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Status and Service Updates

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.

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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

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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

Empowering Secure Research at Berkeley: How SRDC is Enabling Data-Driven Discovery

December 4, 2025

As research data becomes increasingly complex and regulated, UC Berkeley’s Secure Research Data and Computing (SRDC) Platform and service have become an essential part of the campus research ecosystem. Made possible by funding from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research,...Read more about Empowering Secure Research at Berkeley: How SRDC is Enabling Data-Driven Discovery