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Welcome to the ARC/Cloud renewal transition documentation for the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance). This is the primary source for users with questions about the upgrade of our HPC/Cloud infrastructure. The upgrade will replace the nearly 80% of our current HPC and Community Cloud equipment which is approaching end-of-life. | Welcome to the ARC/Cloud renewal transition documentation for the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance). This is the primary source for users with questions about the upgrade of our HPC/Cloud infrastructure. The upgrade will replace the nearly 80% of our current HPC and Community Cloud equipment which is approaching end-of-life. | ||
= What's coming in 2025? = | = What's coming in 2025? = | ||
In 2023, The Digital Research Alliance of Canada was given formal approval and funding for a complete replacement of aging national systems. | In 2023, The Digital Research Alliance of Canada was given formal approval and funding for a complete replacement of aging national systems. | ||
The new equipment will offer: | The new equipment will offer: | ||
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== Will the software from the old systems still be available? == | == Will the software from the old systems still be available? == | ||
Yes, our standard software environment will be available on the new systems. | Yes, our [[Standard software environments|standard software environment]] will be available on the new systems. | ||
== Will there be staggered outages? == | == Will there be staggered outages? == | ||
We will do our best to limit overlapping outages, but we are very constrained by delivery schedules and funding deadlines so there will probably be periods when many of our systems are simultaneously out. We’ll communicate all outages as early as possible. | We will do our best to limit overlapping outages, but we are very constrained by delivery schedules and funding deadlines so there will probably be periods when many of our systems are simultaneously out. We’ll communicate all outages as early as possible. | ||