NEWS! Decommission of ecgate service in Reading Cycle 47r3 has been implemented on the Atos systems in Bologna, starting with today's 06 UTC run Update of migration plan 24/7 support from 1 October Update of migration plan Update of migration timeline Announcement of migration timeline |
The new Atos will not only replace the current HPC service provided by the Cray XC40 systems, but also all Linux servers, e.g. ecgate.
All users are invited to migrate their workload to the Atos at their earliest convenience. Before starting any migration work users are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the Atos HPCF and ECS services.
The Atos system, is still awaiting formal acceptance but is providing a full parallel service, reliably supporting the running of the Release Candidate Phase. As we are getting closer to the switch of the operational forecast to the Atos, expected for 18 October 2022, the support level will be heightened to 24/7 from 1 October. From 1 November usage of the operational Atos HPC service (hpc-login) will be charged against SBU allocations. In the meantime Atos usage can already be monitored. The Atos ECS service (ecs-login) which replaces ecgate will remain free of charge.
To support users with their migration we are offering Atos expert sessions. Please see the event page for more details and to register.
Since 1 Oct the Atos is supported 24/7. The start of the Atos contract is currently expected for 1 November 2022. The decommissioning of the Reading data centre will start on 1 November 2022.