Sherlock changelog

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3.3 PFlops: Sherlock hits expansion milestone

by Kilian Cavalotti, Technical Lead & Architect, High Performance Computing

Sherlock is a traditional High-Performance Computing cluster in many aspects. But unlike most of similarly-sized clusters where hardware is purchased all at once, and refreshed every few years, it is in constant evolution. Almost like a

3.3 PFlops: Sherlock hits expansion milestone

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Job #1

by Kilian Cavalotti

If you've been submitting jobs on Sherlock over the last couple days, you probably noticed something different about your your job ids... They lost a couple digits! If you submitted a job last week, its job id was likely in the 67,000...

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Secure TensorBoard sessions with Sherlock OnDemand

by Kilian Cavalotti

If you're into machine learning (and who isn't these days?), you probably know all about TensorBoard already. If you don't, TensorBoard is TensorFlow's visualization toolkit. It provides the visualization and tooling needed for machine...

Secure TensorBoard sessions with Sherlock OnDemand

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🎉 Job #50,000,000!

by Kilian Cavalotti

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...

🎉 Job #50,000,000!

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Module versions get a facelift

by Kilian Cavalotti

If you're a Sherlock user who often needs to load specific module versions, but don't care or can't remember specific minor version numbers, you're in luck! Starting today, Sherlock allows loading modules via an extended default system...

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Sherlock goes container-native

by Kilian Cavalotti

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

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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...

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Running containers on Sherlock

by Kilian Cavalotti

Have you ever wanted to run Docker containers on Sherlock, and skip the hassle of figuring out your application dependencies, installing them, compiling the code, resolving compilation errors, finding missing libraries, or making sure...

Running containers on Sherlock

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Sherlock now welcomes lab-contributed software

by Kilian Cavalotti

Have you ever spent hours compiling and tuning software, put together a complex workflow combining multiple software parts, or just installed the latest version of the brand new software tools you're developing on Sherlock? And wondered...