Gaea C4/F2 Decommission Effective Friday 8 March 2024

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Gaea C4 Decommissioned

The Gaea C4 partition has been decommissioned, and Gaea C5 is now the default Gaea partition. From this point forward, references to Gaea imply Gaea C5.

F2 Filesystem Decommissioning

The F2 filesystem is scheduled to be decommissioned on March 8, 2024. All EPIC stacks and software are available in the /ncrc/proj space on Gaea C5, and data has been moved to the F5 filesystem. Access to F2 is available using the C4 login and Data Transfer Nodes (DTNs) in read-only mode and the C5/F2 DTNs (using the ldtn_c5 and rdtn_c5 partitions). After March 8, 2024 any data remaining on F2 will become unavailable. Please ensure all required data is copied to a long-term storage area (e.g., GFDL Archive, NESCC HPSS).

New Software Locations

Users can find EPIC-maintained software on Gaea C5 at the following locations:

1. spack-stack (versions 1.4.1, 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.6.0):

   /ncrc/proj/epic/spack-stack/
   

2. rocoto:

   module use /ncrc/proj/epic/rocoto/modulefiles
   module load rocoto/1.3.6
   

3. ecflow-5.8.4 (also loads qt/5.15 as a dependency):

   module use /ncrc/proj/epic/spack-stack/modulefiles
   module load ecflow/5.8.4
   

4. mysql-8.0.26:

   module use /ncrc/proj/epic/spack-stack/modulefiles
   module load mysql/8.0.36
   

5. miniconda3/4.12.0:

   module use /ncrc/proj/epic/miniconda3/modulefiles
   module load miniconda3
   

6. Data locations for EPIC and UFS community are under the following directory:

   /gpfs/f5/epic/world-shared/ (edited)