Sherlock changelog

More scratch space for everyone!

by Kilian Cavalotti
Announce
Data
Today, we're super excited to announce several major changes to the /scratch filesystem on Sherlock. What's /scratch already? /scratch is Sherlock's temporary, parallel and high-performance filesystem. It's available from all the...

Next scheduled maintenance: Oct. 16

by Kilian Cavalotti
In order to prepare future improvements of the parallel /scratch file system, as well as performing some required work on the scheduler, Sherlock will not be available during the following times: Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 - from 8...
Maintenance

🎉 Job #50,000,000!

by Kilian Cavalotti
Event
We just wanted to share that Sherlock recently ran job #50,000,000! 🎈🎉 This is a significant milestone since Sherlock, in its current form, started running its first job in January 2017. Fifty million jobs in less than 3 years is no...

Easier connection to Sherlock's DTNs

by Kilian Cavalotti
Improvement
Data
We know that easy access to data is essential, and that moving data around is a key part of every user's workflow on Sherlock. We also know that two-factor authentication (2FA) can sometimes get in the way, and hinder the ability to get...

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...
Maintenance

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...
Maintenance

Hours announced for the SRCF shutdown

by Kilian Cavalotti
Announce
Maintenance
As previously announced, the Stanford Research Computing Facility (SRCF) will undergo major power maintenance over the Labor Day week-end (Sep. 1-3, 2018). Because it's hosted in that datacenter, Sherlock will not be available for login...

SRCF Reboot

by Kilian Cavalotti
A shutdown of the Stanford Research Computing Facility (SRCF) is planned for Labor Day weekend, Saturday through Monday, September 1-3, due to the need for power system maintenance. We will bring Sherlock down on Friday evening, August...
Announce
Maintenance

Next scheduled maintenance: Jan. 31

by Sherlock Team
Sherlock 2.0 will not be available on Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 from 8:00am to 2:00pm System maintenance and upgrades will be performed during this time. Access to Sherlock 2.0 will be unavailable, logins will be disabled and jobs...
Maintenance