Planned Network Maintenance on Wednesday September 4, 2024
August 27th, 2024
To the HPCf community:
On Wednesday September 4, 2024, HPCf staff will be performing maintenance on the HPCf network in order to install new equipment. For this purpose, HPCf staff have reserved a maintenance window starting at 10:00 am and ending at 12:00 pm that day. Although we do not anticipate a service interruption longer than 15 min, we have reserved a two-hour window in case we need to address any unforeseen issues.
We appreciate your understanding, and we apologize for the inconv[...]
Planned Network Maintenance on Thursday August 24, 2023
August 23rd, 2023
To the HPCf community:
Tomorrow, Thursday August 24, 2023, the HPCf's network will undergo maintenance in order to migrate the HPCf's circuit from Claro to Liberty. The migration will be carried out starting at 8:00 am. During the maintenance window, HPCf and IX-PR services will experience a short interruption.
We apologize for the inconvenience this maintenance may create.
Thank you for your understanding.
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Boqueron Back Online - June 22, 2020
June 22nd, 2020
Boqueron's replacement switch has finally been installed and Boqueron is back online. Users should be able to log back in and use the cluster normally.
Before resuming your work, we invite you to take a few moments to back up all your data currently on Boqueron. Please remember that, per our Storage Policy:
Boqueron is not meant to provide reliable long-term storage. We do our best to keep users’ data safe, but by making use of the HPCf cluster (and HPCf systems in general), us[...]
Boqueron Unplanned Downtime Status Report – June 3, 2020
June 3rd, 2020
The purchase of the replacement switch for Boqueron is underway. Due to the pandemic, it is difficult to estimate how long it'll actually take for the switch to ship and arrive to us, but we wanted to let our users know how things are proceeding.
We will most likely have to wait for the switch to arrive in order to reestablish user access to their data, since the alternatives that we considered do not seem viable.
We will continue updating on Boqueron's status as new developments occur. A[...]
Boqueron Unplanned Downtime Status Report - May 26, 2020
May 26th, 2020
During the past week we identified the main issue that has caused the downtime and we began taking steps to resolve it. The problem lies in Boqueron's main internal 10 G switch, which, after extensive testing, we have concluded will unfortunately need to be replaced. We have begun the process of obtaining quotes for the new switch to proceed with a purchase.
We are also discussing what our alternatives are during the time it will take for the replacement switch to arrive. We will update as s[...]