Greetings!

Tomorrow is the 23rd: meaning cmslpc-sl7 will draw down to 20 nodes, and we will perform the Alma9 (despite what was said below) upgrade on cmslpcgpu1 and 2.  That upgrade will involve deleting all of the local scratch disk storage on those nodes, so retrieve anything you wish to keep from them today!  It will not be backed up.

Thanks,

--Dave

> On Apr 8, 2024, at 9:42 AM, David A. Mason <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Greetings!
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> SL7 will be reaching end of life this summer.  In preparation for this we have been slowly drawing down resources in cmslpc-sl7, in favor of the newer cmslpc-el8 and cmslpc-el9 interactive clusters.  As we get closer to shutting off cmslpc-sl7 altogether, we have a schedule we're going to follow for the draw down:
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> cmslpc-sl7 now has 40 nodes, users please move to cmslpc-el8 (50 nodes), cmslpc-el9 (50 nodes):
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> April 9 (tomorrow), cmslpc-sl7 will be reduced to 30 nodes
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> April 23, cmslpc-sl7 will be reduced to 20 nodes, cmslpcgpu1 and 2 will be upgraded to Alma8
>                     NOTE:  cmslpcgpu UPGRADES WILL INVOLVE ERASING THEIR RESPECTIVE SCRATCH AREAS
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> May 7, cmslpc-sl7 will be reduced to 10 nodes
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> May 31, cmslpc-sl7 will be offline.  We will pause for a moment of silence.
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> cmslpc-sl7-heavy nodes will have a similar reduction of resources.
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> Thanks for your patience!
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> --Dave