Hawk (University Supercomputer Service) - Planned Maintenance on 6/10/2021

Scheduled Maintenance Report for Cardiff University

Completed

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Posted Oct 07, 2021 - 12:37 BST

Update

Scheduled maintenance is still in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Oct 07, 2021 - 12:36 BST

In progress

Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Oct 06, 2021 - 10:30 BST

Scheduled

What is being done?
ARCCA are undertaking planned maintenance on the Hawk supercomputer and supporting infrastructure.

When is it being done?
This will next take place on Wednesday 6th October 2021. This maintenance day is scheduled regularly for the first Wednesday of every month. This is to ensure maximum awareness and allow our service users to plan ahead.

Who will this affect?
All users of the ARCCA Hawk University supercomputing service and supporting infrastructure.

How will this affect service users?
Hawk and supporting infrastructure will be at risk and so we advise service users to save their work regularly on this day.

Why is it being done?
Hawk maintenance occurs as required on the first Wednesday of each month. This can be either be as a “Maintenance Outage” period or an “At Risk” period. This is to allow us to perform security patches, system upgrades, equipment replacements and other essential work.

Christopher Dickson - Service Manager
Posted Oct 06, 2021 - 10:29 BST
This scheduled maintenance affected: Research (ARCCA Processing and Analysis (Hawk)).