Message of the Day

This page explains current status of each site and service that we support, please check here for new announcements.

Daresbury

Please report any problems to nw-grid-daresbury@request.dl.ac.uk

• 30/7/2010 09:33 Network issues have been resolved. Queues have been re-enabled and users should be able to run jobs normally.

• DisCo system status available here.

• 18/3/10: gLite LCAS/ LCMAPS software installed to manage VO pool accounts

• 18/3/10: megsissh (MEG) installed for regular ssh clients to use port 2223 with MyProxy or STFC SSO credentials

• DL1 now undergoing regular NGS software testing (INCA-2)

• MPI issues: OpenMPI has been reported to fail on some applications. We've therefore also now installed MPICH-2-1.2.1, do module avail to see what is available. See http://www.nw-grid.ac.uk/DL1Cluster for more information about running jobs. If you have any problems please contact Rob Allan, e-Mail: robert.allan@stfc.ac.uk .

Lancaster

Please report any roblems to nw-grid-lancaster@request.dl.ac.uk

• no issues

Liverpool

Please report any problems to nw-grid-liverpool@request.dl.ac.uk

• 2010-04-04: lv3 is available following a rebuild, running RedHat 5.

• Advance warning of work on lv1: lv1 will be rebuilt with network changes, improvements to the batch systems and a different (RedHat 5-based) OS at a date to be determined. User applications may need rebuilding for the new OS.

• lv1.nw-grid.ac.uk is available for users requiring a high-performance interconnect.
• users are strongly discouraged from using SCore MPI - OpenMPI is available instead.

Manchester

• no issues

UCLAN

• nothing to report

Portal/ VRE

• no issues

Web Site

• 18/3/10: site updated with information on VO membership, pool accounts and deployment of gLite LCAS/ LCMAPS authorization middleware