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Status and Service Updates

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.

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

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.

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News Articles

Love Data Week 2022

January 14, 2022

Once again, UC Libraries are collaborating on a UC-wide Love Data Week series of talks, presentations, and workshops during February 14-18, 2022. With over 30 presentations and workshops, there’s plenty to choose from...Read more about Love Data Week 2022

VIRTUAL-- UC Berkeley Cloud Meetup 030: Berkeley Startups and the Cloud

December 5, 2021

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This month's meetup focuses on Cloud Meetup partner Berkeley SkyDeck and explores why startups are important to Berkeley, how startups should think about selecting their cloud based tech stacks, and features a lightning talk from Mithril, a current cohort...Read more about VIRTUAL-- UC Berkeley Cloud Meetup 030: Berkeley Startups and the Cloud

MyBRC User Portal

November 29, 2021

Research IT is excited to highlight MyBRC, our new user portal for access management, which was released this August and is accessible at https://mybrc.brc.berkeley.edu. This new user-friendly platform is for faculty,...Read more about MyBRC User Portal