Status Updates

Discovery Status

The Discovery Cluster is operational. If you have any questions or issues, please contact the Research Computing team at rchelp@northeastern.edu. 

Scratch Purge Scheduled for Tuesday, October 1, 2024

September 06, 2024

To ensure adequate resources for all users going into the new semester, the Research Computing team is planning to continue its periodic practice to purge /scratch space. The next purge is planned for Tuesday, October 1, 2024. As a reminder, if you have any data on /scratch that you would like to retain, please move your data into persistent storage, like /work. Research Computing also provides archival storage options in the form of Disk and Tape media.

If you need to expand the amount of storage you have available in /work, please submit a Storage Space Extension Request. If you have any questions, please submit a ticket, drop by our Office Hours, or Schedule a Consultation.

New Open OnDemand Login Procedure

July 25, 2024

The RC Team has made an update to the login process for Open OnDemand (OOD).

To log into Open OnDemand, please go to ood.discovery.neu.edu, which will now take you to the following page. Select Northeastern University from the drop menu and select continue. 

Next, you will enter your Northeastern credentials to login on the following screen:

You will be then be required to Duo authenticate. Once you’ve completed this step you will be taken to the OOD landing page and you can begin your work.