About BC Research Services
Research Services provides consultation, training, and tutorials to support computing and research at Boston College. The Research Services staff has expertise in statistics, statistical software, qualitative research, surveys, GIS, scientific computation, data analysis, computational mathematics, and visualization. We also provide assistance with coding, databases, Web technologies, and administration and consultation for research oriented computing hardware based within the departments and institutes.
Announcements
Help Sessions
Research Services is available for assistance with Andromeda 2. We have both open office hours and software guidance sessions.
A2 Migration Assistance Office Hours:
Tuesdays (online): 11-12
Thursdays (online): 2-4
Google Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/ypi-rekc-dts
A2 Software Support Office Hours:
Monday (online): 10:30-12
Thursday (hybrid): 10:30-12
Location: O’Neill Library 530
Google Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/qvh-kojm-vuv
HPC Services Overview
Andromeda 2 (A2) is up and in a healthy state:
- Some 48 core nodes are currently reserved for maintenance
Andromeda 1 (A1) is up on a use at your own risk basis:
- A root cause was not identified for the file system outages on 3/30/25 and 4/5/25.
- The storage controllers and chassis were replaced on 4/11 and services have been stable since.
- 20 CPU nodes and 3 GPU nodes are publicly available for those with workloads that can’t yet be run on A2.
- A1 is scheduled to be decommissioned shortly after the end of the Spring 2025 semester.
If you have any questions or require assistance, please reach out to us via Research Help.