Research IT

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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

UC-wide repository for managing digital resources goes live

August 20, 2014

Staff who create, manage, and provide access to digital resources at the University of California Libraries can now store these resources, together with their descriptive metadata, in a new UC-wide digital asset management system (DAMS).

As described in...Read more about UC-wide repository for managing digital resources goes live

Research Data Management poster presented at June IT Summit

August 18, 2014

At the June 2014 IT Summit, Research IT shared a set of posters describing the group's activities. The Research Data Management poster is posted on the One IT site along with...Read more about Research Data Management poster presented at June IT Summit

Research IT Launches New Research Data Management Initiative

August 18, 2014

The proper stewardship of research data has become critically important in our society, both for accountability (e.g., scientific reproducibility) as well as for new research (e.g., through the reuse of data in data science and “big data”). Many research institutions have decided to make...Read more about Research IT Launches New Research Data Management Initiative