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TACC Launches Lonestar 5

The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) is pleased to announce that a new UTRC computing resource, Lonestar 5, has begun full production. This new system gives researchers access to a 30,000 core, 1.2 PetaFlop Cray XC40 customized by TACC staff to provide a unique environment designed to meet the needs of our diverse community of computational researchers. Like Lonestar 4, Lonestar 5 will also include both GPU-enabled and large-memory nodes.

Current users of Lonestar 4 will have active accounts on Lonestar 5. PIs with remaining Lonestar 4 allocations will automatically have their allocation converted to Lonestar 5.

Lonestar 5 has been funded by a collaboration between the University of Texas System, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, and UT Austin's Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences and the Center for Space Research.

The existing Lonestar 4 will remain in production through Monday, February 15, 2016 to enable users to migrate codes and data to the new system. Lonestar 4 login nodes will remain available through Monday, March 14, 2016 for access to $WORK and $SCRATCH for current Lonestar 4 users to further facilitate migration of their projects to Lonestar 5. Please note the following important dates:

• February 15, 2016: Last day of Lonestar 4 production
• March 14, 2016: Last day of access to Lonestar 4 login nodes, $SCRATCH, and $WORK

NOTE: Be sure to read the Lonestar 4 to Lonestar 5 transition guide: https://portal.tacc.utexas.edu/user-guides/lonestar5/transition

To explore more about Lonestar 5, its capabilities, and its software environment, please read the Lonestar 5 User Guide: https://portal.tacc.utexas.edu/user-guides/lonestar5

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UTRC Use Case Video - Dr. McCormick

Dr. Joe McCormick, Vice President for South Texas Programs, UTHSC-SA and Regional Dean, UT Health School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus, discusses how the UTRC has assisted with health research in South Texas:

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About UTRC

The UTRC Initiative provides competitive advantages to researchers that surpass those of peer institutions.

UTRC presents superior, comprehensive scientific capabilities that

• enable advances in current and future research efforts across all UT System institutions,
• attract superior faculty and students, and
• attract funding to UT System institutions.

How can UTRC help me?

UTRC provides:

• Advanced Computing offered through Lonestar 5 Supercomputing System, located at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC): Lonestar is one of the most powerful, productive, and comprehensive academic systems in the US. read more
• High-Bandwidth Network Connectivity at 10Gbps between all UT System institutions. read more
• Large Data Storage offered through the Corral Data Services System at TACC. Corral enables long-term data storage, hosting of large scientific data collections for collaborations and communities, and analysis capabilities that span multiple collections. read more

The UTRC is working for you by promoting and facilitating the use of resources by faculty and research teams to expand the scope of research, enable collaborations across institutions, and increase competitiveness for funding.