Merge pull request #839 from willfurnass/jade-2-eol

JADE II: no longer accepting jobs and soon to be decommissioned

_project_descriptions/jade2.md

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 key: jade2
 ---
 
-JADE II is a GPU-based, deep Learning focused, Tier-2 HPC system associated with 19 academic partners including Sheffield. It is the successor of the [JADE](http://www.jade.ac.uk/) system due to be decommissioned in 2021.
+JADE II was a GPU-based, deep Learning focused, Tier-2 HPC service associated with 19 academic partners including Sheffield.
+JADE II ceased to accept jobs on 2024-11-15 and
+will be decommissioned on 2025-01-06.
+JADE II was the successor of the [JADE](http://www.jade.ac.uk/) system, which was decommissioned in 2021.
 
-RSES is a local institutional contact and is involved in promoting the system, managing user access and on-boarding, provide on-going technical support and training. 
+RSES has been a local institutional contact and has been involved in
+promoting the system,
+managing user access and
+on-boarding,
+and has provided on-going technical support and training.
 
-In order to train users and promote the use of the system, RSES have created an [Introduction to Deep Learning Course](https://rses-dl-course.github.io/), a one-day mixture of theoretical lectures and practical labs in Python and R.
+In order to train users and promote the use of the system,
+RSES have created an [Introduction to Deep Learning Course](https://rses-dl-course.github.io/),
+a one-day mixture of theoretical lectures and practical labs in Python and R.

pages/community/resources-and-equipment/index.md

@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@ The University of Sheffield provides staff and students with access to [four Hig
 * [**Stanage**](https://docs.hpc.shef.ac.uk/en/latest/stanage/index.html): run by TUoS.  Optimised for high-performance, multi-node jobs. Typically 64 cores per node but has very high bandwidth, low latency network connections between nodes. Includes H100 and A100 GPUs.
 * [**Bessemer**](https://docs.hpc.shef.ac.uk/en/latest/bessemer/index.html): run by TUoS.  Optimised for high-throughput of single-node jobs.  Typically 40 cores per node. Includes V100 GPUs.
 * [**Bede**](https://bede-documentation.readthedocs.io/): a GPU HPC cluster run by the N8 consortium (inc. TUoS). Designed to accommodate multi-node, multi-GPU jobs inc. machine learning/deep learning workflows.
-* [**JADE 2**](https://docs.jade.ac.uk/): a GPU HPC cluster run by a different consortium (inc. TUoS).  Designed to accommodate single-node, multi-GPU jobs for machine learning and molecular dynamics workflows.
 
 All TUoS academics and researchers can request free access to Stanage and Bessemer.  Research students need their supervisors to make requests.
 
-There are slightly more formal application processes for Bede and JADE 2 - see the [HPC Documentation for details](https://docs.hpc.shef.ac.uk/en/latest/other-uk-hpc-resources.html#university-of-sheffield-directly-affliated-hpc-systems).
+There is a slightly more formal application processes for Bede - see the [HPC Documentation for details](https://docs.hpc.shef.ac.uk/en/latest/other-uk-hpc-resources.html#university-of-sheffield-directly-affliated-hpc-systems).
 
 ## Research data storage
 
@@ -47,18 +46,6 @@ Additional storage can be purchased from IT Services.
 The RSE group and Department of Computer Science has access to a set of private nodes in Bessemer (GPU and big memory nodes) which we use for
 delivering HPC projects and occasionally to provide access for collaborators.
 
-### JADE Tier 2 GPU cluster
-
-The Joint Academic Data Science Endeavour (JADE) is the largest GPU facility in the UK supporting world-leading research in machine learning.
-The computational hub will harness the capabilities of the NVIDIA DGX-1 Deep Learning System and
-comprise of 22 servers, each containing 8 of the newest NVIDIA Tesla P100 GPUs linked by NVIDIA's NV link interconnect technology.
-The new JADE facility aims to address the gap between university systems and access to national HPC services.
-This will drive forward innovation in machine learning, identifying new applications and insights in to research challenges.
-
-The RSE group director (Paul Richmond) is a co-investigator in the [EPSRC Tier 2 JADE system](https://www.jade.ac.uk/).
-As such members of the University of Sheffield are able to access this resource for free (for use with deep learning research).
-Please [contact us](/contact/) for more information on accessing this resource.
-
 ### Cloud Computing
 
 The RSE team can advise about the use of cloud computing or can help you to adapt your current workflows to cloud computing environments.

pages/training/programming/index.md

@@ -246,8 +246,6 @@ Access to these clusters are open to all UoS researchers and academics and they
     * Suitable for running many independent jobs or single-node MPI jobs
     * More GPUs coming soon!
 * Tier 2 HPC systems with affiliation to University of Sheffield
-  * [JADE](https://docs.hpc.shef.ac.uk/en/latest/jade.html): for research projects that uses deep learning or simulate molecular dynamics.
-  * [JADE 2](https://docs.hpc.shef.ac.uk/en/latest/jade2.html) (coming soon): for research projects that uses deep learning or simulate molecular dynamics.
   * [Bede](https://docs.hpc.shef.ac.uk/en/latest/bede.html): for very large GPU jobs that require multiple GPUs and multiple nodes.
 
 ## HPC Learning resources