Owens

Final Migration of Abaqus, Ansys, LS-DYNA, and Star-CCM+ to Cardinal Cluster

On December 17, 2024, Abaqus, Ansys, LS-DYNA, and Star-CCM+ will be fully migrated from the Owens cluster to the Cardinal cluster. After this date, these applications will no longer be available on Owens and will only be accessible on Cardinal. Please ensure any necessary transitions are completed before the deadline. For migration assistance, please email oschelp@osc.edu.

Rosetta

Rosetta

 

Rosetta is a software suite that includes algorithms for computational modeling and analysis of protein structures. It has enabled notable scientific advances in computational biology, including de novo protein design, enzyme design, ligand docking, and structure prediction of biological macromolecules and macromolecular complexes.

 

Globus downtime at 10:00 AM EDT on 11/02/2024

Globus services (including Auth, Transfer, Flows, Search, Timer, Compute, GlobusID, and Action Providers) will be unavailable for up to 1.5 hours beginning at 10:00 AM EDT on Saturday, November 2, 2024, due to planned maintenance. Transfers in progress at the start of the downtime will resume from the last checkpoint when services are restored. For more details, please visit: https://www.globus.org/blog/maintenance-downtime-for-database-upgrades-saturday-november-2-2024.

Older versions of R to be removed on Owens

Following the report of vulnerability CVE-2024-27322 in the R programming language, we have applied security patches to older R versions, with the exception of the versions listed below. These unpatched versions will be removed from the Owens cluster by Oct 9 2024. If you are using any of the versions slated for removal, please migrate your R workflows to a secure version as soon as possible. R Versions to be Deleted from Owens Cluster: R/3.3.1 R/3.3.2 R/3.4.0 R/3.4.2; R/3.5.0 under intel16, R/3.6.0, R/3.6.0-gnu7.3. RStudio Versions to be Deleted from Owens: 3.3.2, 3.4.2, 3.6.0

Change is Coming!

Later this fall, OSC will be introducing a major change to the current process clients use to get help. We will be rolling out a new web-based system for clients to manage and review open cases with the service desk. More information will be forthcoming over the next few months, so keep an eye out for messages on various OSC communication channels, as well as at https://www.osc.edu/service_portal_deployment .

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