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
Wed, 11/26 - Thurs, 11/27: No office hours during Thanksgiving Break
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, we will not be holding office hours on Wed, 11/26 or Thurs, 11/27. Thursday and Friday are university holidays so we will be limited in our responses until we resume service on Monday, 12/1. Please contact us by e-mail in the meantime.
Mon, 10/27: Scratch File System Back Online
We have restored the scratch file system, and it is online now. However, this issue might occur again, so we will continue to work with our vendor, DDN, and the datacenter team to find a permanent solution. We appreciate your patience.
Mon, 10/27: Savio Scratch File System Down
The scratch file system is not accessible due to a power issue affecting one of the racks. The problem causes a significant loss of power to scratch file system controllers, and this has been happening intermittently over the last few weeks. User jobs running in these circumstances might have failed, or scratch I/O might have paused during the time scratch is inaccessible. After investigating with the help of our vendor, DDN, hardware issues have been ruled out. We are working closely with the data center team (DC) to investigate the root cause of the issue and implement measures to prevent it from happening repeatedly. We will provide an update once the investigation is complete.
News Articles
November Newsletter
Welcome to the Fall 2025 issue of UC Berkeley’s Research IT Newsletter!
This special edition celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Research Data Management (RDM) Program — a decade of collaboration and innovation in supporting Berkeley’s research community.
The RDM...Read more about November Newsletter
Research Data Management (RDM) Program celebrates 10 Year
Big Data for Beginners
Big Data for Beginners
Onboarding to the Savio Computing Cluster the Easy Way
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
3:40-5pm
Hybrid: Academic Innovation Studio (Dwinelle 127) and Zoom...Read more about Big Data for Beginners