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

Scratch filesystem is down Tues, 11/5

The Scratch filesystem is down as one of the pools has lost three disks. We have opened a ticket with DDN and are working through the issues. We are aiming for resolution tomorrow afternoon.

No office hours during Thanksgiving Break: Wed, 11/27 - Thurs, 11/28

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, we will not be holding office hours on Wed, 11/27 or Thurs, 11/28. Thursday and Friday are university holidays so we will be limited in our responses until we resume service on Monday, 12/2. Please contact us by e-mail in the meantime.

Savio HPC Open OnDemand Service Fixed: Tues, 10/29

We replaced some faulty hardware in the data center that was causing problems using Open OnDemand so it should now be functioning normally. Please let us know if you see further problems.

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News Articles

Holistic Research Support at UC Berkeley: a Library and Research IT collaboration

July 22, 2020

Anna Sackmann co-authored this post with Amy Neeser

Libraries have historically served as a hub for access to technology by providing publicly available computers with access to the Internet and workshops ontechnology topics. Academic libraries Research IT...Read more about Holistic Research Support at UC Berkeley: a Library and Research IT collaboration

Research IT participates in #ShutDownAcadamia

June 10, 2020

On Wednesday, June 10, Research IT is recognizing #ShutDownAcadamia #shutdownSTEM #Strike4BlackLives.

We will not be holding our regular office hours and staff are out of the office to commit the day to education, action,

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Researching in Troubled Times: A Community Exchange About Impacts of COVID-19

April 30, 2020
Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 4:30am to 5:30am

The current pandemic has disrupted nearly every aspect of normal life across the globe. Researchers at Berkeley also face particular

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