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Status and Service Updates

Mon, 10/27: Scratch File System Back Online

We have restored the scratch file system, and it is online now. However, this issue might occur again, so we will continue to work with our vendor, DDN, and the datacenter team to find a permanent solution. We appreciate your patience.

Mon, 10/27: Savio Scratch File System Down

The scratch file system is not accessible due to a power issue affecting one of the racks. The problem causes a significant loss of power to scratch file system controllers, and this has been happening intermittently over the last few weeks. User jobs running in these circumstances might have failed, or scratch I/O might have paused during the time scratch is inaccessible. After investigating with the help of our vendor, DDN, hardware issues have been ruled out. We are working closely with the data center team (DC) to investigate the root cause of the issue and implement measures to prevent it from happening repeatedly. We will provide an update once the investigation is complete.

Mon, 10/6 & Wed, 10/8: Savio IDM will undergo brief maintenance

The Identity Management Team has planned maintenance this week on Monday, 6th October, and Wednesday, 8th October, from 4 pm to 7 pm. A brief interruption to identity services, particularly those related to Shibboleth, Grouper, identity linking, password reset, group creation, and RADIUS, is expected. Savio/Vector users may experience delays when logging in to the terminal and the OOD web portal during the maintenance window. We will keep you updated on the status if anything changes.

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News Articles

CASC 2014 highlights: Data Management, NSF's ACI program, Box & HIPAA Alignment

September 30, 2014

A funders’ view of data management, NSF’s Advanced Cyberinfrastructure program, and bringing Box.com into alignment with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s privacy rule were highlights of the 2014 Fall Meeting of the Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (...Read more about CASC 2014 highlights: Data Management, NSF's ACI program, Box & HIPAA Alignment

Welcome Camille Villa, Digital Humanities Assistant!

September 15, 2014

Research IT is happy to announce that Camille Villa has recently joined the group as a Digital Humanities Assistant!

As a student employee in Research IT, Camille played a major role in organizing the #HackFSM...Read more about Welcome Camille Villa, Digital Humanities Assistant!

New UC/JEPS Specimen Search Portal

September 6, 2014

By David Baxter

The University and Jepson Herbaria (UC/JEPS) have launched a dedicated search portal for all their digitized collections. A herbarium is a scientific museum collection of preserved botanical specimens, and the Herbaria at UC Berkeley have over two million specimens...Read more about New UC/JEPS Specimen Search Portal