Login Node Performance Issues

After having some issues with compute nodes in Tampa losing access to the /work filesystem, our team discovered some latency inconsistencies between Tampa and Winter Haven (network packets taking longer to get from one place to the next). After an exhaustive investigation, we discovered that one switch in the Winter Haven was experiencing a [...]

Maple 16 and Matlab R2012a News

It is our pleasure to announce that Maple 16 is now available for use on CIRCE.  Users of NX will find that it is listed under “Applications -> Education”.

Matlab release R2012a is now available for cluster use and can be downloaded by students and faculty engaging in research from the RC ISO’s site (NetID and [...]

Grid Scheduler update and System Maintenance: 06/16/2011

From 4pm to 6pm on Thursday, 06/16/2011, we will be using our planned maintenance window to push out an update for GridEngine, re-basing us to Open Grid Scheduler 6.2 update 5 (with additional patches). This update will resolve job stability issues and add native Hadoop support to the mix. This change will require [...]

System Updates for 01/06/2011 and Recurring Maintenance Schedule

Beginning on Thursday, January 6th, we will be beginning a regular maintenance period that will last from 10:00pm until 1:00am to install regular system patches. This maintenance period will NOT affect any running or queued jobs and SHOULD NOT affect your ability to use the system, though it is possible that some issues may arise during the maintenance window.

The [...]

OpenOffice 3.1

The OpenOffice productivity suite, which include a Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Database, Equation Editor, and several other applications has been installed on the CIRCE cluster and is available to all users of the CIRCE Desktop. The OpenOffice apps have been grouped together in the Applications menu, in a sub-menu item titled “Office”.