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# Open Computing Facility Blog Launch
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In an effort to improve communication with our users, the Open Computing Facility has launched a blog! Status and feature updates, random staff trivia, and other tasty bits of information will be posted here on a regular basis. This blog will also serve as a means for notifying users of unexpected service interruptions.

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# Random Issues and Printer Information
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The Open Computing Facility is experiencing some issues with our web server and some core services at the moment. We're working on figuring out what's broken (for the technically-minded, our NFS server seems to be borked) and getting it working again. I'll post status updates as they come.<br /><br />Oh, and we've decided to order another maintenance kit for our printer. You might have noticed splotches appearing on printouts in the last few weeks -- our fuser was slowly dying, so we ordered a kit to fix it. Unfortunately, our order apparently got lost by CDW, so we're overnighting another kit. Our printer should be back soon! For now, we're using one of our older printers, so print times might be a bit long...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> #1</span>: It's past 1 AM, and the OCF is still broken. sluo came in and is working diligently on fixing stuff because I don't know enough about NIS+ and NFS to do anything :/<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE #2</span>: Our super ex-SM was able to bring most services up by 2 AM. I think. Anyways, a bunch of other staffers showed up to provide moral support (by playing Quake 3). Here's some pictures of us staffers working for you -- we're always working for you (with regards to Verizon)...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocf/252229713/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/97/252229713_cb04a9bbc1_m.jpg" alt="OCF Tech Support Party at 2 AM" height="180" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocf/252239895/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/120/252239895_68f171b90d_m.jpg" alt="OCF Tech Support Party at 2 AM" height="180" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Update #3</span>: It's almost 3 AM, and we're still in here. Anybody know of any 24 hour food places that are within walking distance of Sproul or that deliver?

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# Printer Fixed!
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Our printer repair kit arrived this morning, and I installed it into our printer with tender loving care. Print jobs are now whizzing through the print queue, and there are no more splotches on the printouts (thanks to the new fuser)!<br /><br />Now I just wonder how long this new printer happiness is going to last before the next breakdown...

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# Penguins! Everywhere!
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<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7260/3883/1600/singleframe.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7260/3883/320/singleframe.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/%7Ejameson/img/singleframe.jpeg">PEGUINS</a>, <a href="http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/%7Ejameson/img/singleframe2.jpeg">PEGUINS </a>IN THE LAB!!!<br />AHH <a href="http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/%7Ejameson/img/singleframe3.jpeg">PENGUINS </a><a href="http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/%7Ejameson/img/singleframe5.jpeg">EVERYWHERE</a>!!!<br /><br /><br />-jlee<br /><br />Callug <a href="http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/%7Ejameson/img/singleframe4.jpeg">penguin </a>take over OCF on friday 2:30am

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# Shiny New Lab and Computers
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We've cleaned up the OCF lab and installed a bunch of super fast new computers running Debian Linux. Please give the machines a shot; IMHO, they're much easier to use and more reliable than our Windows systems (this is not a dig at the Windows team, who have been practically living in the OCF to ensure that the systems work).

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# We're Always Working for You!
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Even in our sleep...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sle/261878171/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/109/261878171_5ca76f7354_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Jameson Hard at Work" /></a>

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# (More) Unscheduled Downtime
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The OCF is currently (mostly) down due to a hardware failure on one of our core servers (specifically, war appears to have lost its SCSI controller). We're working to restore service; check back here for updates.

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# Status Update
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We're still working on the problem. It seems like our disk array that holds all user data is having some troubles. I'm currently backing up all user mail to a safe location, and we're working on doing the same with home directories (ie., your regular data and web space).

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# Status Update
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Mail is pretty much safe for the moment. We have two complete backups of mail stored on different systems. We're getting some errors while performing our initial backup of user data, but we're hoping that these errors are only temporary (ie., they'll be solved when we fsck the file system).<br /><br />Some users have requested an ETA, and, for the moment, it seems the earliest the OCF will be back up and in working order is this weekend. No guarantees, though. Although we know how important it is for our users to have access to their mail, data, and web services, we're trying to take our time and do everything right so no user data is lost. If there are any special circumstances or issues that you believe we should be aware of, please visit our IRC channel (#ocf on irc.ocf.berkeley.edu).

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# Status Update
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We're still backing up the rest of user data on our disk array to some spare space we have on our servers. Since we have upwards of 400 GB of data, and we're transferring most of it over NFS (regular Ethernet and not SCSI or Fibre Channel), it's taking a long time.<br /><br />Some users have asked about data loss during this recovery. Most mail daemons should be smart enough to retry delivery once service to the OCF is restored. If our downtime ends up becoming prolonged, we will try to figure out a way to queue mail so it doesn't end up getting bounced.<br /><br />In regards to user data (ie., anything other than mail), we're pulling the data off the disk array as quickly as possible. So far, it seems like most user data is intact; we're only getting about 1-2% corruption. That's not to say that that 1-2% of data is lost; we're just pulling the good data from the disk array at the moment. We haven't even begun to run the Unix equivalent of Scandisk, so it seems like there's a good chance we'll have 100% data recovery. Keep your fingers crossed, though.<br /><br />Beyond the fact that we're working with such a massive amount of data, one of the holdups on our recovery is acquiring a LSI Logic PCI-X SAS/SATA host controller that supports Sun Solaris SPARC so we can setup a staging area to backup our disk array. If you don't understand what all those acronyms mean, let's just say you can't walk into any CompUSA or BestBuy and find that card. The only place that seems to carry the card is Newegg, but it's $300, and, even with overnight shipping, the earliest we're getting it is Monday.<br /><br />Yury and I (the current site-managers) have been taking long shifts in the OCF to get user data back, and most of the other staff have been around to provide assistance (thanks sluo for saving us when we don't know Solaris 10!), so, we're working on it!

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