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Storage problems pn VSC4 solved
by Florian Goldenberg 31 Mar '26

31 Mar '26

Dear ASC users, Over the last few weeks, there have been repeated storage and performance issues on VSC4. We finally found the error - the power supply to the nodes connecting storage and cluster was unstable. It is now re-cabled and is expected to stay stable. VSC5 or MUSICA were not affected by this. Thanks for your pateince and understanding ASC-Team

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MUSICA maintenance finished
by Zabloudil, Jan 05 Mar '26

05 Mar '26

Dear MUSICA users, maintenance of MUSICA is finished and regular operations have resumed. We apologise for the delay and thank you for your paticence. Please report all issues to support(a)asc.ac.at <mailto:support@asc.ac.at> Best regards, ASC team > Dear MUSICA users, > > There will be maintenance of MUSICA which requires a shutdown of the whole system in the period: > > Monday 2.3. 08:00 - Tuesday 3.3. 16:00 > > Login, access to data and running jobs will not be possible during this time. > > VSC-4 and VSC-5 are not affected. > > Best regards, > ASC team

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MUSICA maintenance 2.-3.3.2026
by Zabloudil, Jan 19 Feb '26

19 Feb '26

Dear MUSICA users, There will be maintenance of MUSICA which requires a shutdown of the whole system in the period: Monday 2.3. 08:00 - Tuesday 3.3. 16:00 Login, access to data and running jobs will not be possible during this time. VSC-4 and VSC-5 are not affected. Best regards, ASC team

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Reminder: MUSICA scratch downtime starting tomorrow
by Zabloudil, Jan 03 Feb '26

03 Feb '26

Dear MUSICA users, We are going to receive additional hardware for the WEKA storage systems. To incorporate these, the SCRATCH storage will be completely emptied and unmounted. The work will start on the 4th of February. From then on, SCRATCH will not be available for at least a week. Please make sure to copy all data you still require form there to DATA beforehand. VSC5 and VSC4 are not affected in any way. Sorry for the inconvenience, Best regards ASC-Team

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MUSICA scratch downtime
by Florian Goldenberg 29 Jan '26

29 Jan '26

Dear MUSICA users, We are going to receive additional hardware for the WEKA storage systems. To incorporate these, the SCRATCH storage will be completely emptied and unmounted. The work will start on the 4th of February. From then on, SCRATCH will not be available for at least a week. Please make sure to copy all data you still require form there to DATA beforehand. VSC5 and VSC4 are not affected in any way. Sorry for the inconvenience, Best regards ASC-Team

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Slurm on MUSICA
by Florian Goldenberg 16 Dec '25

16 Dec '25

Dear users, We found the error which broke slurm on MUSICA and job submissions are possible again.This type of error should also be prevented from now on. Thanks for your patience. Best regards MUSICA-Team

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Slurm broken on MUSICA
by Florian Goldenberg 16 Dec '25

16 Dec '25

Hello, For all users participating in the MUSICA test phase: slurm is currently not working and therefore no jobs can be submitted. We are trying to find and correct the error. Sorry for the inconvenience. Best Regards MUSICA-Team

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VSC-4 back online
by Florian Goldenberg 19 Nov '25

19 Nov '25

Dear users, most VSC-4 compute nodes are reachable again and VSC-4 can be used again. Best regards ASC-Team

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VSC4 currently down
by Florian Goldenberg 18 Nov '25

18 Nov '25

Dear users, Due to a broken down deployment node (the hardwere there is already quite old), all VSC4 compute nodes became unavailable. We are currently trying to connect them to a different deployment node, and will tell you as soon as some are available again. VSC-5, MUSICA and the storage are not affected by this. Sorry for the inconvenience, Best regards ASC-Team

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VSC5 and 4 available again
by Florian Goldenberg 12 Nov '25

12 Nov '25

Dear users, The last error on our filesystem has been corrected and login to VSC5 and VSC4 is possible again. Sorry for the delay, but we had to be sure to prevent data loss or corruption. Thanks for your unsderstanding Best regards ASC Team

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