FAS Research Computing https://www.rc.fas.harvard.edu .HARVARD UNIVERSITY | FACULTY OF ARTS & SCIENCES Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:39:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.rc.fas.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/small_twitter-200x200.png FAS Research Computing https://www.rc.fas.harvard.edu 32 32 59814611 Netscratch Retention Change https://www.rc.fas.harvard.edu/blog/netscratch-retention-change/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:37:06 +0000 https://www.rc.fas.harvard.edu/?p=26115 by Paul Edmon October 20, 2026 Scratch Filesystems High performance computing (HPC) shops, like FASRC, provide multiple options for storage to serve different needs. One of the unique offerings for HPC is the scratch filesystem. Scratch filesystems get their name from paper scratch pads which are used for throw away notes or math that you need for the moment but…

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]]> 26115 Updated TRES Weighting Scheme https://www.rc.fas.harvard.edu/blog/updated-tres-weighting-scheme/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:43:34 +0000 https://www.rc.fas.harvard.edu/?p=26029 by Paul Edmon July 23, 2026 Abstract With the advent of Nvidia deprioritizing 64-bit floating point performance, another metric is needed to fairly weight GPU performance for the sake of fairshare accounting. This blog post describes the rationale behind the new method which is to take the theoretical peak performance in whatever category is the largest and then normalize it…

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]]> 26029 RSpace Support Group Pilot Project Report https://www.rc.fas.harvard.edu/blog/rspace-report/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:02:33 +0000 https://www.rc.fas.harvard.edu/?p=26013 By Sarah Marchese - FASRC Research Data Manager - July 8, 2026 The RSpace Support Group pilot project was launched in July 2025 to assess awareness, use, and support of RSpace, an FAS-supported electronic lab notebook (ELN) available to Harvard researchers. Representatives from Harvard Library, University Research Computing (URC), the Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR), and FAS…

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