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June 27, 2019 • 2 min read • News
Our first ever ‘hands on’ JASMIN workshop
On Wednesday 26th June, we welcomed 28 JASMIN users to our first ever hands-on interactive training event. The workshop consisted of a short introduction, followed by nine scenario based exercises that encourage good practice for using JASMIN. Participants left the day with a set of common examples of how to use JASMIN efficiently which allows for easy adaptation to suit their individual workflows as appropriate. ...
June 27, 2019 • 1 min read • News
ET and NLA affected by back-end network outage
There is a problem with the network connecting these systems to the tape system, which is being addressed urgently.
Until the problem is fixed, data can be registered for ingestion but will not be sent to tape until the problem is fixed. Likewise, any retrieval requests submitted are likely to fail.
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June 26, 2019 • 1 min read • News
LOTUS LSF Upgrade Thursday 27th June
As previously announced, the LSF job management system used for JASMIN’s LOTUS batch processing cluster, will be upgraded tomorrow (Thursday 27th June) with LOTUS unavailable for the whole day. This involves migrating the LSF master to new hardware and upgrading the LSF software version. Queues will be closed as of the evening of Wednesday 26th June after which it will not be possible to submit new jobs until after the work has completed.
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June 21, 2019 • 2 min read • News
Today, TV meteorologists are raising awareness about climate change by ‘showing their stripes’ on their live forecasts. The freely available striped climate graphics are being shared on TV and Twitter to highlight rising temperatures in countries across the globe. This campaign is led by Professor Ed Hawkins ( NCAS , University of Reading) who used HadUK-Grid data to create the UK climate graphics. This data is freely available to download from the CEDA Archive.
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