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Regular maintenance of clusters requires downtime. A maintenance schedule can reduce surprises and not unnecessarily delay required maintenance.


See also

  • For a snapshot inventory, and the costs to CCB if they were hosted elsewhere, see ChemIT's spreadsheet in <R:\Chem IT\Projects & Tracking>. The data and analysis is in spreadsheet, "Chem IT Support & Services", tab "Alternative server costs".
  • 1) CCB High Performance Computers (HPC)

Documentation for staff, in support of cluster maintenance

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Specifics, per research group's cluster

(Table started November 2015)

GroupMaintenance CycleNext Scheduled DowntimeFollowing Scheduled Downtime

Default day and

time of day

First warning

email sent when

Second warning

email sent when
Notes
AbrunaScheraga 1Sept 14th 
Scheraga 1

Sept 7th

 

 

 

1st Wednesday of the month

9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before

Need do cluster upgrade, may merge with

Widom-Loring?

Jun. 9, 2021

March 11, 2020

2rd Wednesday of the month

9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before
 

Hoffmann
CollumHoffmann2Oct 18th 
2

Oct 3rd

 

 

 

1st Monday of the month

(if holiday, move to

1st Tuesday)

9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before 
Jul. 20, 2021Apr. 21, 2020

3nd Tuesday of the month

9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before
 Widom-Loring-Collum 3

Nov 1st

 

 

 

 


Cluster20203

May. 4, 2021


May 5, 2020

1st Tuesday of the month

9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before
 

Eldor ( Freed )3
Nov 10th
May. 13, 2021Feb. 13, 2020
 

2nd Thursday of the

month 9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before
 

Lancaster (w/ Crane)

Crane Linux Workstations

3
Nov 16th

May. 19, 2021


Feb. 19, 2020
 

3rd Wednesday of the

month 9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before
 

 

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