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+title:  "Merlin7 in preproduction"
+published: true
+# permalink: samplepost.html
+summary: "More pages will be coming soon."
+tags: [news, getting_started]
+---
+
+The Merlin7 cluster is officially in preproduction. This phase will be tested by a few users
+and slowly we will contact other users to be part of it.
+
+Merlin7 documentation is now available [here](/merlin7/introduction.html). Keep in mind that
+access is restricted now.
+
+More complete documentation will be coming shortly.