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As hardware components of Storage1 near the end of life, RIS will begin migrating allocations from Storage1 to Storage3 over the next three years. Allocations on the oldest hardware components (filesystem1) will begin in April 2026. Impacted users will receive additional communications prior to their cutover date as batch lists are scheduled. 💪🏻Benefits of Storage3: ✅ […]

We are excited to announce our upcoming training series. Whether you are a beginner looking to speed up C code or an advanced user scaling AI models on RIS Compute2, we have a training designed for you.  Available Trainings Best For What you’ll learn When Introduction to Parallel Computing (C & OpenMP) Researchers using traditional simulation […]

RIS will be performing scheduled system maintenance beginning at 9:00 AM CST on March 5. ❓ Why: IBM GPFS will be upgraded to 5.2.3.5. These updates will fix existing issues, making our storage system faster, safer, and more reliable. During this maintenance window, the following services will be affected: ❗️Impacted Services Maintenacne Window Impact Storage1 9:00 AM […]

On February 16, we will implement a Secure Shell (SSH) policy change only on compute1-client* and c2-login-* nodes. ❗️Impact: Scientific Compute ▸ C1 & C2 ▸ SSHUnder the new policy, all RIS compute login nodes will be configured to automatically close any user session that has been inactive for 7 consecutive days. If your session is affected, you […]

Next week, on February 18 and 19 at 9:00 AM CST, the Tape Library, which serves the Archive storage tier and tape backup system, will undergo yearly maintenance. Recalling data from the Archive and backup tape will be unavailable during the scheduled maintenance. Active storage and self-service snapshots will be available during this time with […]