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 The clusters currently in operation are: The clusters currently in operation are:
 ||**Name**||**Cores**||**Storage**||**Purchased**||**Free CIBR Access**||**Paid Access**||**Notes**|| ||**Name**||**Cores**||**Storage**||**Purchased**||**Free CIBR Access**||**Paid Access**||**Notes**||
-||[[CIBRClusters/Sphere|sphere.grid.bcm.edu]]||960||60 TB + 80 TB||2015||25,000 CPU-hr/qtr||Ludtke, Guan, Waterland || || +||[[CIBRClusters:Sphere|sphere.grid.bcm.edu]]||960||60 TB + 80 TB||2015||25,000 CPU-hr/qtr||Ludtke, Guan, Waterland || || 
-||[[CIBRClusters/Prism|prism.grid.bcm.edu]]||704||63+88 TB||2013||25,000 CPU-hr/qtr|| Wensel, Ludtke, Guan|| || +||[[CIBRClusters:Prism|prism.grid.bcm.edu]]||704||63+88 TB||2013||25,000 CPU-hr/qtr|| Wensel, Ludtke, Guan|| || 
-||[[CIBRClusters/Store|store]]|| - || 350 TB Raid6x2 || 2013 || upon request || - || For inactive data which will still be needed on the clusters. This storage array is available upon request to users of any of the clusters, but is directly accessible only from the clusters to discourage people for using it for general lab backup purposes. It is a RAID6 volume, which gives it good reliability, but every 4-5 years we experience some sort of failure. At one time this storage was backed up in addition to being a RAID6 array, but that is no longer true. If the RAID suffers a critical failure, all data could be lost. ||+||[[CIBRClusters:Store|store]]|| - || 350 TB Raid6x2 || 2013 || upon request || - || For inactive data which will still be needed on the clusters. This storage array is available upon request to users of any of the clusters, but is directly accessible only from the clusters to discourage people for using it for general lab backup purposes. It is a RAID6 volume, which gives it good reliability, but every 4-5 years we experience some sort of failure. At one time this storage was backed up in addition to being a RAID6 array, but that is no longer true. If the RAID suffers a critical failure, all data could be lost. ||
  
 ==== Requesting Access ==== ==== Requesting Access ====
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 All of the clusters run some version of CentOS Linux. **We do not provide any commercial software**, but most standard open-source tools are installed, and users are welcome to install commercial or free software within their own accounts. BCM's site license for Matlab is usable on the cluster, but must be installed/licensed in the user's account, and there are some setup issues. Contact Larry Mayran about this for details.  We may also be able to install other open-source software system-wide, if you have such a need, please ask. All of the clusters run some version of CentOS Linux. **We do not provide any commercial software**, but most standard open-source tools are installed, and users are welcome to install commercial or free software within their own accounts. BCM's site license for Matlab is usable on the cluster, but must be installed/licensed in the user's account, and there are some setup issues. Contact Larry Mayran about this for details.  We may also be able to install other open-source software system-wide, if you have such a need, please ask.
  
-Details on some of the open-source software we have made available for users is on the [[CIBRClusters/Software|Software page]].+Details on some of the open-source software we have made available for users is on the [[CIBRClusters:cibrclusters_Software|Software page]].
  
 There is a CIBR Cluster Google Group/Mailing List (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cibrcluster) which is used for announcements of outages, problems, policy changes, etc. We strongly recommend all CIBR Cluster users join. There is a CIBR Cluster Google Group/Mailing List (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cibrcluster) which is used for announcements of outages, problems, policy changes, etc. We strongly recommend all CIBR Cluster users join.
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