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August 19, 2020 • 1 min read • News
Update on tape library maintenance 17/18 Aug
Dear users,
Maintenance work to the tape library has now been completed including tests to check that all is operating as expected. The tape library, and hence all tape services: Elastic Tape (ET), Joint Data Migration App (JDMA), StorageD (SD) and Near Line Archive (NLA) are therefore ready for use again.
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August 17, 2020 • 1 min read • News
Reminder Tape library maintenance 17/18 Aug
Dear users,
This is a reminder to please be aware that further maintenance work on the tape library system used is now scheduled for Tuesday 18th August 2020 for one day, however it will be taken out of service from 17:00 today to clear any queued tasks first.
This will mean that the Elastic Tape (ET, whether accessed directly or via the JDMA interface) and Near-Line Archive services will be unavailable for this period.
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August 13, 2020 • 1 min read • News
Tape library maintenance 17/18 Aug
Dear users,
Please be aware that further maintenance work on the tape library system used is now scheduled for Tuesday 18th August 2020 for one day, however it will be taken out of service from 17:00 on Monday 17th August to clear any queued tasks first.
This will mean that the Elastic Tape (ET, whether accessed directly or via the JDMA interface) and Near-Line Archive services will be unavailable for this period.
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August 6, 2020 • 1 min read • News
Update to the CEDA User Database at 9pm this evening (06/08/2020)
An update is planned for the CEDA user database this evening (06/08/20) at about 9pm. This will mean that CEDA login and new user registration will not work for a few minutes. However, all CEDA services should be regarded as at risk.
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July 28, 2020 • 1 min read • News
UPDATE Tape system upgrade completed services now available for use
Maintenance work to add additional capacity to the tape library has now been completed including tests to check that all is operating as expected. The tape library, and hence all tape services: Elastic Tape (ET) and StorageD (SD) and Near Line Archive (NLA) are therefore ready for use again.
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July 27, 2020 • 1 min read • News
Reminder - IMPORTANT Changes to Scratch Storage
Dear JASMIN users,
As previously announced:
The old scratch volume /work/scratch remains available READ ONLY until Friday 31st July but will then be retired. A new volume /work/scratch-pw is now in place on PFS (parallel file system) storage with a total capacity of 1 Petabyte. Both /work/scratch-pw and /work/scratch-nopw have automated processes to “police” usage by deleting files that have not been accessed for the past 28 days. Please be aware that this automated clearout process is now running on a weekly basis.
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July 27, 2020 • 1 min read • News
UPDATE Tape systems unavailable (duration extended)
Dear users,
As previously announced, maintenance work is currently underway to add additional capacity to the tape library shared by CEDA and JASMIN tape services. The tape library, and hence all tape services: Elastic Tape (ET) and StorageD (SD) and Near Line Archive (NLA) are currently unavailable.
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