The desktop-vnc service is currently down on Saga.
Author: Thierry Toutain
NIRD: file system problems
Dear NIRD user,
We have had serious problems with the GPFS file systems this afternoon and had to stop the storage and all the services.
The NIRD storage and the NIRD-toolkit are now back online.
Please notify the metacenter support if you notice any remaining issues.
We are very sorry for the inconvenience.
Update 10:00 24.02.2020 : We still have problem with Nird mount points on Fram, we are working on the problem, we will keep users posted here.
Update 10:45 24.02.2020: Problem with Nird mount point on Fram is resolved.
NIRD and service platform downtime on Thursday 22nd of August.
Update:
- 2019-08-26 12:45: NIRD project areas are mounted on Fram login nodes.
- 2019-08-25 14:15:Service Platform is up now, you can login now to NIRD and access your files.
NIRD project areas will be reconnected to Fram tomorrow. - 2019-08-23 18:42: Vendor started a forced health check on the system which is taking more time then expected. We will re-open access to NIRD and Service Platform as soon as checks and rebuilds are finished.
- 2019-08-23 08:05: Storage vendor has finished the hardware replacements and installation of new firmware on the storage system.
We are currently monitoring the storage system together with the vendor.
Dear NIRD and Service Platform users,
We have a planned downtime on the 22nd of August, to replace some defective hardware. Systems will be taken offline starting from 08:00AM.
Engineer from storage vendor will assist us from the very first hour.
We expect the maintenance to finish in one and a half day.
NIRD projects will still be accessible during the maintenance
from login-trd.nird.sigma2.no but in read-only mode.
Will keep you updated here.
Sorry for the short notice.
Metacenter Operations
NIRD and Service Platform: temporary slowness
2019-04-17: 9.30 Due to the on-going restoration of a large fileset on NIRD users may experience a significant slowness. Expected duration for the restoration is 5 days. Sorry for the inconvenience.
New mountpoint for NS2345K on NIRD
2019-04-15:10.30 Due to the on-going restoration of NS2345K on NIRD the FRAM mountpoint is now located at /tos-project1/NS2345Ktmp/FRAM.
NIRD: problem with home file system
We are currently experiencing a high load on the home file system.
This can also prevent users from accessing the login nodes.
Emergency stop of NIRD and the service platform.
update 16-11-18 9:00: NIRD and service platform are up again.
Due to disk failures on NIRD, we have to shut down NIRD and the Service Platform immediately to avoid losing user data.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
NIRD service platform maintenance: update.
Due to unforseen issues with the hardware yesterday the maintenance will continue today.
So more short downtimes of the services are to be expected.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
19-10-2018: maintenance is over since yesterday evening.
Thank you for your patience.
NIRD service platform: issue with the file system – update issue solved
We are currently experiencing a file system issue on the service platform affecting all the services. We are working on it.
NIRD service platform: maintenance on Wednesday 17 October.
The NIRD service platform will undergo a maintenance on Wednesday 17 October between 9 am and 5 pm.
Short downtime of the services running on the platform might be expected during that day.
Sorry for the inconvenience.