Cluster migration
The HPC cluster has been moved to the new upper campus data centre. The new data centre provides more electrical power and cooling and also has a new UPS and generators in order to better withstand load shedding. In addition…
New domain
We have migrated our WordPress website to https://ucthpc.uct.ac.za. The old domain, hpc.uct.ac.za redirects here. The current cluster dashboard remains at hpc.uct.ac.za/db.…
Data Centre migration
Dear colleagues, As part of the process of ongoing improvement, ICTS will be migrating the High-Performance Computing cluster from its current location to the new data centre. This will result in some downtime for the cluster. How does this affect…
New dashboard
After more than a decade we finally got around to redesigning the HPC dashboard. Initially created as a way for sysadmins to monitor MPI software the dashboard used simplistic images strung together in html. This worked fine while there were…
New HPC cluster
It’s been a while since the HPC cluster has had a major update. Over the last few weeks we’ve been planning and constructing a new test environment. One of the major issues on the horizon is the impending demise of…
June 2022 downtime
The UCTHPC cluster will be down on the weekend of the 25th\26th of June for scheduled network maintenance. We will place the cluster in draining mode on Friday the 24th of June at 17:00 at which point new jobs may…
Openfoam and Singularity
Singularity is a container technology that allows users and administrators to build complex software stacks inside a single file for execution. This has several benefits which include the ability to choose an operating system of their choice as well as…
UCT HPC update Nov 2021
Please let us know if you no longer require your HPC account or if you have acknowledged the use of the UCTHPC cluster in any publications recently. We rely on acknowledgements in order to motivate for new equipment. Processes on…
New interactive script
We have provided an updated wrapper script to start interactive jobs: sintx. Note that this does not replace the standard wrapper script, sint, which still remains available. We have simplified how the new script works by making the parameters optional.…
UCTHPC status
The cluster will remain operational throughout the lock down with the support staff working from home. We are able to respond to emails, create accounts and install software.…