Hawk installation schedule

This page will be updated as new information becomes available. Please be aware, HPC systems are made out of leading edge components. If one of this components is delayed, the complete schedule will change. Do not take this schedule too serious...

time frame	action
end of May 2019	Installation of a small test system
September 2nd ... 6th	maintenance and preparation of infrastructure (1st part).
November 19th	Reduce Cray XC40 HazelHen to ~4488 Nodes and preparation of infrastructure for Hawk
January 17th 2020	Installation of 8 racks Hawk, storage, pre-post servers, ... integration, testing, setup for users
until Februar 18th	complete Hawk hardware installation
mid-February	Test Phase for pilot users ~ 3 weeks. Due to the delayed delivery, the test phase will also be postponed. The filesystem will be ws9 (Hazel Hen)
February 24 2020	Final shutdown and decommission of Hazel Hen and preparation of infrastructure for the complete installation of Hawk.
February 25 2020	hazelhen workspace filesystem (ws9) has been fully integrated with all workspaces into the hawk system.
until March 1st	testing, and integrate additional racks into first phase
until March 15	prepare power and cooling facility for second phase hawk
even later	test and integrate all remaining cabinets into the hawk system
even later	Acceptance and production
April / May	Data migration by users from ws9 (Hazel Hen) onto ws10 (Hawk) filesystem