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====== Summer Quarter Announcements 2018 ====== ==== CUDA 9.0 ==== We have begun installing CUDA 9.0 on ICS hosts with graphics cards. Please send mail to helpdesk@ics.uci.edu to request an upgrade. ==== Python Default Version: 3.6.1 ==== Default version of has been updated to Python 3.6.1. **Note:** The binary is called `python3`. The pip utility binary is called `pip3`. Please use the [[commands:modules|`module`]] command to add python3 to your environment. e.g. `module load python`. ==== Managed Computing with Full Sudo Privilege ==== ICS Computing Support now offers managed computing with **FULL** Sudo privilege. See [[services:supported_os|supported OS page]] for more information or send email to helpdesk@ics.uci.edu to get started. === Managed === Managed means that ICS Computing Suport will: * Provision the operating system * Provide constant configuration via [[services:puppet|pupet]] * Provide Single Sign-on * Ensure NFS Access to ICS Storage Servers, home and extra directories, and the [[software:software_library|Software Library]] (/pkg). * ICS /home /extra directories are snap shotted daily and backed up to tape monthly. * Package installs from trusted OS repositories. * Compile new software to install in [[software:software_library|Software Library]] * Limited Sudo for limited number of designated users. * Any compute role (e.g. MySQL, Apache, MongoDB, Cycle Server) * Service configuration * Service and resource [[services:monitoring:nagios|Monitoring]] === Managed with Sudo === Managed with Sudo will include everything from Managed with the following changes: * Full Sudo * ICS Storage Servers, home and extra directories, are only available via [[accounts:fuse-sshfs|FUSE]]. * There are no snapshots or backups, user must backup data to ICS Storage Servers. * Docker is available. ==== FOSS Tool Recomendations ==== [[https://swiki.ics.uci.edu/doku.php/software:commontools|Recommended tools]], free and open source. Let us know if you have more suggestions. ==== User Account Inode Quota ==== Beginning on July 9th, an inode quota will be applied to all undergrad and grad accounts. The inode is the number of files in a directory. Having too many inodes takes away space that could be used for data storage. It also affects backups as each file is an entry in a database. When the number of inodes reach critical usage, it affects all users whose home directories are on the same volume. The quota will be set at 100,000 inodes.