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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To all CLX users,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the cluster CLX (cl.clx.cineca.it) will be finally
shutdown at the beginning of February 2008,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and it will be replaced by a new cluster,
called BCX (bc.bcx.cineca.it)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(see also <A
href="http://www.cineca.it/bdp/sezioni/risorse_it/hardware/scheda?CODICE=bcx_5120_hpc&BSDVAR_TIPOLOGIA=hpcspeciali">http://www.cineca.it/bdp/sezioni/risorse_it/hardware/scheda?CODICE=bcx_5120_hpc&BSDVAR_TIPOLOGIA=hpcspeciali</A>).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are now in the last phase of the BCX setup,
and we</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>plan to end it before the end of
January.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then we are planning to have the CLX-BCX switchover
the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>first days of February.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>IMPORTANT: The </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>accounts and the budgets will be authomatically </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>migrated on the new machine from CLX, but
m</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>ore details on the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>switchover will be given as the </FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>installation of BCX goes on.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the CINECA HPC users support,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:superc@cineca.it">superc@cineca.it</A></FONT></DIV>
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