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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: 

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.

We are excited to announce the expansion of our computing capabilities to meet the increasing demand for research resources at WashU. This April, we added 40 A100 GPUs and 1,000 CPU cores to our existing cluster. Why it matters:  Researchers at WashU will have access to more GPUs and CPUs on the Scientific Compute Platform to accommodate more […]

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.

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 […]