NFS Server downtime

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Update: We have restored service to the NFS server. The cause appears to have been a UPS that went bad over the weekend causing power interruptions to both our primary switch and our NFS server.

Update: We experienced complete unavailability over the weekend for unknown reasons – our guess is campus network maintenance at this time. We have been unable to get on site today due to the bank holiday, but will be in tomorrow to assess the situation.

Our NFS server is currently unavailable. Investigations are continuing, but there is currently no ETA.

The practical upshot if this is that home directories are not available on Shell, and member websites are not accessible.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Lunchtime Talk – Duncan Smeed

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This will be our last talk before the Easter Break and will be given by Duncan Smeed. Duncan will be giving a talk about the Raspberry Pi — a small, low cost ARM based computer — and his Pi-oneering project which aims to integrate the Raspberry Pi with the Computer Science curriculum to cultivate an ethos of experimentation and inquiry.

The talk will take place this coming Thursday (29/03) at 1300 in the LT14.15 seminar room. The talk itself will start at 1310 and last for approximately 30-45 minutes giving people time to come from and get to classes. Feel free to bring your lunch along with you.

New Equipment :D

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Courtesy of University IT we are now the proud owners of two new (old) Sun Microsystems racks and assorted disk arrays.

 

System Notice: Ongoing Downtime

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Update: As of Monday morning our connection seems to have stabilised.

We are currently having issues with our connection to the wider university network.

We are in contact with University IT Services who are working on the problem. There is currently no ETA for this issue.

Sorry for any inconvenience.