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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 1December 14, 2016 
Scheraga 1

December 7, 2016

 

 

 

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
 Collum

Hoffmann2

Oct 3rd

 

January 2, 2017

1st Monday of the month

(if holiday, move to

1st Tuesday)

9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before Hoffmann2Oct 18thJanuary 17, 2017
Jul. 20, 2021Apr. 21, 2020

3nd Tuesday of the month

9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before
 Widom-Loring-Collum 3

Nov 1st

 

February 7, 2017

Cluster20203

May. 4, 2021


May 5, 2020

1st Tuesday of the month

9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before
 

Eldor ( Freed )3
Nov 10thFebruary 9, 2017
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 16thFebruary 15, 2017

May. 19, 2021


Feb. 19, 2020

3rd Wednesday of the

month 9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before
 

 

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