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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

Micronet user group for campus IT professionals celebrates 25th anniversary

January 7, 2015

Micronet, a UC Berkeley group for campus IT professionals, celebrated its 25th birthday on October 31, 2014. Founded in 1989, Micronet has become one of the oldest IT-related communities on campus; and also one...Read more about Micronet user group for campus IT professionals celebrates 25th anniversary

Digital Humanities program receives $2 million grant

December 4, 2014

The “Digital Humanities at Berkeley” initiative, which has been supported by the work of Research IT staff since its inception, has been bolstered by a $2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation, as reported by the UC Berkeley News Center piece “...Read more about Digital Humanities program receives million grant

Social Science Matrix seminar sparks conversation on scholarly tools

December 2, 2014

Research IT Associate Director Patrick Schmitz and Near Eastern Studies lecturer Laurie Pearce have been co-leading a Fall 2014 seminar on prosopography, sponsored by the Social Science Matrix. Prosopography is a research...Read more about Social Science Matrix seminar sparks conversation on scholarly tools