Research Computing Shared Computing Cluster (SCC) Downtime – May 23 – 25, 2022

The scheduled annual maintenance at the MGHPCC has been successfully completed ahead of schedule and the SCC (login and batch nodes, home directories and project disk space) has returned to normal operation. Queued batch jobs are being dispatched. SCC OnDemand (scc-ondemand.bu.edu), the Linux Virtual Lab (scc-lite.bu.edu), class.bu.edu, and ATLAS are also back in operation. (Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 12:30 am)
The Shared Computing Cluster (SCC) will be offline from Monday, May 23, 6 am to Wednesday, May 25, 9 am while the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC), which houses the SCC, undergoes scheduled annual maintenance. RCS will post updates before, during, and after the downtime at https://www.bu.edu/tech/support/research/whats-happening/updates/
  • Downtime: Monday, May 23, 6 am to Wednesday, May 25, 9 am.
  • Systems Impacted: SCC (login and batch nodes, home directories and project disk space), SCC OnDemand (scc-ondemand.bu.edu), Linux Virtual Lab (scc-lite.bu.edu), class.bu.edu, and ATLAS.
  • Queue Draining: The SCC scheduler will not dispatch jobs that have specified a runtime that extends beyond May 23 at 5 am. These jobs will remain pending and will run when the system returns to normal operation on May 25 at 9 am.
Please email help@scc.bu.edu if you have any questions or concerns.