<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear SciServer users</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I wanted to send you a quick mail about new features on the MPE SciServer, a link to a hopefully helpful document and some information about upcoming maintenance.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You might have noticed that a new button has appeared on the SciServer dashboard recently. </div><div class="">With the addition of the CasJobs service the SciServer now has a integrated database server which can be accessed both though the CasJobs web app and though the SciServer python (or R) API.</div><div class="">Currently the only database on the server is SDSS DR16, but more will follow soon. In fact if you want to see a particular external catalog hosted locally or have your own database you would like to host, let me know.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With the addition of its last core feature the focus now shifts more to help you getting the most out of the system and making it a useful tool for your work.</div><div class="">To that end I have written a "Getting Started" help document for the SciServer you can download here: </div><div class=""><a href="https://datashare.mpcdf.mpg.de/s/1e0CF3yRNcgDL4V" class="">https://datashare.mpcdf.mpg.de/s/1e0CF3yRNcgDL4V</a></div><div class="">The document should hopefully help you get an overview over the various components of the SciServer and how they interact which each other.</div><div class="">I would love feedback if you find anything unclear in the text or if information you would like to know is missing.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Lastly I wanted to warn you that I am extending the space available to the Compute Containers in the next days. </div><div class="">I hope to be able to do this transparently, but it is possible I may have to stop or recycle some containers. </div><div class="">Please let me know in case this poses a problem for you (for example if you installed additional software in your container)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">cheers</div><div class="">Jonas</div><br class=""><div class="">
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