc-logo_2024_sm.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\"  alt=\"FAS Research Computing Storage Modernization Initiative - Nov 2025\" \/><\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">This message was sent to all active FASRC account holders on Nov. 13, 2025\n&nbsp;\n\n\nHarvard FAS Research Computing\nWebsite | Documentation | Training | Status\n\nFAS Research Computing (FAS RC), with support from the FAS Division of Science, will be transitioning to a new storage infrastructure in the coming months.\u00a0\nUpcoming changes:\n\nModernizes and consolidates FAS RC storage systems, migrating ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/storage-modernization-111325\/\">Read More<\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/fasrc-collaboration-with-starfish\/\">FASRC Collaboration With Starfish<\/a><\/h3><h5>  October 17, 2025<\/h5><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">FASRC has worked closely with Starfish to create a system allowing not only accurate storage cost recovery, but to allow researchers and PIs an insight into their storage usage and tools for managing that storage.:th\nYou can read more in a two-part blog series from Starfish:\nChapter One: How Harvard Faculty of Arts and Science Research Computing ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/fasrc-collaboration-with-starfish\/\">Read More<\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/new-h200-partition\/\">FASRC Adds New H200 Partition to Cannon<\/a><\/h3><h5>  August 18, 2025<\/h5><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Over the past several years FASRC has seen remarkable growth in GPU demand. The gpu partition has been regularly oversubscribed with near constant 100% utilization. Looking at future trends, GPU computation will only become more popular.\nWith this in mind, FASRC is pleased to announce the new gpu_h200 partition on Cannon. This partition is made up ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/new-h200-partition\/\">Read More<\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/2025-compute-os-upgrade\/\">2025 Compute OS Upgrade<\/a><\/h3><h5>  June 18, 2025<\/h5><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">It is time for our annual operating system (OS) upgrade for our two clusters, Cannon and FASSE. Unlike previous years we have separated the upgrade from our annual power outage. This was to make it easier for FASRC staff to deal with any unforeseen issues coming out of the power outage and to simplify the ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/2025-compute-os-upgrade\/\">Read More<\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/2025-mghpcc-power-downtime-june-2-4-2025\/\">2025 MGHPCC power downtime June 2-4, 2025<\/a><\/h3><h5>  March 27, 2025<\/h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/2025-mghpcc-power-downtime-june-2-4-2025\/\" title=\"2025 MGHPCC power downtime June 2-4, 2025\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-downtime-timeline.png\" class=\"alignleft\"  alt=\"2025 MGHPCC power downtime June 2-4, 2025\" \/><\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">UPDATE: June 5th 9am - Downtime is complete, Return to full service\n\nThe yearly power downtime at our Holyoke data center, MGHPCC, has been scheduled.\u00a0 \nThis year's power downtime will take place on Tuesday June 3, 2025.\u00a0\n\nMonday June 2nd\u00a0-\u00a0 Power-down begins at 9AM\nTuesday June 3rd\u00a0- Power out at MGHPCC\nWednesday June 4th\u00a0- Maintenance tasks and then power-up ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/2025-mghpcc-power-downtime-june-2-4-2025\/\">Read More<\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/boston-move-2025-phase-2\/\">Boston Data Center Move &#8211; Jan. 21-23, 2025 (Phase 2)<\/a><\/h3><h5>  January 6, 2025<\/h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/boston-move-2025-phase-2\/\" title=\"Boston Data Center Move - Jan. 21-23, 2025 (Phase 2)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BOSTON-move-2-2024.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\"  alt=\"Boston Data Center Move - Jan. 21-23, 2025 (Phase 2)\" \/><\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">FAS Research Computing will be moving floors in our Boston data center in early 2025. This will require at least two downtimes to accomplish. The first phase will be completed Jan 12-13, 2025. Phase 2 will take place Jan 21-23 and will be less disruptive and will not require a cluster shutdown.\nPhase 2: The cluster ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/boston-move-2025-phase-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/boston-move-2025-phase-1\/\">Boston Data Center Move &#8211; Jan. 12-14, 2025 (Phase 1)<\/a><\/h3><h5>  December 13, 2024<\/h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/boston-move-2025-phase-1\/\" title=\"Boston Data Center Move - Jan. 12-14, 2025 (Phase 1)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/BOSTON-move-1-2025.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\"  alt=\"Boston Data Center Move - Jan. 12-14, 2025 (Phase 1)\" \/><\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">FAS Research Computing will be moving floors in our Boston data center in early 2025. This will require at least two downtimes to accomplish. The most impactful will be the first move of our Boston Isilon storage which houses all user home directories.