Current System Load - Full System
The plot below shows the status of nodes on the current ARCHER2 Full System service. A description of each of the status types is provided below the plot.
- alloc: Nodes running user jobs
- idle: Nodes available for user jobs
- resv: Nodes in reservation and not available for standard user jobs
- down, drain, maint, drng, comp: Nodes unavailable for user jobs
- mix: Nodes in multiple states
Note: the long running reservation visible in the plot corresponds to the short QoS which is used to support small, short jobs with fast turnaround time.
Service Alerts
The ARCHER2 documentation also covers some Known Issues which users may encounter when using the system.
| Status | Type | Start | End | System | User Impact | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ongoing | Issue | 2021-12-31 10:00 | ARCHER2 Full System: Downed nodes | A number of nodes downed due to hardware issue, running jobs on downed nodes failed | Hardware issue |
Recent Service Alerts
| Status | Type | Start | End | System | User Impact | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | Notice | 2022-01-10 12:00 | 2022-01-10 12:00 | ARCHER2 4-cabinet system | Users can no longer use the 4-cabinet ARCHER2 system | The ARCHER2 4-cabinet system was removed from service as planned |
| Resolved | Issue | 2022-01-09 10:00 | 2022-01-10 10:30 | ARCHER2 full system, ARCHER2 4-cabinet system, SAFE | Outgoing network access from ARCHER2 systems to external sites was not working. SAFE response was slow or degraded. | DNS issue at datacentre |
Service Alerts for previous periods
Maintenance Sessions
Quarter 1 2022 (1st January - 31st March 2022)
| Status | Type | Start | End | System | User Impact | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planned: RFC0093 | Partial : Login and Serial Nodes | 2022-01-26 10:00 | 2022-01-26 12:00 | ARCHER2 Login and Serial Nodes | Users will be unable to connect to ARCHER2 and no jobs will run on the serial nodes. | To attach the ARCHER2 /home filesystem to a new network at the Advanced Computing Facility |
Maintenance Logs for previous periods
System Status mailings
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