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Sept 2026 HPCF Newsletter

Happy end of September everyone, I'm writing to give everyone an update regarding the UMBC HPCF and other Research Computing projects currently undertaken by DoIT during the month of September....

Posted: September 30, 2026, 4:19 PM

RRStor File System Issue Resolved

Hi all, Regarding this recent post, the issue that developed on our main file system server in RRStor has been resolved. We are working with our support vendor to understand the details, and an...

Posted: September 30, 2026, 10:18 AM

RRStor File System Slow

Users may see slow logins and extended workflow runtimes

Hi all, We are currently seeing problems with our main file system server in RRStor. The issue started around 0915ET this morning and is currently resulting in slow file system accesses across...

Posted: September 30, 2026, 9:37 AM

Recap of SIG Subcommittee Meetings

Brief recap of the RCA-SIG meetings this past month

This posting is meant as a brief recap of the RCA-SIG meetings that have occured this month. SIG-GPU Subcommittee met Sept 8. SIG-CPU Subcommittee met Sept 11. SIG-UE (User Experience) met Sept...

Posted: September 23, 2026, 10:37 AM

SIG User-Experience meetings to resume

As a continued part of the Shared Infrastructure Governance which advises campus endeavors around research computing, we are pleased to continue the User Experience Committee dedicated to...

Posted: September 9, 2026, 3:19 PM

HPC Drop-in office hours

To all chip users, We are pleased to announce that the High-Performance Computing Facility (HPCF) is launching new drop-in office hours to provide more direct support for the chip cluster...

Posted: September 1, 2026, 3:08 PM

August HPCF Newsletter

Happy end of August everyone! I'm writing to give everyone an update regarding the UMBC HPCF and other Research Computing projects currently undertaken by DoIT during the month of August....

Posted: August 31, 2026, 3:18 PM

August 25th chip and RRStor Downtime Completed

To all chip users, The downtime for the chip cluster scheduled for August 25th has been successfully completed, and the cluster is now back online and accessible. We appreciate your patience...

Posted: August 25, 2026, 4:42 PM

20260602 Downtime Announcement

To all chip users,   On Tuesday June 2nd, the chip cluster will be inaccessible during business hours starting at 0800ET. This downtime will be to apply critical security patches, and to...

Posted: May 22, 2026, 1:39 PM

April HPCF Newsletter

Hi everyone, I'm writing to give everyone an update regarding the UMBC HPCF and other Research Computing projects currently undertaken by DoIT.  Summary Critical Vulnerability Patched...

Posted: May 5, 2026, 10:20 AM