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

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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Jupyter notebook streamlines machine translation for researchers

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The increasing prominence of interdisciplinary studies, coupled with the mass digitization and dissemination of primary sources and scholarly literature alike, has made it possible for scholars to pursue boundary-defying research agendas in ways that were previously impossible

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Introduction to Amazon Web Services

June 16, 2021

Introduction to Amazon Web Services
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
10:00-11:30am via Zoom (we will send the Zoom info after you register)

Research IT and the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab are partnering to provide this 90 minute general...Read more about Introduction to Amazon Web Services

Introducing Research IT’s New Documentation Website

May 12, 2021

Research IT is excited to introduce our new documentation website! Our expert consultants from various backgrounds have collaborated to provide helpful and accessible documentation...Read more about Introducing Research IT’s New Documentation Website