Fall greetings from RC! We are very pleased to unveil the new compute purchased by FAS as part of the Odyssey 3 project (https://www.rc.fas.harvard.edu/odyssey-3-the-next-generation/). This new compute hardware has been benchmarked at 0.5 petaflops, making it the fastest block of compute to date at Harvard. This hardware is now available on the cluster for people to use in these new…
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Odyssey Updates
Research Computing Odyssey Users, For those of you returning, welcome back. For those new to Harvard, we hope to provide you with solid services, resources and support. Below is information on some important updates as well as our new training schedule. Next Maintenance: Due to the Labor Day holiday, the next monthly maintenance will be Monday, Sept. 11th 7-11am. A…
Odyssey 3 Announcement
Greetings Odyssey cluster users. We'd like to let you know that we are planning several major updates to the Odyssey cluster that will be rolling out over the next few months. This third generation of high performance computing will include increases in raw compute power, a new CentOS 7-based application stack, and the introduction of the Singularity container system. We…
ACI-REF program kicks off at Harvard
Back in March, Research Computing announced its collaboration with five universities to launch a new national program that would broaden the impact of advanced computing resources at university campuses across the country. The NSF funded program was called Advanced Cyberinfrastructure - Research and Educational Facilitation: Campus-based Computational Research Support or ACI-REF for short. The program received $5.3M in funding and was based…
38 Oxford’s time warp
One of the great things about working at a university with more than 375 years of history are the stories you stumble upon. Markers of the past live on in tradition and in form. Here at Research Computing we are reminded of what came before every day we make our way through the doors of 38 Oxford Street. For those unfamiliar with Research…
Journey to the server room
Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes at Research Computing (RC)? While most of the job involves long stretches at the computer terminal, every now and then we get to step out from behind the desk and journey to the server room. These chilled rooms hold all the data, storage, networking, and compute that make Odyssey so magical and…
Clouds in the forecast: RC embarks on cloud computing project
Research Computing (RC) is excited to announce its partnership with the Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC). On Friday, April 25th, Governor Deval Patrick announced the initiative as part of the Commonwealth's commitment to growing the state's big data industry. “Massachusetts is already home to several unique big data assets, including the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center in Holyoke, and through…
Fast times at RC High…Performance Computing
Apr 7, 2014 The past year has been an exciting one at Research Computing (RC). We increased our computing power by 28,000 CPUs, rolled out a new queue management system SLURM, consolidated our data centers to reduce energy costs and improve storage capacity, partnered with WiseTek to sustainably dispose of old equipment, spun up some GPU farms, and welcomed five…
The cloud’s silver lining
The cloud. Everyone is talking about it even if they aren't quite sure what it is. And almost everyone is using it. To start, let's get that pesky definition out of the way. The cloud or cloud computing refers to the storing and accessing of data and programs over the Internet instead of on the hard drive of a personal computer.…
How big is Big Data?
If you have been tuned-in to tech talk over the last couple years there have been certain buzzwords that have been making their way into the common vernacular, big data being one of them. But with any buzzword, the meaning behind it can often be murky as can the understanding of that meaning. In 2012, Citrix, the software giant, commissioned…
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