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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.
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.<br>
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.
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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This new infrastructure will better support your computational tasks, providing a better-performing and more efficient environment for your research.
=Technical specifications=
Technical specifications for each new system will be provided further down this page in future updates. Generally, they will be similar in architecture to the current systems, but with considerably increased capacity and performance.<br>
For example, we expect to have fewer compute nodes, but each node will have a significant increase in the number of its cores, for an overall increase in the total number of CPU cores.


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The systems being replaced are [[Arbutus]], [[Béluga]], [[Cedar]], [[Graham]] and [[Niagara]]. The new systems will be broadly comparable to the old systems, but with significantly increased capacity.
=Impacts=


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This renewal will be implemented during an intense period in the winter of 2024-2025. Constraints on space and electrical power mean that there will have to be service outages during the installation and transition to the new systems. Each site will develop a transition plan for their new system. We expect to hear more details in the autumn and will continue to update this landing page as those details become known.
==System outages==


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