Announcements

Read announcements for NREL’s high-performance computing (HPC) system users. 

NREL HPC FY24 Annual User Satisfaction Survey

Aug. 2, 2024

You are invited to complete the NREL CSC HPC 2024 Annual User Satisfaction Survey!

Extended Deadline for FY25 HPC Allocation Cycle Call for Requests

June 11, 2024

We are extending the deadline from Friday, June 14th to Friday, June 21st to allow more time to respond. For more information about the call please see review the Resource Allocation Request page of our website.

FY24 Annual Report Request

June 11, 2024

Be on the lookout! The FY24 Annual Report Request will be coming your way, if you have active computing usage, in early July. Please look for an email from HPC (HPC-Reporting@nrel.gov) and/or Stratus Cloud (StratusCloudReporting@nrel.gov). Annual reports are due August 30th, if you want to place an advance notice on your calendars.

Kestrel GPUs and Eagle End of Service

June 11, 2024

The NREL HPC team has two important pieces of news to share with the our HPC user community.

Recent Outages - Continuity of Operations Plan

June 11, 2024

The ESIF HPC Data center has experienced a significant number of planned and unplanned outages this year. Many of the planned outages were driven by electrical and mechancial work required to upgrade the ESIF data center from 5MW to 7.5MW of electrical and cooling capacity.

Applications now being accepted for FY 25 HPC Allocations

May 16, 2024

The National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) has released the call for FY 25 requests for computing on Kestrel, NREL's 3rd generation supercomputer. Research and development projects that are funded by EERE Offices as well as NREL projects funded by a non-EERE source are eligible to apply for computing resources for the FY 25 allocation period of performance, which runs Oct. 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2025. Learn more about resource allocation requests.

Eagle External Login Node Changes

Feb. 9, 2024

There have been changes to the methods for external (non-NREL) users to connect to Eagle recently.

Eagle OS and VS Code v1.86 Incompatible

Feb. 9, 2024

A recent update to Microsoft Virtual Studio Code (VS Code 1.86) is incompatible with Eagle's operating system.

Kestrel Maintenance Progress

Feb. 9, 2024

The upgrades for Kestrel continue with considerable progress at the mid-point of the upgrade process.

Kestrel Planned Outage and Phase II GPU Integration

Jan. 12, 2024

The Kestrel system will soon undergo a scheduled outage for maintenance and integration of the Phase II GPUs. A tentative outage date has been set for Monday, January 29th at 7:00 AM.


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