Data Depot
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Important: Use Microsoft Authenticator to Access Purdue RCAC Resources Starting May 11, 2026
May 12 Update Some users are experiencing issues with push notifications; see current Microsoft Authenticator Trouble Announcement notice here. https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/news/7738 Beginning May 11, 2026, RCAC will move from Duo Mobile to Microsoft...
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Issues with Microsoft Authenticator Push Notifications
We’re aware that some users are having trouble seeing Microsoft Authenticator push prompts during sign-in. Authentication is still working, but the experience may be confusing or inconvenient. We wanted to share what’s going on and how you can work a...
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Data Depot storage issue, cluster operations currently paused
We are investigating an issue with the Data Depot storage system that is impacting dependent services. Users may see failures connecting via Windows/Samba and jobs are affected because all clusters are currently paused while recovery work proceeds. O...
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Changes to Scratch Storage Policies
We are updating how we describe and manage scratch storage to keep our systems fast, reliable, and fair for everyone. Following good data practices makes scratch more performant and more useful for all users. By keeping master copies of important dat...
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Brief Data Depot disruption, community cluster scheduling paused and restored
RCAC experienced a disruption in service on the Data Depot storage system this evening, which required us to temporarily pause job scheduling on the community clusters. The issue has been resolved, schedulers have been resumed.
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Depot issue impacting multiple schedulers
We are currently experiencing an issue affecting Data Depot. Engineers are actively investigating, and we will provide an update as soon as more information is available. Schedulers have been paused on Negishi, Rowdy, Gautschi, Bell, Scholar, and Gil...
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Depot service disruption impacting schedulers
We are currently experiencing a service disruption affecting Depot. The issue reoccurred after our earlier restoration, and engineers are actively investigating. Schedulers on Negishi, Rowdy, Gautschi, Bell, Scholar, and Gilbreth remain paused to pre...
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Depot service disruption impacting schedulers
We are currently experiencing a service disruption affecting Depot. The issue reoccurred after our earlier restoration, and engineers are actively investigating. Schedulers on Negishi, Rowdy, Gautschi, Bell, Scholar, and Gilbreth are paused to preven...
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Data Depot related service disruption
We’re investigating an issue affecting access to Data Depot services following a network change made at 11:00 AM ET. Users may see a brief outage or stalled connections while we work to restore normal service. Our teams are actively investigating, an...
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Data Depot service disruption impacting schedulers
We are currently experiencing a service disruption affecting Depot. Engineers are actively investigating. Schedulers are paused to prevent further impact while we work to stabilize the service. We will provide another update as soon as more informati...
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Upcoming Change To Data Depot Shared Storage – July 20
On July 20, RCAC will make a change to how Data Depot is provided so that it uses our newer, more reliable system. Data Depot is the shared storage many research groups use as a mapped drive or network folder on their computers and on RCAC clusters....
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Upcoming Maintenance Notice: MATH Datacenter Renovation Progress (Saturday, August 15, 2026)
As of 6:30PM on August 16th 2026, all clusters have been brought back online. As of 3:30PM on August 16th 2026, all clusters with the exception of Gilbreth have been brought back online. As the renovation and capacity improvement project in the MATH...
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Delayed Group Sync Affecting Data Depot Access
We're aware that some accounts are not receiving Unix group updates in a timely manner, which can delay access to Data Depot allocations and certain licensed software tied to group membership. Our team is actively investigating the underlying cause a...