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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.
News Articles
Collection management systems for campus museums: CollectionSpace 0.1 released
UC Berkeley iNews, August 4, 2009
Chris Hoffman Whether they collect art or insects, museums across campus rely on collection management systems to provide the mission-critical platform for managing their collected objects and facilitating collections-based research. An earlier iNews...Read more about Collection management systems for campus museums: CollectionSpace 0.1 released
Delphi project exposes PAHMA's collections to the world
UC Berkeley iNews, September 2, 2008
Patrick Schmitz
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (PAHMA) is the oldest and largest anthropological collection in the western U.S., with some 3.8 million objects spanning nearly...Read more about Delphi project exposes PAHMA's collections to the world
Bamboo Project awarded planning grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The University of California, Berkeley and the University of Chicago were jointly awarded a $1.4M grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to a carry out an 18-month planning project to develop a cyberinfrastructure for the arts, humanities, and interpretive social sciences.
Bamboo is...Read more about Bamboo Project awarded planning grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation