Changes

In 2017-2018 Compute Canada is has been carrying out one of the largest advanced research computing renewals in Canada’s history. Funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and provincial partners is being used to replace aging systems with [https://www.computecanada.ca/renewing-canadas-advanced-research-computing-platform/new-systems-at-four-national-sites/ new national systems] that will consolidate resources. For more information on the national migration process and the latest update to the technology refresh program, please visit the [https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/accessing-resources/migration/ Compute Canada website].  ACENET's four primary computing clusters - Mahone, Fundy, Glooscap and Placentia - were scheduled for decommission on 31 March 2018. Due to the high demand nationally for computing resources under the 2018-19 Resource Allocation Competition (RAC), Compute Canada and the four regional partners requested the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to fund maintenance and operations for a number of systems across the country for an additional year. The intent was to bridge resources while the newest Compute Canada cluster, Niagara (a Large Parallel system with 60,000 cores), becomes fully operational.  On 16 March 2018, CFI approved Compute Canada’s request. As a result, the Placentia and Glooscap clusters will remain operational until 31 March 2019 in order to accommodate the RAC award recipients.

Two of ACENET’s clusters - Mahone and Fundy - will be decommissioned 31 March 2018, as planned, after which ACENET will no longer support them. Two others - Glooscap and Placentia - are scheduled for decommissioning 31 March 2019. This page provides details specifically about migrating calculations and data off these legacy systems.