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UFIT Research Computing User Documentation

Information on the migration to the new Blue storage, Nov. 2025 - Jan. 2026

The next stage of the HiPerGator 4th Gen upgrades involves migrating all user data from the current Blue storage system to a new system.

UFIT Research Computing staff are working with each group to copy their data to the new Blue storage. Once transitioned to the new storage, paths will remain unchanged, and users will still access their group's storage at the same /blue/<group>path. While an initial copy can be made with users logged in and jobs running, the final data synchronization and switch to the new storage requires that all users in the group be logged out and have no jobs running.

UFIT-RC has published a Blue Storage Migration FAQ page to answer questions about the migration process. Please read through the FAQ as all users will be impacted by this transition.

Welcome to the University of Florida Information Technology Research Computing User Documentation and HiPerGator Compendium. This is a refresh of our original Help Wiki Site.

General information about RC, news, announcements, policies, purchase request and account request forms are located on our main website. All other information you may need to become a proficient and effective HiPerGator (HPG) user, including any extra information about using particular applications on HPG, available reference data, services, and code examples is located in this compendium.

Our documentation is split into sections you can explore via the links in the navigation panel at the top or by following the Table of Contents navigation at the bottom.

New users are highly encouraged to take the New User Training course to familiarize themselves with using a supercomputer for research, save time, and avoid many beginner mistakes.

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Getting help

If you are having problems accessing or using HiPerGator see the User Support section. For specific issues, you can submit a support request on our HPG support system.

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