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

Savio Scratch File System is Back Online: Tues, 1/25

The global scratch file system is back to service. Jobs have started running on Savio. Thank you very much for your understanding and patience while we were restoring the service.

Working on Scratch Instability: Tues, 01/25

The global scratch file system on Savio has not been stable since about noon today. Access to certain folders/files may be sporadic or hanging, and some file operations might throw out I/O errors. We are working on this issue and will keep you updated as we resolve it.

No office hours on 1/5 or 1/6

Research IT is participating in a "soft" curtailment the week of Monday, Jan. 3 through Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. We will not be holding office hours during this week.

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News Articles

Ransomware attacks target UC Berkeley researchers

November 6, 2020

UC Berkeley Research community,

As seen during the UCSF incident, attackers are targeting both systems and individuals...Read more about Ransomware attacks target UC Berkeley researchers

Introducing the Secure Research Data and Compute (SRDC) Platform

October 3, 2020

Research IT and our partners are pleased to introduce the Secure Research Data and Compute (SRDC) Platform, a new campus service designed for researchers working with highly sensitive data. A secure virtual machine (VM) environment is available now, and additional capabilities

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