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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

Berkeley Prosopography Services receives NEH Digital Humanities Implementation Grant

July 22, 2014

The National Endowment for the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities announced seven recipients of Digital Implementation Grants yesterday, including...Read more about Berkeley Prosopography Services receives NEH Digital Humanities Implementation Grant

Berkeley Prosopography Services receives NEH Digital Humanities Implementation Grant

July 17, 2014

At the Digital Humanities 2014 conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, Quinn Dombrowski, Research IT’s Digital Humanities Coordinator presented a short paper on ...Read more about Berkeley Prosopography Services receives NEH Digital Humanities Implementation Grant

Berkeley Prosopography Services seminar through UCB’s Social Science Matrix

July 15, 2014

Laurie Pearce and Patrick Schmitz of the Berkeley Prosopography Services project will team up to lead a Fall 2014 seminar through the UC Berkeley Social Science Matrix. The seminar will bring together researchers from multiple...Read more about Berkeley Prosopography Services seminar through UCB’s Social Science Matrix