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Aug 26 2023: Default R version update

Posted on August 25, 2023

Starting August 26th, the new default version of R is 4.2.1. If you need to continue to use the previous version, the command R41 will start the previous default.

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Planned Outage: Sat, Aug 12, 2023, Noon to 8:00PM

Posted on August 8, 2023

The main user home directory file server will be getting an urgent update and a reboot on Saturday, August 12th, and will be out from noon to about 2:00pm. This file server also holds many …

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OUTAGE: May 16, 1:48pm, /z/Comp; UPDATE: 4:15pm

Posted on May 16, 2023

As a consequence of yesterday’s instability, the file server that serves /z/Comp is currently rebooting. This can take up to two hours, due to the size of the file systems. 4:15pm. We have identified a …

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OUTAGE: May 15 2023: /z/Comp file server out – UPDATE 9:57

Posted on May 15, 2023

8:40am. There is a hardware fault on the file server which provides most /z/Comp space. We are looking into this now and will update this page as we know more. 9:57am: The file system is …

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OUTAGE: Wed, Apr 5 2023 — /z/Comp file server – UPDATE 2pm

Posted on April 5, 2023

The file server that handles computational workloads has been under severe load the last few days, and has become unstable as a result. We are currently working that machine. We will start a reboot shortly …

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OUTAGE: Aug 30, 2022: unplanned file server outage, 9:10am / RESOLVED

Posted on August 30, 2022

One of the main file servers is currently unresponsive. We’re working on this now. 11:30 – issue resolved. Thanks for your patience.

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COMPLETE: Mon, Aug 29,2022: JIRA down for maintenance, 6-10pm

Posted on August 29, 2022

JIRA (sysreq@biostat.wisc.edu) will be down for maintenance tonight from 6pm until 10pm. The web interface will often be unavailable during that time. Any new requests you send to sysreq will be processed when the maintenance …

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OUTAGE: Mon, Aug 22, 8:30am – Computational File Sever Down / RESOLVED 9:20am

Posted on August 22, 2022

RESOLVED: 9:20am. File server access is working again. The computational file server, which hosts files from /z/Comp/, is currently down. We’re working on it now.

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Periodic outages Saturday, August 27, 2022, 8am-Noon

Posted on August 19, 2022

There will be periodic, brief network outages for Biostat compute and storage servers, between 8am and noon on Saturday, August 27, 2022. This will be happening as we upgrade some of the power infrastructure in …

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Network Outage: Tue, Jun 21 2022, 8pm – midnight

Posted on June 17, 2022

Work on networking infrastructure in one of our server rooms will result in intermittent access to core Biostat computing resources between 8pm and midnight, Tuesday, June 21st. Services provided by DoIT (such as your email) …

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