News and Announcements
Read here all news and notifications about the Lichtenberg High Performance Computer, and keep yourself posted about High Performance Computing.
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HPC: Downtime for Operations on the Interconnect
2023/08/23
2023-08-23 8am – 2023-08-24
For reconfigurations on the Infiniband network, the cluster will be down.
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From engineering sciences to quantum chemistry
2023/08/01
Lichtenberg II high-performance computer of TU Darmstadt enables top-level research
In mid-July, Lichtenberg II high-performance computer of TU Darmstadt was officially put into operation. Our two-minute film provides insights into the ceremonial inauguration, a tour of the high-performance computer and the scientific colloquium at which scientists using the Lichtenberg II presented their research topics. All presentations from the colloquium are also available online.
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Picture: Klaus MaiPicture: Klaus Mai
Sustainable computing for top-level research
2023/07/12
TU Darmstadt inaugurates Lichtenberg II high-performance computer
TU Darmstadt officially inaugurated the new Lichtenberg II high-performance computer on Tuesday (July 11). Equipped with the latest technology, it sets standards in performance and energy efficiency and thus offers the best conditions for excellent research. Lichtenberg II is also part of the Network for National High Performance Computing (NHR) and supports the nationwide provision of computing power for science in a particularly sustainable and resource-efficient way. The computer is named after the polymath Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799).
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Failure of Coldwater-Cooling – Emergency Shutdown
2023/06/16
Update: sensors replaced, Lichtenberg HPC up & running
Friday (2023-06-16) and Sunday (2023-06-18): failure of the coldwater cooling / air conditioning system – the Lichtenberg HPC has had to be switched off.
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Picture: T. ReimannPicture: T. Reimann
Lichtenberg High Performance Computer of TU Darmstadt among the Top500 Supercomputers
2023/05/26
In the new ranking of the Top500 supercomputers worldwide, TU Darmstadt is represented twice.
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HPC: Downtime due to Power Maintenance
2023/05/09
2023-05-09 7am
For several hours, the power supply of the L5|08 building will be completely shut down for maintenance.
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HPC: new storage system
2022/12/19
2022-12-19 8am
For the final migration to a new storage system, all user and job activity must be stopped for about one day.
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HLR Infiniband Reconfiguration – done
2022/11/07
2022-11-07 9:00am
Routing in the Lichtenberg's Infiniband fabric will be switched to “Adaptive Routing” – short ceasing in starting jobs.
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New Self-service for HPC Project Memberships
2022/11/07
Project managers/coordinators can control the memberships of their projects