During this time, Fortress will receivea major upgrade to its software. This will include some database conversions to add/modify some database tables and columns. Any transfers which request files sent to or from Fortress will either block or fail until this maintenance is completed.

Note that this outage is entended to the next morning because of full floor power work being done in the data center that Fortress is housed in. It was deemed better to leave the system unavailable rather than bring it up and then back down for the power outage.

During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any transfers which request files sent to or from Fortress will either block or fail until this maintenance is completed.

Impact To You: At this time, you may notice latency or brief disruptions when accessing certain on-campus or external resources, especially during peak usage periods.

We appreciate your patience while we work to fully resolve the underlying problem and restore normal network performance. We will provide an update by 5:00PM EST today or sooner.

During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any transfers which request files sent to or from Fortress will either block or fail until this maintenance is completed.

Research Computing staff members will monitor the status of all computing and data resources in an effort to ensure continuous availability.

Research Computing staff members will monitor the ticketing system throughout the holiday period and answer critical issues and problems. Non-critical user issues and questions will be addressed beginning January 5th, 2026. There will also be no coffee hour consultations during this break.

Scratch file purging (on community clusters with scratch space) will continue as normal during the break, so be sure to archive your files in scratch storage. This does not apply to Data Depot or home directories -- only scratch storage.

Have a wonderful break, everyone, and we look forward to great things in the new year!

During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any transfers which request files sent to or from Fortress will either block or fail until this maintenance is completed.

During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any transfers which request files sent to or from Fortress will either block or fail until this maintenance is completed.

During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any transfers which request files sent to or from Fortress will either block or fail until this maintenance is completed.

During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any transfers which request files sent to or from Fortress will either block or fail until this maintenance is completed.

During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any transfers which request files sent to or from Fortress will either block or fail until this maintenance is completed.

During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any transfers which request files sent to or from Fortress will either block or fail until this maintenance is completed.

We know how important timely access is to your research and truly appreciate your patience as this gets sorted out. If you have an urgent need or specific concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us at rcac-help@purdue.edu.

Thanks again for your understanding.

During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any transfers which request files sent to or from Fortress will either block or fail until this maintenance is completed.

We are actively monitoring the situation and working to resolve the disruptions as quickly as possible. During this time, you may encounter intermittent connectivity problems or degraded performance.

We appreciate your patience and understanding. If you encounter problems that require immediate attention, please contact rcac-help@purdue.edu. For Anvil users, please submit a ticket through ACCESS Help Desk at https://support.access-ci.org/help-ticket.

During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any transfers which request files sent to or from Fortress will either block or fail until this maintenance is completed.

During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any transfers which request files sent to or from Fortress will either block or fail until this maintenance is completed.

During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any transfers which request files sent to or from Fortress will either block or fail until this maintenance is completed.

During this time, Fortress will receive normal software and hardware updates. Any transfers which request files sent to or from Fortress will either block or fail until this maintenance is completed.

Engineers are currently diagnosing the issue and are working to identify a fix.

We will provide an update by 8pm (January 27).

Research Computing staff members will monitor the status of all computing and data resources in an effort to ensure continuous availability.

Research Computing staff members will monitor the ticketing system throughout the holiday period and answer critical issues and problems. Non-critical user issues and questions will be addressed beginning Thursday, January 2nd, 2025. There will also be no coffee hour consultations during this break.

Scratch file purging (on community clusters with scratch space) will continue as normal during the break, so be sure to archive your files in scratch storage or check for any upcoming purge warning emails during the break. This does not apply to Data Depot or home directories -- only scratch storage.

Have a wonderful break, everyone, and we look forward to great things in the new year!