https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/ en Tue, 19 May 2026 22:47:57 -0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 22:47:57 -0000 1440 MkDocs RSS plugin - v1.19.0 None https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/ <h1>Open Computing Facility Blog Launch</h1> <p>In an effort to improve communication with our users, the Open Computing Facility has launched a blog! Status and featu...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/09/23/open-computing-facility-blog-launch/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/09/23/open-computing-facility-blog-launch/ <h1>Random Issues and Printer Information</h1> <p>The Open Computing Facility is experiencing some issues with our web server and some core services at the moment. We...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/09/25/random-issues-and-printer-information/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/09/25/random-issues-and-printer-information/ <h1>Printer Fixed!</h1> <p>Our printer repair kit arrived this morning, and I installed it into our printer with tender loving care. Print jobs are now whizzing throug...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/09/26/printer-fixed/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/09/26/printer-fixed/ <h1>Penguins! Everywhere!</h1> <p>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7260/3883/1600/single...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/09/29/penguins-everywhere/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/09/29/penguins-everywhere/ <h1>Shiny New Lab and Computers</h1> <p>We've cleaned up the OCF lab and installed a bunch of super fast new computers running Debian Linux. Please give the machines a...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/02/shiny-new-lab-and-computers/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/02/shiny-new-lab-and-computers/ <h1>We're Always Working for You!</h1> <p>Even in our sleep...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sle/261878171/" title="Photo Sharing">&lt;img src="http://...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/06/were-always-working-for-you/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/06/were-always-working-for-you/ <h1>(More) Unscheduled Downtime</h1> <p>The OCF is currently (mostly) down due to a hardware failure on one of our core servers (specifically, war appears to have lost...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/12/more-unscheduled-downtime/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/12/more-unscheduled-downtime/ <h1>Status Update</h1> <p>We're still working on the problem. It seems like our disk array that holds all user data is having some troubles. I'm currently backing up a...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/12/status-update/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/12/status-update/ <h1>Status Update</h1> <p>Mail is pretty much safe for the moment. We have two complete backups of mail stored on different systems. We're getting some errors while pe...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/12/status-update/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/12/status-update/ <h1>Status Update</h1> <p>We're still backing up the rest of user data on our disk array to some spare space we have on our servers. Since we have upwards of 400 GB of...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/13/status-update/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/13/status-update/ <h1>Status Update</h1> <p>Some OCF staffers are making a trip to Fremont to pick up some 500 GB drives so we have more space to backup user data. They should be back i...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/13/status-update/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/13/status-update/ <h1>Status Update</h1> <p>We're almost done backing up all user data. While the backup was going on, we were able to assemble a simple 1 TB ZFS array using our newly a...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/14/status-update/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/14/status-update/ <h1>Status Update</h1> <p>The fsck didn't go so well. We're restoring our secondary backup of the disk array and going for another attempt at fixing the file system. T...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/15/status-update/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/15/status-update/ <h1>Status Update</h1> <p>I'm about to head back to the OCF and swap our SCSI connectors to our disk array so we can continue with our fsck recovery efforts. In the me...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/16/status-update/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/16/status-update/ <h1>Status Update</h1> <p>A staffer requested that I create a new post for every status update, as it'll be much easier for people using RSS readers to stay informed, ...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/16/status-update/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/16/status-update/ <h1>Status Update</h1> <p>A new file system was created on the disk array around 5 AM this morning, and we've been transferring data back to the array over NFS and reg...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/16/status-update/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/16/status-update/ <h1>Status Update</h1> <p>Files are still being copied to the array, but at the current rate, we should definitely have all files back on our disk array by Tuesday mor...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/17/status-update/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/17/status-update/ <h1>Status Update</h1> <p>All user data has been restored to the disk array. I'm currently running a fsck on the array just to make sure that the array hasn't already ...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/17/status-update/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/17/status-update/ <h1>OCF Sorta Back Up</h1> <p>We've just finished restoring most OCF services. Home directories and web pages should work, and logins to all our general servers should...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/18/ocf-sorta-back-up/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/18/ocf-sorta-back-up/ <h1>More Services Being Restored</h1> <p>We're re-enabled access to mail that was delivered before our array failure on Thursday. Users should be able to read and mana...</p> https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/19/more-services-being-restored/ Tue, 19 May 2026 22:46:23 +0000 OCF Status Updateshttps://status.ocf.berkeley.edu/2006/10/19/more-services-being-restored/