Research IT

provides research data and computing technologies, consulting, and community for the UC Berkeley campus. Our goal is to advance research through IT innovation.

Status and Service Updates

Fri, 5/15/2026: Savio System Status

⚠️ Compute
❌ Storage
⚠️ Login nodes

The /global/scratch file system is currently unavailable. As a result, you may experience issues with the following: login and compute nodes, compute node state, running jobs, Open OnDemand, and Globus.

Our system administrators are actively working with our DDN vendor to resolve this issue. However, we do not have an estimated time of recovery. We will send a follow up announcement when we have more information to share.

Thurs, 5/14/2026: Savio System Status

✅ Compute
⚠️  Storage
✅ Login nodes

OST:20 still at 94% and OST:15, OST:17, and OST:18 are now at 91% disk usage. We are continuing to work on this issue and will share updates on our progress.

Wed, 5/13/2026: Savio System Status

✅ Compute
⚠️  Storage
✅ Login nodes

OST:20 is at 94% disk usage and OST:17 is at 91% disk usage. We are continuing to work on this issue and will share updates on our progress.

Tues, 5/12/2026: Savio System Status

✅ Compute
⚠️  Storage
✅ Login nodes

OST:20 is at 94% disk usage and OST:17 is at 91% disk usage. We are continuing to work on this issue and will share updates on our progress.

Yesterday we discovered a problem with the login node and have resolved this issue. If you continue to encounter any problems, please contact us. 

Mon, 5/11/2026: Savio System Status

✅ Compute
⚠️  Storage
✅ Login nodes

OST:20 is at 94% disk usage and OST:17 is at 91% disk usage. We are continuing to work on this issue and will share updates on our progress.

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News Articles

Research IT is Hiring Graduate Student Domain Consultants

April 9, 2026

Research IT is hiring for multiple graduate student Domain Consultant positions. These are flexible, 10% to 25% (4-10 hours/week) remote appointments. We are seeking diverse and curious candidates from across scholarly disciplines who are enthusiastic about supporting campus researchers by...Read more about Research IT is Hiring Graduate Student Domain Consultants

Introduction to High Performance Computing with Savio Training

March 31, 2026

Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 3:40-5pm

Hybrid: in person at the Academic Innovation Studio (Dwinelle Hall) and via Zoom

Registration


Research IT is offering an...Read more about Introduction to High Performance Computing with Savio Training

Savio Computing Cluster Current Operational Status, Risk Mitigation, and Best Practices

February 24, 2026

We would like to provide an update on the Savio supercomputing cluster global scratch parallel file system service restoration and long-term stability. On Friday, January 23, 2026 the scratch file system on Savio became completely unavailable on the Savio cluster’s...Read more about Savio Computing Cluster Current Operational Status, Risk Mitigation, and Best Practices