Fortress
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The Fortress Archive will be unavailable Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 8:00am EDT for scheduled monthly maintenance. During this time, Fortress will receive a major upgrade to the HPSS version. Any work which requests files sent to or from Fortress wil...
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The Fortress Archive will be unavailable Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from 10:00am - 4:00pm EDT for maintenance. During this time, Fortress will receive system updates. Any work which requests files sent to or from Fortress will either block or fail unti...
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October 8, 2019 8:00am - October 9, 2019 12:00pm EDT, Fortress will be upgraded to a new version of HPSS. This will also require updated hsi and htar binaries for all users. If you are using a Research Computing system, such as one of the cluster...
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The Fortress Archive began experiencing issues with an internal database around 4:30pm. Engineers are currently working to remove the affected database from the system to mitigate the issue. Fortress should return to normal function once this is remo...
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The Fortress Archive will be unavailable Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at 8:00am EST for scheduled monthly maintenance. During this time, Fortress will receive system updates. Any work which requests files sent to or from Fortress will either block or...
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Fortress Archive Emergency Maintenance
The Fortress Archive will be unavailable Tuesday, February 11, 2020 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm EST for emergency maintenance. During this time, Fortress will be updated to correct a minor problem requiring immediate attention. Any work which requests files...
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Research Computing COVID-19 Preparedness
On March 10, 2020 President Daniels and Provost Akridge announced that in-person instruction at Purdue will move to online to mitigate risks from the COVID-19 virus. This article will highlight the impact of this change to day-to-day life on campus o...
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The Fortress Archive will be unavailable Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at 8:00am EDT for scheduled monthly maintenance. During this time, Fortress will receive normal updates and have some work done on its battery backup system. Any work which requests file...
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The Fortress Archive will be unavailable Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at 8:00am EDT for scheduled monthly maintenance. During this time, Fortress will receive normal updates. Any work which requests files sent to or from Fortress will either block or fail...
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Research Computing Continues to Offer Remote Consulting and Training
In response to the unprecedented situation we find ourselves in, Research Computing started to provide in-depth consulting service to researchers via video conference or screen sharing in March, 2020. We are currently offering six 30-minute slots e...
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The Fortress tape archive began experiencing issues with Error -1, Error -28, and No space left on device error messages in HSI and Globus around 9:00pm EDT on Tuesday, August 25th, 2020. Engineers are currently diagnosing the issue and are working...
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The Fortress tape archive began experiencing issues with its disk cache subsystem on Thursday, August 27th, 2020 around 9:00pm EDT. The problems manifest themselves as intermittent Error -1, Error -28, and No space left on device error messages in HS...
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The Fortress tape archive began experiencing issues with its disk cache subsystem being full on Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 around 12:30am EDT. The problems manifest themselves as intermittent Error -1, Error -28, and No space left on device error m...
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Fortress Archive Monthly Maintenance
The Fortress Archive will be unavailable Wednesday, October 7, 2020 from 8:00am - 12:00pm EDT for scheduled monthly maintenance (first Wednesday of every month). During this time, Fortress will receive normal updates and have some work done on its ta...
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Fortress Archive Monthly Maintenance
The Fortress Archive will be unavailable Wednesday, December 2, 2020 from 8:00am - 12:00pm EST for scheduled monthly maintenance (first Wednesday of every month). During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any trans...
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Fortress Archive Monthly Maintenance
The Fortress Archive will be unavailable Wednesday, January 6, 2021 from 8:30am - 12:00pm EST for scheduled monthly maintenance (first Wednesday of every month). During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any transf...
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Fortress Archive Monthly Maintenance
The Fortress Archive will be unavailable Wednesday, February 3, 2021 from 8:30am - 12:00pm EST for scheduled monthly maintenance (first Wednesday of every month). During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any trans...
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Fortress Archive Monthly Maintenance
The Fortress Archive will be unavailable Wednesday, March 3, 2021 from 8:30am - 12:00pm EST for scheduled monthly maintenance (first Wednesday of every month). During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any transfer...
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Fortress Archive Monthly Maintenance
The Fortress Archive will be unavailable Wednesday, April 7, 2021 from 8:30am - 12:00pm EDT for scheduled monthly maintenance (first Wednesday of every month). During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any transfer...
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The Fortress tape archive began experiencing load-induced issues around 1:00pm EDT. Problems manifest as various errors and timeouts while trying to access Fortress or transfer data. Engineers are currently diagnosing the issue and are working to ide...