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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.
+Our Advanced Research Computing infrastructure is undergoing major changes to always provide better High Performance Computing (HPC) and Cloud services for Canadian research. This page will be regularly updated to keep you informed of the activities concerning the transition to the new equipment.
+The infrastructure renewal will replace the nearly 80% of our current equipment that is approaching end-of-life. The new equipment will offer faster processing speeds, greater storage capacity, and improved reliability.
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-In 2023, The Digital Research Alliance of Canada was given formal approval and funding for a complete replacement of aging national systems.
+The systems involved are
-The new equipment will offer:
+*Arbutus, cloud
-* Increased processing capacity
+*Béluga, compute cluster only (not cloud)
-* Increased storage capacity
+*Cedar, compute cluster and cloud
-* Improved reliability
+*Graham, compute cluster and cloud
+*Niagara, compute cluster
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