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., 6/12/2026: Savio4_htc nodes are not back online
We would like to share an additional update following our maintenance completion notice. At this time, Savio4_htc nodes are not back online, as we are still working to resolve a network connectivity issue affecting them. Until this is resolved, the affected nodes will remain reserved. We will continue this work on Monday and will send another update as soon as Savio4_htc nodes are returned to service. Thank you for your continued patience and understanding.
Fri., 6/12/2026: June 8 Week-Long Savio Maintenance Is Complete
We’re happy to let you know that the week-long maintenance outage that began on June 8 is now complete, and services have been restored. During this maintenance window, we completed the following major updates: (1) Updated the Lustre OS for the scratch file system. (2) Upgraded Slurm from version 22.05 to 25.05. (3) Applied a kernel security patch to the Rocky 8.10 Linux operating system. (4) Upgraded Open OnDemand from version 3 to 4.0.11. Important: During the Slurm upgrade process, all pending jobs were removed from the queue. If you had pending jobs before the downtime began, please check your job list and resubmit any jobs as needed. We’re excited to bring these improvements online as part of our continued efforts to improve the reliability and stability of the Savio environment. Thank you again for your patience and support!
Planned Outage the week of June 8 for Scratch OS Upgrade
We have scheduled a planned outage affecting the Savio cluster during the week of June 8. DDN recommended this upgrade, and we are undertaking it partly in response to the recent outages many of you have experienced. While this upgrade is not a guaranteed remedy, we believe it is an important and necessary step toward enhancing the system's overall reliability and stability. We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we work to improve the Savio environment.
News Articles
Rick Jaffe Honored with Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award
We are thrilled to announce that Rick Jaffe, Research Data Consultant and CollectionSpace Service Lead within Research IT, has been awarded the Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award (COSA). This prestigious honor is among the highest forms of recognition...Read more about Rick Jaffe Honored with Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award
Spring 2026 Newsletter
Welcome to the Spring 2026 special edition Research IT newsletter. We have been hard at work monitoring the health and upgrade of our systems in order to minimize interruption to the important research happening on our campus. Read more about these efforts below.
Research IT is Hiring Graduate Student Domain Consultants
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