NERSC Message of the Day (MOTD)

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 Machine/ESnet Status            operator@nersc.gov  24 hours
 Accounts/Passwords/Allocations  support@nersc.gov   8-5 Pacific Time, Mon-Fri
 Consulting Questions            consult@nersc.gov   8-5 Pacific Time, Mon-Fri
 ESnet Video Conferencing        +1 510-486-6821     24 hours
 
 NERSC: 1 800-66-NERSC (USA)            +1 510-486-8600 (Non-continental USA)
 ESnet: 1 800-33-ESnet (USA)            +1 510-486-7607 (Non-continental USA)

 System Availability Log:  http://www.nersc.gov/nusers/status/nstat.php

Scheduled downtimes are announced 7 days prior. Time permitting: Cancellations
are announced 24 hrs prior & emergency downtimes are announced 2-4 hours prior.
Following are regularly scheduled downtimes for the major systems at NERSC:
 
   NEWTON        : Mondays                          14:00 - 18:00 PT
   HPSS/DCE      : Tuesdays                         10:00 - 12:00 PT
   SEABORG       : Wednesdays                       16:00 - 23:59 PT
   ESCHER        : Thursdays                        14:00 - 18:00 PT
   
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ESCHER:   Currently up and available.

HOCKNEY:  Currently up and available.
  * 10/20/2004 08:00-16:00PT - SCHEDULED SYSTEM MAINTENANCE. 
    HOCKNEY will be unavailable during this time due to AIX 5.2 Upgrade.

NEWTON:   Currently up and available.

PDSF:     Currently up and available.

SEABORG:  Currently up and available.
  * 10/27/2004 16:00-23:59PT, SCHEDULED SYSTEM MAINTENANCE.
    Seaborg will be unavailable during this time due to software upgrade.    

  * 09/22/2004 01:00PT - Post 9/16 fixes:  A number of fixes have been 
    installed for switch and AIX problems that NERSC/IBM have identified
    on Seaborg.  However, several issues remain open and IBM is continuing
    to work them at the highest priority. 

    GPFS I/O performance:  NERSC is seeing some inconsistent and varying 
    I/O bandwidth performance for both reads and writes, from application
    to application.  Some users report improvement while others report 
    decrease in performance.  If you have additional performance data 
    comparing AIX 5.1 results  (prior to 9/6) to AIX 5.2 (post 9/18). 
    NERSC is especially interested in hearing from you.
                                                                                
    Please report any observed performance issues to the NERSC consulting 
    staff  at consult@nersc.gov as soon as you can.  Thank you!
    
STORAGE:  REGENT is up. ARCHIVE is up.
 
SERVERS:  (Web, NIM, DMV's):  Currently up and available.
  * 10/21/2004 12:00-13:00PT SCHEDULED SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
    The MORIA and NIM servers will be unavailable due to the installation
    of needed security updates.

NETWORK:  Currently up and available.

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