\u00a0\nPhase 1: The cluster will be offline until Tuesday 1\/14.\nThis first move will ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/boston-move-2025-phase-1\/\">Read More<\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/announcing-netscratch\/\">Announcing Netscratch: Our New High-Performance Scratch Filesystem\u00a0<\/a><\/h3><h5>  November 3, 2024<\/h5><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">This was sent as an email(s) to all cluster users on Nov 1st, 2024. It has been edited here to provide additional information about moving data.\nWe\u2019re excited to introduce\u00a0netscratch, a high-performance scratch filesystem powered by\u00a0Vast Data. After thorough evaluation, Vast Data\u2019s advanced flash technology stood out for its performance and scalability, making it our solution ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/announcing-netscratch\/\">Read More<\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/2024-mghpcc-power-downtime\/\">2024 MGHPCC power downtime May 21-24, 2024<\/a><\/h3><h5>  April 4, 2024<\/h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/2024-mghpcc-power-downtime\/\" title=\"2024 MGHPCC power downtime May 21-24, 2024\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MGHPCC-powerdown-2024.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\"  alt=\"2024 MGHPCC power downtime May 21-24, 2024\" \/><\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">POWERUP COMPLETE 6:20PM See Status Page\n&nbsp;\nThe yearly power downtime at our Holyoke data center, MGHPCC, has been scheduled.\u00a0 This year the power outage will take place on a Wednesday\/Thursday the week before the Memorial Day long weekend (Mon. 5\/27\/24). Ordinarily this is happens during a Monday\/Tuesday or Tuesday\/Wednesday timeframe, but due to scheduling conflicts with ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/2024-mghpcc-power-downtime\/\">Read More<\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/cannon-2-0\/\">Cannon 2.0<\/a><\/h3><h5>  January 18, 2024<\/h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/cannon-2-0\/\" title=\"Cannon 2.0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cannon_banner-20-1024x384.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\"  alt=\"Cannon 2.0\" \/><\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nSummary\nFASRC is adding 216 Intel Sapphire Rapids nodes with 1TB of RAM each, 4 Intel Sapphire Rapids nodes with 2TB of RAM each and 144 A100 80GB GPUs to the Cannon cluster. The Sapphire Rapids cores will be made available in the new \u2018sapphire\u2019 partition. The new A100 GPUs will be added to the \u2018gpu\u2019 ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/cannon-2-0\/\">Read More<\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/2023-downtime\/\">2023 MGHPCC downtime, and major OS and software changes<\/a><\/h3><h5>  February 23, 2023<\/h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/2023-downtime\/\" title=\"2023 MGHPCC downtime, and major OS and software changes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/rockylinux-200x200.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"2023 MGHPCC downtime, and major OS and software changes\" data-attachment-id=\"24748\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/2023-downtime\/attachment\/rockylinux\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/rockylinux.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"615,203\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rockylinux\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/rockylinux.jpg\" \/><\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">DOWNTIME COMPLETE\nThe annual multi-day power downtime at MGHPCC (https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/2023-downtime\/) is complete (with exceptions noted below). Normal service resumes today (Friday June 9th) at 9am. As noted in previous communications, many changes have been made to the cluster and software. If you run jobs on the cluster\u00a0and did not previously try out the test cluster, you ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/2023-downtime\/\">Read More<\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/cluster-fragmentation\/\">Cluster Fragmentation<\/a><\/h3><h5>  June 3, 2022<\/h5><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">by Paul Edmon June 3, 2022\nA common pitfall of High Performance Computing (HPC) scheduling is cluster fragmentation.\u00a0 This is not unique to HPC mind you, any system where you have a limited amount of space that you try to fill with quasi random sized blocks of stuff will end up fragmented at some level (see ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/cluster-fragmentation\/\">Read More<\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/blog\/hpc-revolution\/\">HPC Medical Discovery Revolution<\/a><\/h3><h5>  March 16, 2022<\/h5><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Some faces you may recognize in a video from one of our hardware partners discussing how modern HPC is revolutionizing drug and other health-related discoveries. 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