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

MyBRC back online: Thurs, 9/20

MyBRC is back online. We had a hardware failure which also caused slow responsiveness of SLURM. We will modify config file/code to alleviate the impact on slurm, should this happen again.

MyBRC portal offline: Tues, 9/20

We are aware that mybrc is offline as of last night and are actively working to bring it back online again. Thank you for your patience.

Intermittent login failures resolved: Tues, 8/30

One of the login nodes was blocked on 8/17 by the Berkeley Lab security team which caused user login failures. Login is now restored and we are taking necessary actions to prevent similar triggers from happening again.

Savio job emails working again: Wed, 8/10

Savio job emails should be working again. Please contact us if you are still having any issues with this.

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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

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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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