Libra00 retires, IBM p575s added to the Libra cluster

Libra00, an IBM p690 purchased in 2001 and installed at IUPUI, reached the end of its hardware life cycle and was retired in February, 2008.

Seven new IBM p575s, libra43, libra45-libra50, have been added to the Libra cluster.

  • 8 x 1.9GHz Power5 processors
  • 2 x 146GB SAS disks
  • 16GB memory (libra43)
  • 32GB memory (libra47, libra48, libra49, libra50)
  • 64GB memory (libra45 and libra46 [database])
All software and services on Libra00 have been migrated to the new p575 SMP nodes, libra43 and libra47-50.

Central Life Sciences Database (CLSD)

  • CLSD is now available on Libra45.
  • All CLSD user accounts have been moved to Libra45.
  • DB2 has been installed on Libra45.
  • dbSNP Build 128 has been configured on Libra45.
  • CLSD web services have been migrated from Discover to Discern.

For more information see the CLSD web pages http://rac.uits.iu.edu/clsd/ . If you have questions about CLSD or other Bioinformatics software, contact data@iu.edu . To request an account on Libra45 email High Performance Systems, hps-admin@iu.edu.

Lisrel 8 and PRELIS 2

The licenses for interactive Lisrel and PRELIS are on Libra01; the batch licenses are on Libra43. For details, see On Libra at IU, how do I use LISREL 8 and PRELIS 2? If you have questions or need assistance contact the Stat/Math Center, statmath@indiana.edu

Research Database Complex (RDC)

The Research Data Complex (RDC) has been migrated to the Libra cluster. The five research-based instances on inquire.uits.indiana.edu have been migrated to libra45.uits.indiana.edu and the three GIS-related instances have been migrated to libra46.uits.indiana.edu. The web front end to the databases has been migrated to discern.uits.indiana.edu. The migration from Solaris to Linux will provide more flexibility for new web applications and portals. If you have questions or need assistance contact High Performance Systems, hps-admin@iu.edu. To apply for an account on the RDC complete the Research Systems Account Application .