VirtualRDC compute nodes and web server inaccessible Sunday May 18 2008

May 5th, 2008

All network connectivity to the compute center housing the VirtualRDC will be unavailable from 8 AM - 10 AM on Sunday, May 18, 2008. This will prevent access to this web server and all compute nodes. Running jobs will continue to run.

Upgrade of R to 2.7 on SSB server

May 5th, 2008

R has been upgraded from R 2.6.1 to 2.7 on the restricted-access SSB server. Also upgraded installed packages:

  • lattice (0.17-6 to 0.17-7)
  • MCMCpack (0.9-3 to 0.9-4)
  • mgcv (1.3-30 to 1.3-31)

If users need any further packages installed, please let us know at virtualrdc@cornell.edu.

RDC10 downtime 6am-8am on 5/12

April 28th, 2008

from Lisa Dragoset:

RDC10 is scheduled to go down from 6am-8am on 5/12 for CEN16 updates.  If this poses a problem for anyone, please let me know ASAP.

This will impact NSF01 users as well, since login will not be possible for NYCRDC-based researchers.

NX on NSF01 will be disabled

April 24th, 2008

NX stopped working when NSF01 was rebuilt and the new storage was installed.  After polling the current user base, it doesn’t look like there is a large demand for direct NX access, and we have requested it be uninstalled. [More »]

Update of site software

April 14th, 2008

The software running this site has been updated. Please let us know if you encounter any problems.

R updated to 2.6.2 on x86_64 nodes

April 14th, 2008

To ensure compatibility with NSF01, we have not yet updated the ia64 nodes.

VRDC3201 (SSB server) available again

April 14th, 2008

Physical problem with power supply fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience.

VRDC3201 (SSB server) down

April 11th, 2008

We are investigating.

SAS and Stata 10 updated on all nodes

April 7th, 2008

Stata10 and SAS have been updated on all nodes on which the software is installed.

Downtime for security patches over the weekend

April 4th, 2008

Some of our servers will be rebooted over the weekend in order to implement security patches. Please let us know if this causes a problem.