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

Are you ready for the *new* NIH data management and sharing policy?

November 22, 2022

Beginning January 25 2023, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is implementing a data...Read more about Are you ready for the *new* NIH data management and sharing policy?

UC Berkeley’s New Chief Research Technology Officer - Ken Lutz

November 21, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Research IT Director Ken Lutz has been named the Chief Research Technology Officer (CRTO) for the UC Berkeley campus. In this new role, Ken will be collaborating with campus leadership across research, IT, teaching, and administration in order to...Read more about UC Berkeley’s New Chief Research Technology Officer - Ken Lutz