Research IT

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Status and Service Updates

The Savio Scratch File System is back online and accessible: Wed, 9/10

The Savio Scratch file system is back to normal. Access to Scratch via SSH, Globus, and Open OnDemand will continue to work as usual for all users. Please test it on your end and let us know if you see any problems. We are thankful for your patience and support. As part of best practices, we again urge users to regularly back up their files from scratch to permanent storage discs and avoid storing large numbers of small files on scratch for extended periods.

The Savio Scratch File System is Currently Down (Wed, 9/10)

The Savio /global/scratch parallel file system has been down since this morning due to an unforeseen problem. The investigation is underway. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and will keep you updated on the investigation's status.

Savio Downtime: 8AM Fri, 7/4 - 5PM Mon, 7/7

We are planning a downtime to conduct storage-related work on DDN and VAST, which is critical for the HPC services. The downtime will start at 8AM on Friday, 7/4. We plan to work over the weekend, anticipating a return to service by 5PM on Monday, 7/7. During the downtime, you will have no access to the Savio cluster or be able to run jobs. A Slurm reservation is in place, so please make sure that you complete your jobs within the proper walltime; otherwise, your jobs will wait in the queues until the downtime is over.

No office hours Thursday, June 19

Research IT will not be hosting office hours on Thursday, June 19 as it is a university holiday.

No office hours during finals: 5/12-5/16

Research IT will not be holding our regular office hours during the week of Spring Break, 5/12 - 5/16. Please get in touch with us at research-it@berkeley.edu for any help in the meantime.

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News Articles

BRC HPC Condo Cluster Off to a Roaring Start

August 25, 2014

Research IT's new BRC HPC Condo Cluster service offering has gotten off to a roaring start. The new service, officially launched on May 22 at a...Read more about BRC HPC Condo Cluster Off to a Roaring Start

UC-wide repository for managing digital resources goes live

August 20, 2014

Staff who create, manage, and provide access to digital resources at the University of California Libraries can now store these resources, together with their descriptive metadata, in a new UC-wide digital asset management system (DAMS).

As described in...Read more about UC-wide repository for managing digital resources goes live

Research IT Launches New Research Data Management Initiative

August 18, 2014

The proper stewardship of research data has become critically important in our society, both for accountability (e.g., scientific reproducibility) as well as for new research (e.g., through the reuse of data in data science and “big data”). Many research institutions have decided to make...Read more about Research IT Launches New Research Data Management Initiative