Fortress
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Fortress archive system being upgraded to HPSS
Information Technology at Purdue (ITaP) is upgrading the research computing archival storage system Fortress. Currently based upon EMC's DiskXtender (DXUL), Fortress is being upgraded to new, more powerful software: the High Performance Storage Syste...
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Fortress archive upgrade to HPSS
UPDATE: Archive Conversion moved to Oct. 7-14 Information Technology at Purdue (ITaP) is upgrading the research computing archival storage system Fortress. Currently based upon EMC's DiskXtender (DXUL), Fortress is being upgraded to new, more powerfu...
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Fortress: ADIC Scalar 10k tape robot unavailable
Update 12/2/11 (4:15pm) The tape robot has been returned to service and Fortress is back in production. Please contact us at rcac-help@purdue.edu if you encounter further issues. Update 12/2/11: The ADIC Scalar 10K robot is temporarily down again wit...
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Fortress: ADIC Scalar 10k tape robot unavailable (1/4/2012)
Update - 1/9/2012 The repairs to the ADIC tape library have been completed and Fortress' tape functionality is back in operation. Update - 1/6/2012 Following work today by vendor engineers, the latest estimate for the ADIC tape robot's return to serv...
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Update - April 11, 2012 240pm At around 240pm, ITaP engineers have restored communications between the HPSS system and the tape library. Access to Fortress from Samba, HSI/HTAR and other methods has been restored. I apologize for the inconvenience th...
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Scheduled Maintenance - August 2012
In August 2012, some RCAC systems will be down for maintenance for up to three days in order to accommodate electrical service and chilled water upgrades in the Math building and OS and scheduler upgrades on the systems. Planned Maintenance Timelin...
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ADIC Scalar 10k tape library maintenance
From 8:00am-12pm on Friday, September 7, 2012, the ADIC Scalar 10K library serving the Fortress archive will be unavailable while emergency preventative maintenance is performed. Fortress will still be able to write files into HPSS, and files already...
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Updated, 3/29/2013 During the datacenter migration the core server for the Fortress HPSS system experienced a failure with its boot device. Vendor engineers are working on the issue, and as a result, the estimate to Fortress's return to production ha...
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Resolved: As of about 4:45pm ET, the connectivity issue affecting the Fortress archive has been resolved. The HPSS archive is back in full production. If you encounter any issues, please contact us at rcac-help@purdue.edu Update: ITaP Storage Enginee...
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Fortress HPSS Archive Unavailable
Update - 10:15 am Fortress is back in full production. Original Message: As of 8:00am, Thursday, September 19, the Fortress HPSS is temporarily unavailable due to issues with communicating with its tape drives. Storage engineers are working to return...
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The Fortress HPSS Archive is offline due to issues with their storage systems relating to the power loss on the West Lafayette campus in the wake of the severe weather Sunday night. Engineers are investigating the problem now, but until this is reso...
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Fortress HPSS Archive Maintenance
The IBM T3584 tape library serving Fortress is scheduled to be down Wednesday, March 19, 2014 from 8AM to 5PM for a hardware upgrade. Additional tape capacity and tape drives will be added to support increased demand. HPSS will remain accessible, ne...
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UPDATE: Fortress was successfully returned to service as of 7:35 pm Wednesday, 15 July. As of 8:30am on July 15, 2014, the Fortress HPSS Archive is unavailable due to a hardware issue. Access to Fortress via HSI, HTAR, Globus, or CIFS is not availabl...
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Log in to Globus with your Purdue Career Account
ITaP Research Computing is pleased to announce the deployment of a Purdue-specific login page to manage your data transfers with Globus. Globus is a powerful and easy to use file transfer service that is ideal for transferring large data files virtua...
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Fortress HPSS Software Upgrade
Update The issues with the HPSS upgrade have been resolved with assistance from the vendor and the system is now in normal operations. Anyone using HSI or HTAR from their personal systems will need to upgrade their client to the latest (version 5) c...
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Diminished network connectivity to research computing resources
Due to a network issue at the Indiana GigaPOP, connectivity to RCAC resources from off campus is intermittent. Access to the research computing web site, Globus, Thinlinc, or other research computing resources may be impacted. To work around this iss...
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Fortress Samba service has been restored as of 10:15am on Monday, June 8th. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused and thanks for your patience. Beginning Friday afternoon, the Fortress Samba mounts became unavailable due to an issue with...
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Fortress Service Unavailable June 23
The Fortress data archiving services will be unavailable starting 8:00AM on 23 June, 2015 due to a scheduled maintenance. During this outage, our storage engineers will: Upgrade hardware, and Configure RAID on the internal servers. Users are reques...
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As of 11:55 pm August 18, 2015, Fortress/HPSS has been brought back online. Storage engineers continue working on bringing upgraded Fortress up and deploying new software to all RCAC systems. Current estimate for return to service: 12:00 am August 1...
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The Fortress Archive service, Fortress, will be unavailable starting Wednesday, November 4th, 2015 at 6:00am EST for regular maintenance and will return at Wednesday, November 4th, 2015 at 8:00am EST. During this time, access via HSI, HTAR, Globus of...