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Status and Service Updates

Savio Scratch file system is back! Sat. 11/16

Our admin team has worked tirelessly to restore the Savio cluster's scratch system. The cluster functionality is now back to normal, and we are thankful for your patience and support throughout the process. We also appreciate users' continuing efforts to clean up and move their (un-needed) files out of scratch. As a part of best practices, we urge users to keep backing up their files from scratch to permanent storage discs and avoid storing massive numbers of tiny files in scratch for long periods.

Savio Scratch Update: Fri, 11/15

We are planning another emergency downtime for Savio. DDN is recommending we take the filesystem out of commission to power cycle some components as well as replace another cable.

Savio Scratch Update: Fri, 11/8

Savio scratch is available again but users may experience slower performance than usual. We are planning additional hardware replacements that we hope will restore it fully soon.

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.

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News Articles

VIRTUAL-- UC Berkeley Cloud Meetup 029: AWS and the RiseLab

October 24, 2021

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This month's meetup is the first in a series of vendor showcase meetups in which the UC Berkeley Cloud Computing Meetup asks for the vendor to provide research oriented applications of their cloud stacks. In this case AWS has selected RISELab, and we will hear from Joey Gonzalez...Read more about VIRTUAL-- UC Berkeley Cloud Meetup 029: AWS and the RiseLab

Introduction to high performance computing with Savio training registration

September 30, 2021

Thursday, October 14, 2021
Drop-in help: 3:10-3:40
Training: 3:40-5:00pm via Zoom (we will send the Zoom info after you register)

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VIRTUAL-- UC Berkeley Cloud Meetup 028: Secure Research Data + Compute

September 29, 2021

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No researcher wants to wake up to a headline screaming that their research has leaked human subject data onto the Darkweb. But it's not always clear to people how to protect their key research data, and there is much pressing work to do beyond security. Ever...Read more about VIRTUAL-- UC Berkeley Cloud Meetup 028: Secure Research Data + Compute