GSL
GSL is a library of mathematical methods for C and C++ languages.
Ascend
Miniconda3
Miniconda3 is a free minimal installer for conda. It is a small, bootstrap version of Anaconda that includes only conda, Python, the packages they depend on, and a small number of other useful packages, including pip, zlib and a few others.
Availability and Restrictions
Versions
Miniconda is available on the Ascend Cluster. The versions currently available at OSC are:
2022 Storage Service Upgrades
In October 2022, OSC retires the Data Direct Networks (DDN) GRIDScaler system deployed in 2016 and expands the IBM Elastic Storage System (ESS) for both Project and global Scratch services. This expands the total capacity of Project and Scratch storage at OSC to ~16 petabytes with better performance.
System Downtime October 11, 2022
A downtime for OSC HPC systems is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 11 2022. The downtime will affect the Pitzer and Owens Clusters, web portals, and HPC file servers. MyOSC (my.osc.edu) and state-wide licenses will be available during the downtime.
In preparation for the downtime, the batch scheduler will not start jobs that cannot be completed before 7 a.m., Oct. 11 2022. Jobs that are not started on clusters will be held until after the downtime and then started once the system is returned to production status.
short degradation of ondemand 2022 Aug 12 11am
A short degradation of ondemand.osc.edu will occur today, 12 Aug 2022, at 11am for 5-15 minutes. During this time access to /fs/ess/ locations in ondemand file browser will not be accessible.
This is to resolve known issue for accessing /fs/ess/ locations on osc systems.
issues accessing /fs/ess/ locations
ondemand.osc.edu is no longer degraded, and access to /fs/ess/ should be healthy again. OSC staff are still working to ensure no more issues arise and we will provide another update after the known issue is completely resolved
Please contact oschelp@osc.edu if you experience any problems.
DS9
SAOImageDS9 is a astronomical imaging and data visualization application. DS9 provides support for FITS images, binary tables, multiple frame buffers, region manipulation, and colormaps display options
Availability and Restrictions
DS9 is currently available on the following clusters.
System Downtime August 9, 2022
An exceptional downtime for OSC HPC systems is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, August 9 2022 to prepare for expansion of the IBM Elastic Storage System (ESS). The downtime will affect the Pitzer and Owens Clusters, web portals, and HPC file servers. Client Portal (my.osc.edu) and state-wide licenses will be available during the downtime.
https://www.osc.edu/calendar/events/2022_08_09-system_downtime_august_9_2022
MyOSC 3.0 deployment
MyOSC will be unavailable Aug. 2, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. while we deploy version 3.0. See the MyOSC version 3.0 - charge account change log for details.
https://www.osc.edu/resources/technical_support/hpc_changelog/2022/myosc_version_30_charge_accounts
Rolling reboot of Owens and Pitzer starting from July 11, 2022
We will have rolling reboots of Owens and Pitzer clusters including login and compute nodes, starting from 9AM Monday, July 11, 2022, to perform OS updates to address CVE-2022-1966 (https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1966). The rolling reboots won't affect any running batch jobs, but users may experience longer queue wait time than usual on both clusters.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. Please contact oschelp@osc.edu if you have any questions.
