[cfarm-users] cfarm110 and cfarm111 decommissioning on February 27

Sean McGovern gseanmcg at gmail.com
Fri Feb 13 19:34:31 CET 2026


Hi,

On Fri, Feb 13, 2026, 13:16 David Edelsohn via cfarm-users <
cfarm-users at lists.tetaneutral.net> wrote:

> The IBM POWER7 big endian systems, cfarm110 and cfarm111, will be
> decommissioned to simplify the OSUOSL consolidation and transition.  A
> big-endian partition on a POWER10 system remains available as cfarm121.
>
> The systems will be turned off on Friday, February 27.  Please ensure that
> you copy any data that you wish to preserve from those systems before that
> date.  None of the data on CFarm systems is backed up and none of the data
> will be recoverable after that date.
>
> The CFarm project wishes to thank IBM for providing the systems and OSUOSL
> for hosting the systems.  When initially contributed, they were some of the
> most powerful systems in the CFarm.  They have been extremely valuable to
> FOSS community developers for over a decade.
>
> Thanks, David
>
>
As someone who's used cfarm110 ever since it joined the Compile Farm I will
miss it. Wonderful machine.

I guess this really spells the end for big-endian POWER.

-- Sean McGovern

>
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