Plan ahead: NeSI migration timeline announced

This week we are excited to announce the dates we’re migrating to our new platforms -- watch the announcement.

This is our latest advanced HPC and AI platform designed to underpin a diverse array of computational and data sciences. It brings a rich and high performance platform into the hands of researchers across Aotearoa New Zealand, backed by the same friendly NeSI team for support and training. We’re looking forward to working with you all to take advantage of what it offers.

Migration timeline

During May & June, we’re all moving to the new platforms.

Here’s our current timeline:

  • Next Week, from 5 May – Onboard early access users. Reach out to support@nesi.org.nz if you’re keen on jumping in.
     
  • 8 May onwards – No new projects or allocations or users will start on Māui or Mahuika. These requests will be allocated on the new platforms to start from 1 June.
     
  • Week of 12 May – Onboard all users with existing NeSI HPC allocations
     
  • 19/20 May - Outage to move our user identity and project admin platforms. Impacts:
    • Mahuika and Māui HPC clusters will be unaffected for ssh users
    • Users will not be able to login to http://my.nesi.org.nz or use interactive compute services (OnDemand, Jupyter)
    • Users will not be able to log-in to the new HPC platform (running jobs will be unaffected)
       
  • 23 May - Access to Māui HPC platform is closed off
     
  • 1 June onwards – Onboard new projects (projects, users, allocations)
     
  • 13 June - Access to Mahuika HPC platform is closed off
     

Note: 
We are physically moving parts of the computing infrastructure from Wellington to Auckland. During that time, capacity will fluctuate and there will be periods of longer queue wait times and slower throughput of work. If you’re worried about that, get in touch and we’ll see what we can do to support you.

 

Get ready to migrate

Confirm the data you want copied across

  • /home and /project directories are already copied to the new storage and are being continuously updated to capture any changes you’re making.
  • By default, /nesi/nobackup is not migrated. If you want any of this data, you can override the default and force data to be copied. Follow the instructions here so that you have everything you need for starting work on the new platforms. Get in touch if you need help.

Tour the platform

  • Join us on May 15 at 1:00pm (register here) for a walk-through of how to get started on the new platforms. We’ll show you what’s changed, what’s the same, and answer any questions.

Stay up to date

 

Dive into the details

Our webinar shared more details on everything mentioned above. Catch up using the links below:

If you have any questions about the migration or the new platforms, email support@nesi.org.nz.

 

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