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Expanded storage capacity

To meet growing storage needs, Research Computing recently expanded the /group file system. The total replicated capacity is now 2.6PB.

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Storage price increase in 2025

Starting in 2025, the price for group storage will increase to $80/TB/year. However, because of the short notice, this new rate will apply only to new storage subscription payments made in 2025. All existing storage renewals processed in January 2025 will remain at the current rate of $60/TB/year.

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Final cluster OS upgrade phase

RCC is in the second phase of a plan to upgrade the cluster operating system to Rocky Linux 8. We have answered a number of great questions and fixed a number of issues since the upgrade. We have also seen several weeks of stability, and so have decided to end this phase earlier than planned. To that end, RCC will upgrade the remaining systems on May 1. Please see the updated plan and send any questions/concerns to help-rcc@mcw.edu.

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Cluster operating system upgrade

RCC is entering the second phase of a plan to upgrade the cluster operating system to Rocky Linux 8. Last night, the majority of login and cluster nodes were upgraded and now run Rocky Linux 8. A single login node and select compute nodes running CentOS 7 are still available via special queues. This will ensure backwards compatibility for those users that have not fixed software issues prior to upgrade. Please note, if you did not participate in the first phase test, your jobs may be at risk of failing, or inaccuracy. Contact help-rcc@mcw.edu with questions.