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Ferlin lifetime extended

SNIC has communicated (December 6, 2011) to PDC that they wish to continue to run Ferlin as a SNIC resource for another 6 months. PDC will support SNIC and continue to operate PDC's foundation level system until June 30, 2012.

As PDC announced earlier this fall Ferlin was to reach its end of life on January 1, 2012. However, on December 6, 2011 SNIC communicated to PDC that they wish to change their previous decision and continue to offer Ferlin as a SNIC system, at least for the first 6 months of 2012. PDC will support SNIC and continue to operate Ferlin until June 30, 2012. Further information will be forthcoming.

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Nils Ferlin.

Ferlin is named after Swedish 20th Century poet Nils Ferlin and its two login nodes are called ferlin.pdc.kth.se and ferlin2.pdc.kth.se respectively.

The environment is the same as elsewhere at PDC, with Kerberos login, AFS for home directories and EASY as the queuing system. Software packages are accessed using the module system.

Read more about the hardware. There is also a Guide to how to compile and run programs on Ferlin.

Ferlin is a foundation Level System (FLS) i.e. intended for applications that are not dependent on a fast network. It is mainly intended for local use, i.e the Stockholm region. Of the 640 nodes connected to Ethernet, 205 belongs to the Stockholm Center for Biomembrane Research.

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