Negishi
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Negishi Scheduler Modernization
As part of an ongoing effort to utilize modern features in the Slurm scheduler and to streamline the process of usage reporting for research groups--something that is often requested by various PIs, the scheduler configurations on the Bell cluster wi...
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When will it Happen? The Negishi cluster is scheduled for maintenance and will be unavailable on Tuesday, July 29th, 2025 at 8:00am EDT until July 30th, 2025 at 5:00pm EDT. What is being upgraded? During this maintenance, Negishi will have its schedu...
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Today, RCAC user management systems sent incorrect email messages to many faculty partners and their resource managers. Please ignore any recent email about expirations or removals. You may verify who has access to your resources through our site www...
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Power outage after thunderstorm
A power outage affected our datacenters at approx 3:15pm. It appears cluster services are restored, however access and authentication may be slowed while we work to get other core infrastructure back online. OoD and desktop of Negishi and gilbreth ma...
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Resources down due to power event
Update 3:40PM, EDT: All systems have been returned to full service and queues are accepting new jobs. Update: 3:00PM, EDT: Systems returning but queues are still paused on all clusters except for Bell and Hammer. Some clusters are waiting for full co...
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Account Provisioning and Access Issues
We’re currently seeing some delays with account provisioning and access for RCAC systems. The issue stems from upstream systems outside of our direct control. Please report any access issues to us as soon as you encounter them so we can assist and tr...
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The Negishi cluster will be partially unavailable Wednesday, May 28, 2025 from 8:00am - 3:00pm EDT for scheduled maintenance. The cluster will return to full production by Wednesday, May 28th, 2025 at 3:00pm EDT. During this time, Negishi will have i...
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RCAC systems are experiencing networking related issues that impact access to some destinations on the Internet. We are actively monitoring the situation and working to resolve the disruptions as quickly as possible. During this time, you may encount...
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Power outage impacting multiple clusters
Due to a campus-wide power outage, the Anvil, Negishi, Rowdy, and Scholar clusters experienced an unscheduled reboot at Friday, April 4th, 2025 at 8:30am EDT. Engineers are currently diagnosing the impacted nodes and bringing services back online. If...
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Unscheduled Bell, Negishi, and Gilbreth outage
At around 1:30 PM, Bell, Negishi, and Gilbreth began to exhibit exessively high temperatures. Job scheduling has been paused while this issue is being addressed. We will provide an update by 8:00 PM.
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Marina License Server Maintenance
Purdue IT's Marina license server will be unavailable on Wednesday, March 19th, 2025 from 7:00am EDT to 9:00am EDT for scheduled maintenance. During this time, the server will undergo an operating system upgrade. Licenses hosted on Marina will be una...
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RCAC License Server Maintaince
Update: Tuesday, February 11th, 2025 at 6:12pm EST This is a reminder that the RCAC license server will be unavailable on today from 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST for scheduled maintenance. Licenses hosted by RCAC will be unavailable for checkout for the...
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Update: Tuesday, January 21st, 2025 at 3:02pm EST: The situation has been corrected and job scheduling is running again on Negishi. The Negishi cluster began experiencing issues with electrical power around 2:30 PM. RCAC engineers are working with P...
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Unscheduled Storage Permissions Outage
Data Depot and other group-restricted spaces began experiencing issues with file permissions around 5pm. Users will notice a "permission denied" error when attempting to access spaces they normally would be able to read based on their unix...
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Research Computing Holiday Break
Research Computing personnel will observe the university winter break from 12:00am EST on Monday, December 23rd, 2024, and will resume normal business hours on Thursday, January 2nd, 2025. During this time, Research Computing services will continue...
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The Negishi Scratch file system began experiencing issues around 11am EST today (December 16). The issue manifests as a "No space left on device" warning on new file creation. Reading and writing existing files is not affected. Engineers ar...
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Staff Availability and Coffee-Hour Schedule
Research Computing personnel, including a significant number of the support staff, will be attending the SC24 conference on the week of November 18th. There are no planned reductions in service and staff will continue to monitor the ticketing system...
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Campus power outage affecting multiple clusters
Shortly before 9:00AM eastern time, many RCAC clusters experienced a power interruption which interrupted some work due to a campus power outage. UPDATE: Engineers have arrived on campus and found additional impacts from today's power interruption. S...
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The Negishi cluster will be unavailable Wednesday, August 28, 2024 from 8:00am - 5:00pm EDT for scheduled maintenance. The cluster will return to full production by Wednesday, August 28th, 2024 at 5:00pm EDT. During this time, Negishi will have minor...
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The Negishi cluster began experiencing issues with SLURM accounting around 8:00am EDT. Engineers are currently diagnosing the issue and are working to identify a fix. Job scheduling has been paused while this issue is being addressed. We will provide...