Hi everyone, I'm writing to give everyone an update regarding the UMBC HPCF and other Research Computing projects currently undertaken by DoIT. Summary Critical Vulnerability Patched...
May 5, 2026
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10:20 AM
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To all users, We have successfully patched a critical vulnerability on the system. Jobs that were running were cancelled. We understand this is frustrating and we sincerely apologize for the...
April 30, 2026
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8:37 PM
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To all users: We will be taking an emergency downtime to patch a critical vulnerability that was announced this morning. During this time users will not be able to login. You should also expect...
April 30, 2026
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3:29 PM
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To all chip users, The RRStor filesystem has been restored. We thank you for you patience while we worked on this issue. If you notice any further complications, please send an RT ticket...
April 16, 2026
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10:55 AM
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To all chip users, We are working with the vendor to pin down the issue that is preventing users from accessing chip and utilizing the RRStor network storage. We will provide more updates as...
April 16, 2026
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10:18 AM
To all chip users, The DoIT Research Computing & Data (RCD) Team is continuing to work on the storage system performance issues that have been impacting the chip cluster since early February....
April 10, 2026
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6:35 PM
To all chip users, The DoIT Research Computing & Data (RCD) Team is continuing to work on the storage system performance issues that have been impacting the chip cluster since early February....
April 3, 2026
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6:58 PM
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To all users, It took a bit longer than expected, but we've completed the maintenance on the RRStor storage server. As recommended by the vendor, we're now running a newer version of Ceph which...
April 2, 2026
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11:50 AM
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To all users, The maintenance for the ada storage server has completed, and it is accessible again via chip. The maintenance for RRStor is still ongoing, though we expect it to be non-disruptive...
March 31, 2026
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3:18 PM
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To all users, A reminder that we are beginning our scheduled downtime for the storage servers for both ada and RRStor. During this time, ada-rstor storage (volumes under /umbc/ada) will be...
March 31, 2026
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9:24 AM