Pentium 4 Cluster to be removed from service

September 01, 2008 - September 02, 2008

DESCRIPTION:
The OSC Pentium 4 Cluster (http://www.osc.edu/supercomputing/hardware/index.shtml#beo ) will be removed from service on September 1, 2008. Data stored in user's home directories will remain available from other OSC systems and is not impacted by this change. Users are advised to begin migrating their applications to Glenn, the IBM 1350 Linux cluster before September 1.

The IBM 1350 cluster has been available for general use since December, 2008. For details regarding hardware, instructions on how to access and use the new cluster system, please see

http://www.osc.edu/supercomputing/hardware/ http://www.osc.edu/supercomputing/computing/opt/index.shtml

The new cluster is a significant increase in capacity compared to the Itanium and Pentium 4 clusters. If you have any questions regarding this change, please contact OSChelp. Phone and e-mail contact information can be found at: http://www.osc.edu/supercomputing/support http://www.osc.edu/supercomputing/support.