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  • Marina License Server Maintenance

    Purdue IT's Marina license server will be unavailable on Wednesday, March 19th, 2025 from 7:00am EDT to 9:00am EDT for scheduled maintenance. During this time, the server will undergo an operating system upgrade. Licenses hosted on Marina will be una...

  • Unscheduled Bell, Negishi, and Gilbreth outage

    At around 1:30 PM, Bell, Negishi, and Gilbreth began to exhibit exessively high temperatures. Job scheduling has been paused while this issue is being addressed. We will provide an update by 8:00 PM.

  • Network Connectivity Issues

    RCAC systems are experiencing networking related issues that impact access to some destinations on the Internet. We are actively monitoring the situation and working to resolve the disruptions as quickly as possible. During this time, you may encount...

  • Account Provisioning and Access Issues

    We’re currently seeing some delays with account provisioning and access for RCAC systems. The issue stems from upstream systems outside of our direct control. Please report any access issues to us as soon as you encounter them so we can assist and tr...

  • Resources down due to power event

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    Update 3:40PM, EDT: All systems have been returned to full service and queues are accepting new jobs. Update: 3:00PM, EDT: Systems returning but queues are still paused on all clusters except for Bell and Hammer. Some clusters are waiting for full co...

  • Incorrect Account Email

    Today, RCAC user management systems sent incorrect email messages to many faculty partners and their resource managers. Please ignore any recent email about expirations or removals. You may verify who has access to your resources through our site www...

  • Bell Cluster Maintenance

    When will it Happen? The Bell cluster is scheduled for maintenance and will be unavailable on Tuesday, July 29th, 2025 at 8:00am EDT until Wednesday, July 30th at 5:00pm EDT. What is being upgraded? During this maintenance, Bell will have its schedul...

  • Bell Scheduler Modernization

    As part of an ongoing effort to utilize modern features in the Slurm scheduler and to streamline the process of usage reporting for research groups--something that is often requested by various PIs, the scheduler configurations on the Bell cluster wi...

  • Bell and Negishi Cluster Maintenance

    As part of an ongoing effort to renovate the Mathematical Sciences building (MATH) Data Center and expand its power and cooling capacity, the cooling loop connected to the Bell and Negishi clusters will undergo a maintenance between Thursday, August...

  • Unscheduled Data Depot outage

    Edit: Data Depot functionality has been restored. The Data Depot file system began experiencing issues with writes around 2:30pm EDT. The data migration process currently ongoing from Data Depot 2 to Data Depot 3 ran into an unexpected problem. Engi...

  • Unscheduled Data Depot outage

    Edit: The Data Depot file system has returned to full service and scheduling has resumed on all clusters. The Data Depot storage system began experience issues starting around 9am EDT this morning. Engineers are currently diagnosing the issue and ar...

  • Unscheduled Data Depot Outage

    The Data Depot storage system began experiencing issues starting around 4:30pm EDT today. Engineers are currently diagnosing the issue and are working to identify a fix. Job scheduling has been paused while this issue is being addressed. We will prov...