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user-29411, last updated by Lulu Zhu on Apr 28, 2016
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Regular maintenance of clusters requires downtime. A maintenance schedule can reduce surprises and not unnecessarily delay required maintenance.
See also
- For a snapshot inventory, and the costs to CCB if they were hosted elsewhere, see ChemIT's spreadsheet in <R:\Chem IT\Projects & Tracking>. The data and analysis is in spreadsheet, "Chem IT Support & Services", tab "Alternative server costs".
Documentation for staff, in support of cluster maintenance
Specifics, per research group's cluster
(Table started November 2015)
| Group | Groups | Default day and time of day | First warning email sent when | Second warning email sent when | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abruna | 1 | 1st Wednesday of the month 9:30am | 2 weeks before | 24 hours before | Need do cluster upgrade, may merge with Widom-Loring? |
| Collum | 2 | 1st Monday of the month (if holiday, move to 1st Tuesday) 9:30am | 2 weeks before | 24 hours before | |
| Hoffmann | 2 | 3nd Tuesday of the month 9:30am | 2 weeks before | 24 hours before | Changed to morning |
| Lancaster (w/ Crane) | 3 | 3rd Wednesday of the month 9:30am | 2 weeks before | 24 hours before | |
| Scheraga | 1 | 2rd Wednesday of the month 9:30am | 2 weeks before | 24 hours before | |
| Widom-Loring-Collum | 3 | 1st Tuesday of the month 9:30am | 2 weeks before | 24 hours before | |
| Eldor | 3 | 2nd Thursday of the month 9:30am | 2 weeks before | 24 hours before |
| Groups | Group member | Next Scheduled Downtime | Following Scheduled Downtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abruna Scheraga | June 1st June 8th | Sept 7th Sept 14th |
| 2 | Collum Hoffmann | July 18th July 26th | Oct 3rd Oct 18th |
| 3 | Widom-Loring-Collum Eldor Lancaster (w/ Crane) | Aug 2nd Aug 11th Aug 17th | Nov 1st Nov 10th Nov 16th |