Upcoming Preventive Maintenance
The next Illinois Campus Cluster Preventive Maintenance (PM) will occur on 7/17 (not 7/16). The date change for this preventive maintenance aligns the cluster’s outage window with that of NCSA’s Taiga file system (/projects). If any of Taiga’s future bi-annual PM windows necessitate a full outage we will continue to align the ICCP PM windows with Taiga to minimize disruption to researchers.
The upcoming PM will be a full cluster outage from 7am-10pm.
Please note this important change after the PM:
Following the PM period, the current /scratch file system will be mounted Read-Only as /scratch_old for 30 days, and the current /scratch_new file system will be re-mounted as /scratch. Data on the *current* /scratch file system will NOT be migrated to the /scratch_new FS during the PM, users who need data from the *current* /scratch will have 30 days after the PM to copy it from /scratch_old to /scratch.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at help@campuscluster.illinois.edu.
Illinois Campus Cluster’s New Home!
The Illinois Campus Cluster moved to its new home, the National Petascale Computing Facility (NPCF), in January 2025.
How to Access
Users can access the cluster via SSH: cc-login.campuscluster.illinois.edu
(note: 2-factor authentication via Duo is now required)
Also please note that the SSH keys of the login servers has been changed, accepting the new keys should be expected.
Documentation
Users looking to avoid re-entering passwords on ICCP can configure “ControlMaster” with their SSH client to improve their existing cluster workflow. We have a detailed document on how to set up ControlMaster (shared on Box). We are also working to integrate the contents of this document fully into our existing ICCP Documentation for all users. In the meantime, please feel free to use the instructions and share with your users. The FAQ page also covers additional changes to the cluster environment.
Do you need computing power or storage for your research?
The Illinois Campus Cluster provides access to computing and data storage resources and frees you from the hassle of administering your own compute cluster. Any individual, research team, or campus unit can invest in compute nodes or storage space. System administration is subsidized by the campus. Infrastructure fees are fees that cover the fair share portion of shared system components. Those fees vary by system type/configuration and are currently paid for by the Illinois Computes program.
Watch our video to learn more about how the campus cluster works and how it can help advance your research!