Ranch Data Migration Reminder
This is a reminder that, as part of the construction of the NSF Leadership Class Computing Facility, the hardware underlying the TACC "Ranch" tape archive system is being replaced. This new Ranch system allows us to expand the capacity of the archive to an exabyte and beyond over the next several year. If there is data in the archive that you wish to keep on the new system, you will need to move it to the new hardware.Please carefully review the message below for important information on timelines, where to find your old data, where to write you new data, and directions on migrating:TimelineSeptember 30th, 2025: New Ranch hardware became available to general usersNovember 1st, 2026: End of Service (EOS), Old Ranch hardware will be removed from service.To be clear, you, or someone on your project, will need to migrate your data from the OldRanchData directory (a read-only mount of the old Ranch system) to your new directory, or project space. Data that is not copied to the new Ranch space WILL NOT be available after the end of 2026. For detailed instructions on what users need to do, please view our migration guide here: https://docs.tacc.utexas.edu/hpc/ranch-migration-2025/For very large data migrations (>= 1PB) or other special use cases, please contact the support team for assistance: https://tacc.utexas.edu/portal/ticketsWe are halfway through the migration period, so, if you haven't started migrating data, please start as soon as is convenient.