Category: Unveiling Innovation

The RIS team has completed each vendor’s delivery, installation, and configuration of hardware and are working on configuring the new SLURM job scheduler and supporting systems. We will select early adopters for usability and performance testing to ensure our cluster infrastructure meets Compute2’s highest performance, security, and reliability standards. We are targeting June 2025 for […]

In November, Washington University in St. Louis started a major network upgrade. It replaced outdated routers and switches with cutting-edge technology designed to significantly enhance the network’s capacity, speed, and reliability.  Why it matters: During this change, significant updates to enhance the performance and reliability of RIS systems took place, including re-IPing critical systems, modifying configurations, […]

The RIS team is actively working on the delivery, installation, and configuration of hardware from each vendor. This is crucial in ensuring our cluster infrastructure meets Compute2’s highest performance, security, and reliability standards. We anticipate that early adopters will have access to the cluster around February 2025.

This month, Washington University in St. Louis is embarking on a major network upgrade. It will replace outdated routers and switches with cutting-edge technology designed to significantly enhance the network’s capacity, speed, and reliability. Why it matters: The modernization will deliver a 10-fold increase in bandwidth, meeting the university’s growing academic and research demands. These improvements […]

This August, the new Qumulo storage solution will be released for general use as part of the RIS Data Storage Platform. Why it matters: Now known as Storage2, it provides twice the performance, reduces operational complexities, and includes offsite backups and disaster recovery capabilities. New allocations and condos will be available. The transition from Storage1 will vary depending on the research group.

After nine months of gathering requirements and executing RFPs, Dell Technologies was selected as the new Scientific Compute Operational Platform Expansion (SCOPE) vendor. With additional hardware and software components from Nvidia and Vast, this expansion will upgrade, update, and expand the high-performance compute platform RIS maintains. By the numbers: 

Introducing Qumulo, the new storage replacement for the RIS Data Storage Platform.  Why it matters: This new platform will provide twice the performance, reduce operational complexities, and include offsite backups and disaster recovery capabilities. General availability will occur in June, and the transition will vary depending on the research group.

RIS is making it easier to leverage HPC resources to run scientific computing applications that process your data faster, more securely, and efficiently without knowing how to use Docker or a Job Scheduler. Our list of installed applications includes over 200 commonly used compilers, libraries, programming languages, and scientific applications used in research that are accessible via web browser or command lineinterface. Additional applications can […]

Earlier this year, RIS Storage1 was considered a HIPAA-compliant High Assurance Collection.  Why it matters: This change means the new RIS Storage1 collection, released last September, is required for all new Globus tasks. Current guest collections using the legacy Wash U RIS Storage1 dtn1 and dtn2 collections will still work. However, they will not be considered High Assurance.