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  • Scholar Cluster Maintenance

    The Scholar cluster is scheduled for maintenance and will be unavailable on Monday, December 16th, 2024 at 8:00am EST through Thursday, December 19th, 2024 at 5:00pm EST. During this maintenance, Scholar will receive hardware and software upgrades th...

  • Research Computing Holiday Break

    Research Computing personnel will observe the university winter break from 12:00am EST on Monday, December 23rd, 2024, and will resume normal business hours on Thursday, January 2nd, 2025. During this time, Research Computing services will continue...

  • RCAC License Server Maintaince

    Update: Tuesday, February 11th, 2025 at 6:12pm EST This is a reminder that the RCAC license server will be unavailable on today from 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST for scheduled maintenance. Licenses hosted by RCAC will be unavailable for checkout for the...

  • 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...

  • Power outage impacting multiple clusters

    Due to a campus-wide power outage, the Anvil, Negishi, Rowdy, and Scholar clusters experienced an unscheduled reboot at Friday, April 4th, 2025 at 8:30am EDT. Engineers are currently diagnosing the impacted nodes and bringing services back online. If...

  • 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...

  • Scholar Cluster Maintenance

    The Scholar cluster will be unavailable Wednesday, August 20, 2025 from 8:00am - 5:00pm EDT for scheduled maintenance. The cluster will return to full production by Wednesday, August 20th, 2025 at 5:00pm EDT. During this time, Scholar will have the o...