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, 12/24 - Thurs, 1/1: Limited Support During Winter Curtailment

Research IT will be participating in a winter curtailment and holiday closure program Wed, 12/24 through Thurs, 1/1, 2026). During this time, Research IT will be operational with limited staffing available for user support. Please expect delays with our response during this period. We expect to return to regular staffing and response times starting Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026.

12/22 - 1/9: No office hours during Winter Break

Research IT office hours will be closed between 12/22 - 1/9 and resume the week of 1/12/2026. Please reach out to us via e-mail for assistance in the meantime at research-it-consulting@lists.berkeley.edu

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.

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News Articles

Open OnDemand is now available!

May 8, 2021

We are pleased to announce the release and support of Open OnDemand on the Savio supercluster. OnDemand provides a web-based approach for easy access to our HPC infrastructure. With OnDemand, you can upload and download files, create, edit, submit, and monitor jobs and connect

...Read more about Open OnDemand is now available!

Introduction to containers on Savio: creating reproducible, scalable, & portable workflows

April 21, 2021

Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - 8:40am to 10:00am
via Zoom (we will send the Zoom info after you register)

This training will introduce you to the key concepts and tools for using containers, in particular Docker and Singularity containers. Containers make it easy to install software, move...Read more about Introduction to containers on Savio: creating reproducible, scalable, & portable workflows

Meet Heather Amato, Research IT Domain Consultant!

April 18, 2021

This article was co-authored with Tiffany Vo.

We are delighted that Heather Amato joined our Research IT consulting team in April 2020!

Prior to joining us at UC Berkeley, Heather achieved a Masters in Public Health at Emory University

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