Hi everyone,

First I want to congratulate everyone for making it to the end of the semester, and a special congratulations to our new graduates! Second, happy holidays! I hope whatever you do with your break it's relaxing and fulfilling! 

I'm writing to give everyone an update regarding the UMBC HPCF and other Research Computing projects currently undertaken by DoIT.

Summary

• Staff will be continuing to reach out to PIs in an effort to migrate storage volumes to the new RRStor system

• Scheduled cluster downtime

• SIG UE Nominations 

Migration of Storage to RRStor

At this time, we have completed almost all migrations for PI specific groups. Non-PI storage, such as those for datasets, ongoing grants, and classes are ongoing, and are expected to be completed by mid- to late-January. Please continue to work with HPC staff to get these scheduled and migrated!

Cluster Manager Updates

On Thursday Dec 18, 2025 we had a scheduled downtime to patch our cluster management software in order to improve stability and memory management. There should be no impact on the user experience as a result of these changes.

SIG UE Nominations
In an effort to gain a consistent set of users to come to the SIG UE meetings, we have started a SIG UE nomination process. Selected members will be expected to come to as many of the SIG UE meetings as possible, work with the HPC user base to identify problems, and relay this information to the HPC staff. If you're interested in being selected as a member please respond to this Google Form by January 14th, 2026: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRmu5ixHGCoMv-vwFfRMMfe2uBRQ5puwSEqUaZLj0D3w6hDw/viewform?usp=preview .

Publications
If you have any publications, presentations, theses, or other works that made use of the campus cluster(s), please submit an RT Ticket with bibliographic information so that we can accurately reflect this work in our records and on the HPCF Website. 

Need Help?
As always, please communicate any issues/questions to the Research Computing RT Queue (hpcf.umbc.edu > User Support > Request Help).