almost 6 years ago
A better view at Sherlock's resources
by Kilian Cavalotti
How many jobs are running? What partitions do I have access to? How many CPUs can I use? Where should I submit my jobs? Any of those sound familiar? We know it's not always easy to navigate the native scheduler tools, their syntax, and...![A better view at Sherlock's resources](https://storage.noticeable.io/projects/bYyIewUV308AvkMztxix/publications/Z7dki2n3MCcR1PgBRsG2/01h55ta3gsdrhvkvq03vxnpkxn-featured-image.jpg)
almost 6 years ago
When setting an environment variable gives you a 40x speedup
by Kilian Cavalotti
Today, we'd like to share some of our recent work on Sherlock that allowed a pretty significant speedup when listing files in directories with a lot of entries. > Unlike our usual announcements, this post is more of a behind-the-scenes...![When setting an environment variable gives you a 40x speedup](https://storage.noticeable.io/projects/bYyIewUV308AvkMztxix/publications/NzP6xovbLvQykEjMv50V/01h55ta3gsr2nqgjfjqdre57je-featured-image.jpg)
almost 6 years ago
Out with the old, in with the new!
by Kilian Cavalotti
It's been a little over five years since Sherlock first entered production and ran its first jobs. A lot of time has passed, and with it, Sherlock grew ten-fold, its user base exploded and technology trends evolved significantly. The...about 6 years ago
New GPU node available on Sherlock
by Kilian Cavalotti
There's a new GPU node in the gpu partition! It's notable for a list of reasons. This is the first node on Sherlock to feature both: the latest generation of Intel CPUs (Skylake), the latest generation of computing-optimized NVIDIA GPUs...![New GPU node available on Sherlock](https://storage.noticeable.io/projects/bYyIewUV308AvkMztxix/publications/owMsDM8LWyLouZxv2R2P/01h55ta3gs6cey0s1rpks1fnk0-featured-image.jpg)
about 6 years ago
Next scheduled maintenance: Feb. 5
by Kilian Cavalotti
Sherlock will not be available on Tuesday, February 5th, 2019 from 8:00am to 6:00pm. System maintenance and upgrades will be performed during this time. Access to Sherlock will be unavailable, logins will be disabled and jobs won't run...about 6 years ago
Sherlock OnDemand
by Kilian Cavalotti
Today, we're announcing Sherlock OnDemand, a brand new way to use the Sherlock cluster. Hot on the heels of the SC18 Supercomputing Conference, and right in time for the long Thanksgiving week-end, we thought that a good way to thank...![Sherlock OnDemand](https://storage.noticeable.io/projects/bYyIewUV308AvkMztxix/publications/TuNWR5Pb9wdESt911haR/01h55ta3gsm0jkeh0jtd88rzhb-featured-image.jpg)
over 6 years ago
Next scheduled maintenance: Nov. 28
by Kilian Cavalotti
Sherlock will not be available on Wednesday, November 28th, 2018 from 8:00am to 6:00pm. System maintenance and upgrades will be performed during this time. Access to Sherlock will be unavailable, logins will be disabled and jobs won't...over 6 years ago
Sherlock goes container-native
by Kilian Cavalotti
Software
Improvement
Announce
In recognition of the fast-moving software landscape and the emerging needs of our users, we're pleased to announce, from the SC18 Supercomputing conference in Dallas, TX, that Sherlock is going container-native. Starting today, users...![Sherlock goes container-native](https://storage.noticeable.io/projects/bYyIewUV308AvkMztxix/publications/W89yPLTsDFBdz1a4jB7v/01h55ta3gsn42m3narrkzsyzvp-featured-image.gif)
over 6 years ago
Persistent processes on Sherlock
by Kilian Cavalotti
There are many cases where having a persistent process (or service) running alongside computing jobs is of great benefit. For instance, when data is stored in a database format to allow for highly efficient queries, jobs that want to...