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Crane Retirement FAQ

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content/FAQ/crane_retirement.md

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+title = "Crane Retirement"
+description = "Crane Retirement and FAQ"
+weight = "95"
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+
+- [Summary](#summary)
+- [Where can I move my data? ](#where-can-i-move-my-data)
+- [When is the data stored on Crane going away? ](#when-is-the-data-stored-on-crane-going-away)
+- [How can I migrate my workflows from Crane to Swan? ](#how-can-i-migrate-my-workflows-from-crane-to-swan)
+- [I have a leased partition on Crane, what will happen with that? ](#i-have-a-leased-partition-on-crane-what-will-happen-with-that)
+- [Why are my jobs on Crane taking longer to start? ](#why-are-my-jobs-on-crane-taking-longer-to-start)
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+---
+
+#### Summary
+HCC will be retiring the Crane compute cluster on July 1st, 2023 and powering it off shortly after. This is being done to allow HCC to consolidate hardware into a single resource, improving performance and reliability. 
+
+**Important Dates:**
+
+ - Reduced capacity beginning in May 2023
+
+ - Crane Login Disabled on July 1st, 2023
+
+
+#### Where can I move my data? 
+
+You can move your data to $COMMON, Swan, or [Attic]({{< relref "../handling_data/data_storage/using_attic/" >}}). In any case, please make sure you have your important data backed up in another location. For large data transfers, it is strongly encouraged to use [Globus]({{< relref "../handling_data/data_transfer/globus_connect/" >}}) to transfer your data. The Globus transfer servers for Crane, Swan, and Attic provide a faster connection for the data transfer and provide checks on both ends of the data transfer. 
+
+The retirement of Crane also provides a good opportunity for researchers to evaluate and archive data that is no longer being used.  
+
+#### When is the data stored on Crane going away? 
+
+Outside of the normal [6-month purge policy]({{< relref "../handling_data/data_storage/preventing_file_loss/" >}}) on $WORK, which will continue to be in place, Crane's $HOME and $WORK will be removed when Crane is retired later in 2023.  
+
+#### How can I migrate my workflows from Crane to Swan? 
+
+Your workflows, including submit scripts and data, should be able to be directly copied over to Swan and run. Some items to double check would be partitions, job constraints, and specific software module versions.  
+
+#### I have a leased partition on Crane, what will happen with that? 
+
+We will no longer be accepting new partition leases for Crane but will continue to accept new ones for Swan. Any hardware that is in warranty or still has good performance will be migrated to Swan to help consolidate resources into one pool. 
+
+#### Why are my jobs on Crane taking longer to start? 
+
+We will be slowly migrating the good hardware from Crane to Swan over the next handful of months, which will resource the resource availability on Crane, while increasing the availability on Swan.