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Update on Taki

The work on the Infiniband switch continues

Due to problems with one of our Infiniband switches, a number of 2013 nodes (batch nodes) are currently offline. The repair of the IB switch is taking substantial longer than we had anticipated....

Posted: June 9, 2023, 6:06 PM

Recordings Posted: M.O.S.T. OER Creation Showcase

Watch the keynote and presentations from the OER Showcase

On Friday, May 5 from 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. we held our M.O.S.T. OER Creation Showcase and heard from faculty across the state who have created openly licensed instructional and learning...

Posted: June 5, 2023, 6:09 PM

Taki is back online

The cooling issue has been resolved

I have brought Taki back online. You should be able to start running jobs. I do want to note the status of some nodes that still offline. gpunode001 This node is currently offline. We have had...

Posted: June 2, 2023, 8:45 PM

HPCF Unscheduled Downtime: Cooling Issue

To all taki Users At 16:55, large portions of the taki cluster were abruptly taken offline by administrators to help with an unexpected chiller failure in the data center.  This...

Posted: June 2, 2023, 5:10 PM

June brings support for CSV upload of Ultra test questions

New location for Announcements, plus anonymous test grading

Creating many questions on a test can be a time-consuming process. Instructors might import questions using third-party tools or publisher test banks, if compatible or available. Beginning with...

Posted: June 1, 2023, 11:47 AM

Reminder: Blackboard Courses Scheduled for Server Retirement

Courses before Fall 2020 to be retired beginning 7/1

During Summer 2023, DoIT staff and Blackboard will archive our entire instance of Blackboard, which will save individually backed-up copies of every course and organization through SP2023. Courses...

Posted: June 1, 2023, 9:15 AM

taki Downtime Completed

To all taki users, The maintenance downtime for the taki cluster environment is complete. Feel free to begin using the system. We are aware of a few nodes that are down in the batch...

Posted: May 31, 2023, 5:06 PM

Introducing Rex Finance 2.0

Over the last 18 months, we have been working on implementing a new suite of financial reports utilizing Tableau, a visual analytics platform.  I am thrilled to announce the launch of these new...

Posted: May 30, 2023, 3:26 PM

UMBC Archiving Unviewed Panopto Videos (06/01/23)

No content will be permanently deleted at this time

DoIT will be moving all Panopto videos to archive storage that have not been viewed during the past 18 months. This is regular maintenance in alignment with our service contract. If one wishes to...

Posted: May 25, 2023, 8:47 AM

Quarterly patching downtime - 5/25 & 6/3

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Thursday, May 25th and Saturday, June 3rd.  While many of the...

Posted: May 22, 2023, 9:33 AM