Posted in 2024
06/11/2024 - VSC User Survey
21/10/2024 - Workflow Managers for HPC on November 25, 2024
09/10/2024 - 05/11/2024: HPC Introduction Training
09/10/2024 - 04/11/2024: Linux Introduction Training
04/09/2024 - VSC Users Day 22 October 2024
27/06/2024 - New Anansi cluster for notebooks and test/debug jobs
26/06/2024 - Visual Studio Code now available
25/06/2024 - Hydra OS upgrade
12/06/2024 - Removal of broadwell nodes from Hydra
05/06/2024 - Notebook platform environments on 2023a
31/05/2024 - Hydra Overview 2023
23/04/2024 - Hydra system upgrade with brand new nodes
21/03/2024 - Planned internet interruptions on 6 April 2024
18/03/2024 - Softening environment of Julia modules
09/02/2024 - Your OneDrive in VUB can now be used from Globus
Posted in 2023
28/11/2023 - Hydra upgrade 27-28 November finished
08/11/2023 - VSC User Survey
27/10/2023 - Big upgrade for Hydra on 27-28 November 2023
23/10/2023 - Belgian LUMI user day
11/10/2023 - Job scheduler outage in Hydra
19/09/2023 - 31/10/2023: HPC Intro Training Session
18/09/2023 - 30/10/2023: Linux Training Session
04/09/2023 - 24/10/2023: VSC Users Day 2023
21/08/2023 - License server upgrade
26/07/2023 - Reboot of Hydra login nodes
14/07/2023 - Network outage at VUB main campus
29/06/2023 - Scheduled maintenance of HPC notebook platform
03/05/2023 - Tier-1 Data launch event
29/03/2023 - New web portal for notebooks on the HPC
27/03/2023 - Legacy software change
17/03/2023 - Extra Ampere GPUs in Hydra
03/03/2023 - Documentation website refresh
06/02/2023 - New notebook platform pilot
23/01/2023 - New command prompt in Hydra
13/01/2023 - LUMI user course
Posted in 2022
21/11/2022 - Hydra login nodes reboot
07/11/2022 - LUMI user training
02/11/2022 - Data snapshots of the scratch in Hydra
24/10/2022 - Bug fixes for GCC and OpenBLAS
21/10/2022 - 2022-fall on-site Linux Training Session
21/10/2022 - 2022-fall on-site HPC Training Session
14/09/2022 - VSC Lunch Session on OpenFOAM
22/08/2022 - New Globus endpoint for Hydra
11/08/2022 - Hydra storage down
05/08/2022 - More Ampere GPUs in Hydra
02/08/2022 - Job monitoring and checkpoints
30/06/2022 - External network connection cut
28/06/2022 - Scheduled maintenance for Hydra in July
03/06/2022 - Quota data synchronisation is now working again
25/05/2022 - Slow network connection to external systems
11/05/2022 - VSC Users Day 2022
05/05/2022 - Hydra-VSC network failure
21/04/2022 - Irregular low performance of Hydra’s new storage
19/04/2022 - Hydra move to VUB Etterbeek campus completed
09/04/2022 - Kickoff of operation to move Hydra into campus
28/03/2022 - User survey 2022
20/03/2022 - Hydra power cut
17/03/2022 - Hydra moves to VUB Etterbeek campus
03/03/2022 - Multiple software packages updated in Hydra
01/02/2022 - VUB-HPC user survey 2022
27/01/2022 - VSC/CÉCI Workshop on Managing Workflows in HPC
27/01/2022 - GAMESS-US v2021-R2 available in Hydra
17/01/2022 - Survey about trainings
Posted in 2021
21/12/2021 - Tier-1 Info Session cutoff 1 2022
16/12/2021 - New GPU nodes in Hydra
15/12/2021 - AlphaFold 2.1.1 available in Hydra
10/12/2021 - System update in Hydra
15/10/2021 - 2021-fall on-premise Linux Training Session
15/10/2021 - 2021-fall on-premise HPC Training Session
04/10/2021 - Slurm Q&A Sessions
04/10/2021 - Migration of Hydra to Slurm
17/09/2021 - VSC Lunch Session on A.I.
15/09/2021 - Update of the MPI stack in Hydra
24/08/2021 - New documentation for SRA-Toolkit
23/07/2021 - Migration of Globus accounts
22/07/2021 - Urgent system update in Hydra
19/07/2021 - TensorFlow 2.5.0 is available in Hydra
14/07/2021 - Reboot of scheduler
07/07/2021 - ORCA 5.0.0 is available in Hydra
06/07/2021 - CSC Autumn courses for LUMI
14/06/2021 - Rolling system updates
28/04/2021 - User survey 2021
26/04/2021 - OneDrive Client in Hydra
20/04/2021 - VSC Tier-1 Cloud Launch Event
26/01/2021 - 2021-winter Online HPC Training Session
25/01/2021 - New upcoming online trainings (Winter 2021)
25/01/2021 - 2021-winter Online Linux Training Session
Posted in 2020
25/11/2020 - Hydra storage maintenance scheduled on 26/11
10/11/2020 - 2020-fall Online HPC Training Session
09/11/2020 - New upcoming online trainings (Fall 2020)
09/11/2020 - 2020-fall Online Linux Training Session
27/08/2020 - Hydra maintenance scheduled on 29/08
03/08/2020 - Preventive measures for second heatwave
09/06/2020 - PRACE online training on Parallel Programming
02/06/2020 - Electricity works on the cooling system
27/05/2020 - Hydra security hardening
11/05/2020 - Hydra storage maintenance scheduled on 18/05
30/04/2020 - 2020-spring Online HPC Training Session
29/04/2020 - 2020-spring Online Linux Training Session
16/04/2020 - Hydra network maintenance scheduled on 20/04
15/04/2020 - Free Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs)
02/04/2020 - Urgent reboot of Hydra login server
31/03/2020 - 2020-spring HPC Training Session
30/03/2020 - 2020-spring Linux Training Session
23/03/2020 - VSC COVID-19 Action
09/03/2020 - Hydra unexpected network disconnection
06/03/2020 - New upcoming training sessions (Spring 2020)
17/02/2020 - Fixed node crashes caused by MPI jobs