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

Wed, 11/26 - Thurs, 11/27: No office hours during Thanksgiving Break

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, we will not be holding office hours on Wed, 11/26 or Thurs, 11/27. Thursday and Friday are university holidays so we will be limited in our responses until we resume service on Monday, 12/1. Please contact us by e-mail in the meantime.

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.

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News Articles

Transforming Research Data Practices: Machine-Actionable Data Management Plans

June 27, 2025

As research becomes increasingly data-driven, the challenge of managing data efficiently and transparently is more pressing than ever. At UC Berkeley, a new campus pilot project is exploring the use of machine-actionable data management plans — a next-generation approach to data...Read more about Transforming Research Data Practices: Machine-Actionable Data Management Plans

Visual Studio (VS) Code on Savio

April 22, 2025

Thursday, May 8, 3:40-5pm

Hybrid: in-person in Dwinelle 128 and via Zoom

Registration required...Read more about Visual Studio (VS) Code on Savio

Exploring REDCap: Enabling Secure Data Capture at UC Berkeley

April 21, 2025

REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure web application designed to support online and offline data capture for research studies.

Rick Jaffe, who co-leads the REDCap service at Berkeley, describes it as a tool that allows researchers...Read more about Exploring REDCap: Enabling Secure Data Capture at UC Berkeley