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28MAY 2026
Systems
OS-Upgrade of Fritz from AlmaLinux8 to AlmaLinux9
We will be upgrading the operating system on the Fritz cluster from AlmaLinux 8 to AlmaLinux 9. That means you will have to adapt your jobs. Most development and application software provided by us as “modules” is updated to current versions, old versions will usually no longer be available unless there is a good reason […]
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08JUN 2026
Allgemein
FAUltier Achieves Top Ranking at ASC26 Student Cluster Competition in China
Team FAUltier from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) achieved an outstanding result at the ASC26 Student Cluster Competition, held from May 16–20, 2026, at Wuxi University in Jiangsu Province, China. The team was ranked as the highest-performing international and non-Mainland China team in the competition and secured 12th place overall among the world’s best student high-performance computing […]Team FAUltier from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) achieved an outstanding result at the ASC26 Student Cluster Competition, held from May 16–20, 2026, at Wuxi University in Jiangsu Province, China. The team was ranked as the highest-performing international and non-Mainland China team in the competition and secured 12th place overall among the world’s best student high-performance computing […]
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05JUN 2026
Systems
File system hickups on /home/hpc and /home/vault
On Friday afternoon around 5:15 pm, our /home/hpc and /home/vault file system had a hickup and no more metadata could be written. This led to “No space left on device” error messages for some of our users. Our admins were quickly able to identify the underlying problem: again severe file system abuse by some people, […]
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05JUN 2026
Systems
Scheduled downtime of all systems at NHR@FAU on June 9 + 10
There will be a scheduled downtime of all the HPC systems of NHR@FAUstarting at 06:30 on Tuesday, June 9.We expect normal operation to resume by the evening of Wednesday, June 10. As usual, Jobs that would collide with the downtime will automatically be postponed until the downtime is over. Frontends and most fileservers will be […]
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03JUN 2026
HPC
ISC 2026: NHR@FAU contributions and activities
From June 22-26, the ISC High Performance 2026 will be held in Hamburg again, and the NHR@FAU will present a diverse program of tutorials, lectures, and interactive sessions focusing on performance engineering, modern HPC architectures, and sustainable procurement strategies. You can find the full program for the upcoming ISC26 on the official website.
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01JUN 2026
Allgemein
SCC Preparations: Team FAUSION visiting MEGWARE
Team FAUSION is back! After a great run last year, the joint student team from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) is returning to the big stage to compete in the Student Cluster Competition at ISC High Performance 2026. Taking place from June 23 to 25 in Hamburg, this year’s six-student team […]
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31MAY 2026
HPC
Monthly HPC Café: From Hype to Help—AI Coding Agents in the Real World
The next HPC Café will take place on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, as a hybrid event. As always, there will be plenty of time to get in touch with your favorite HPC group. We invite you to come to NHR@FAU to enjoy coffee, cake, and computing. The event starts at 4:00 p.m. CEST with an open coffee […]
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