PACE Staff have completed our move to the CODA building and are settling in. We’ve also added a couple of new faces to the team, announcements will be forthcoming shortly.
As the year-end purchasing deadlines approach, we wanted to update the community on some changes to our procurement calendar. We’re doing our best to advocate for the research community and navigate some tough realities. We’ve nearly exhausted our space in the Rich Computer Center, and are very limited in our ability to deploy new equipment in that space. The CODA datacenter will be our new home (more on that below) but is not quite ready yet.
As such, we have cancelled the previously planned FY19-Phase3 and will need to shift some dates for our last order in FY19, FY19-Phase4. This shift results in FY19-Phase4 and FY20-Phase1 essentially being deployed concurrently around October of 2019. For this reason, we strongly encourage faculty to participate in FY20-Phase1 and reserve FY19-Phase4 for those who need to use funds expiring in FY19.
We will also adjust configurations and pricing for FY19-Phase4 and FY20-Phase1 based on upcoming processing technology and market conditions once that pricing is available to the public.
Finally, planning is in progress for PACE to migrate existing research cyberinfrastructure from the Rich data center to CODA, and all efforts will be made to minimize disruption to research efforts during this move. The execution phase will not begin until at least October 2019.
To view the published schedule online or for more information, visit http://pace.gatech.edu/participation or email pace-support@oit.gatech.edu.
Best Regards,
-PACE Team