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

Scratch file system is back! Tues, 9/17

Our admin team has worked tirelessly to restore the Savio cluster's scratch system. The cluster functionality is now back to normal, and we are thankful for your patience and support throughout the process. We also appreciate users' efforts to clean up and move their files out of scratch. As a part of best practices, we urge users to keep backing up their files from scratch to permanent storage discs and avoid storing massive numbers of tiny files in scratch for long periods.

Global scratch issues: Mon, 9/16

Due to extensive usage, the Savio storage system /global/scratch has run out of capacity. As a result, you might have seen the "out-of-space" errors and experienced other instabilities. We are aware of these issues, and our team is working on resolving them; however, during this phase, you might see that the terminal command/s(for example, ls) executions are slow and sluggish. We appreciate your patience and cooperation during this time. Please reach out to us at brc-hpc-help@berkeley.edu if you have any further questions.

Savio HPC Services Resumed: Mon, 8/12

We are excited to report that Savio HPC services have resumed. As planned, the Berkeley IT team repaired the automated transfer switch in the data center over the weekend. The data center's power is restored, and the Savio supercluster is back online. Jobs have started running, and HPC services, including Open OnDemand and Globus, are also back in service.

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News Articles

MyBRC User Portal

November 29, 2021

Research IT is excited to highlight MyBRC, our new user portal for access management, which was released this August and is accessible at https://mybrc.brc.berkeley.edu. This new user-friendly platform is for faculty,...Read more about MyBRC User Portal

Python & Jupyter Notebooks on Savio Training

November 4, 2021

Python & Jupyter Notebooks on Savio training
Monday, November 15, 2021
Training: 3:40 - 5:00 pm via Zoom (we will send the Zoom info after you register)

Research IT is offering an intermediate training session on using Python and...Read more about Python & Jupyter Notebooks on Savio Training

VIRTUAL-- UC Berkeley Cloud Meetup 029: AWS and the RiseLab

October 24, 2021

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This month's meetup is the first in a series of vendor showcase meetups in which the UC Berkeley Cloud Computing Meetup asks for the vendor to provide research oriented applications of their cloud stacks. In this case AWS has selected RISELab, and we will hear from Joey Gonzalez...Read more about VIRTUAL-- UC Berkeley Cloud Meetup 029: AWS and the RiseLab