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Data backup made easy
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With the year 2021 nearing its end, a whole new year full of possibilities is about to begin. Once again, the time has come for some good resolutions. This year has clearly shown us how essential a good IT infrastructure is. Day after day, huge amounts of data are created, processed and shared, both privately and professionally. But what if this data unexpectedly disappears? While many people may be aware of the danger of data loss, only a few actively take precautions to protect their data from such a loss in a private context. Frequent backups aim to prevent data loss and are an essential aspect of IT security.
Onboarding – Digital and with heart
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On board in the CSE department
Philipp and Sarah support the Computational Science & Engineering department of the IT Center, or CSE in short. In this interview, they tell us how they experienced their first time at the IT Center, how the digital onboarding went and what tasks their job entails. Read the rest of this entry »
aiXcelerate 2021 – I/O and Machine Learning in Spotlight
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aiXcelerate is an annual tuning workshop for HPC users. It comprises lectures that are open for everyone, and hands-on parts where registered groups apply the learnt concepts to their own codes. Every year, we focus on different hot topics. This year, on December 6th to 9th, aiXcelerate focused on performance tuning for I/O-intensive workloads and machine-learning applications. Due to the ongoing pandemic, aiXcelerate took place in an online format. Presentations were done live via Zoom and questions and discussions were fostered using a dedicated Slack channel. We attracted more than 20 participants every day.
Here’s something for your ears – recommendations for IT podcasts
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Podcasts are all the rage – they come in all variations and lengths, short or long, and on all kinds of topics. Whether on the road in the car, on the train, on foot or at home. In short or long episodes, we get news, background information or a casual chat or two quite simply on the ear in between. This is practical for being up to date on topics that interest us.
The Metadata Form – Migrate Archive Nodes via Metadata
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We know it too well ourselves from moves of all kinds: if we know what is contained in the boxes, it is much easier for us to decide whether we still want to keep certain contents or whether we can say goodbye to them. For this reason, we at least write on the box what is included and where it belongs.
The same goes for data that we want to archive, for example. We don’t have boxes available, but we can “label” the nodes to be archived with metadata. To do this, the appropriate node contacts receive a dedicated link to a metadata form about what exactly belongs to an archive node. What this is all about, you can read in this article.
Change of Opening Hours at the IT Center
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The Christmas holidays and the new year are approaching. Therefore, the opening hours of the IT Center will be changed. Read the rest of this entry »
Giveaway – IT Center User Satisfaction Survey
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Today, we have announced our giveaway for the IT Center User Satisfaction Survey 2021.
This year, 15 “Aachen Schenkt” vouchers worth EUR15 each were raffled off.
Onboarding – Digital and with Heart
Sascha and Nils in interview
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An interview with our house spokesmen
Sascha and Nils have been house spokesmen for the IT Center for several years and represent the interests of the workforce. They act as a mouthpiece for the management and are a trusted contact person for employees’ questions and problems. Read the rest of this entry »
Single sign-on: What does that actually mean?
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Our everyday life is closely accompanied by the internet. We communicate with our peers on the net, share memories on social media, we shop online, search for answers to various questions in forums and much more. All these services usually require a login via username and password. With intensive use of various online services, it is sometimes easy to lose track of everything. This can often lead to downright password chaos. Single Sign-On (SSO) is intended to remove or precisely prevent this chaos. Read the rest of this entry »
Advent, Advent, a light is sent…
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And soon there will be two!
And soon there will be two! The Christmas decorations have been taken out and put up. The first doors of the Advent calendar have been opened. In some houses there is already a wonderful smell of biscuits and pine trees. This year, even the Aachener Christmas market and its countless tasty treats are finally back. The Advent season has officially started and should make the wait until Christmas a little sweeter. We too would like to make this time a little brighter for you and have put together some ideas on how you can spend the Advent season in a relaxed manner. Read the rest of this entry »
