Research IT

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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

UC Berkeley’s New Chief Research Technology Officer - Ken Lutz

November 21, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Research IT Director Ken Lutz has been named the Chief Research Technology Officer (CRTO) for the UC Berkeley campus. In this new role, Ken will be collaborating with campus leadership across research, IT, teaching, and administration in order to...Read more about UC Berkeley’s New Chief Research Technology Officer - Ken Lutz

Introduction to high performance computing with Savio training

October 5, 2022

Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Training: 3:40-5:00pm via Zoom (we will send the Zoom info after you register)

Research IT is offering an introductory training session on using Savio, the campus Linux high-performance computing cluster. We will give an...Read more about Introduction to high performance computing with Savio training