Dataproc to be replaced by tempest

SCD Technical Consultant
Juli Rew is happy to help
you use SCD computing
facilities.

On 1 October 2004, the SGI data analysis and processing platform dataproc will be decommissioned and replaced by a greatly enlarged SGI platform called tempest.

Tempest will have 128 processors, 64 gigabytes of memory, and run the Irix operating system. Its primary purpose will be interactive data processing and analysis. All users who have dataproc accounts will be moved to tempest.

The following things will be the same as on dataproc:

• Application software, libraries, and products
• No charging, except for Mass Storage System access
• The same batch queuing system (NQE), although queues may be adjusted
• The same "good neighbor" usage policy as on dataproc

User home directories on dataproc will be moved to tempest. In addition, /ptmp/$USER directories will be preserved. All files not in a $USER directory will be cleaned out.

Please watch the Daily Bulletin for updates and further announcements.

Please contact the SCD Consulting Office (consult1@ucar.edu, 303-497-1278) if you have questions or concerns.