NESE tape system maintenance 12/1/25-12/5/25

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Scheduled for December 01, 2025 at 11:00 AM – December 06, 2025 at 11:00 AMUTC

Affects

Storage

Tape - (Tier 3)

External Resources - Service Providers

NESE (NorthEast Storage Exchange)

Updates

Completed
December 06, 2025 at 11:00 AMUTC
Completed
December 06, 2025 at 11:00 AMUTC
Maintenance has completed successfully
In progress
December 01, 2025 at 11:00 AMUTC
In progress
December 01, 2025 at 11:00 AMUTC
Maintenance is now in progress
Planned
December 01, 2025 at 11:00 AMUTC
Planned
December 01, 2025 at 11:00 AMUTC
NESE, the Northeast Storage Exchange at MGHPCC which supplies the Tier3 tape service used by FASRC, will be offline for maintenance on the system Dec 1st - 5th. There will be ongoing performance-affecting maintenance until Dec 12th. Please see below for details.
WHO: Any lab who has or is moving data to tape.
IMPACT: No access 12/1/25 - 12/5/25. Reduced performance 12/5/25 - 12/12/25.
NESE tape system maintenance and major software upgrade is scheduled to begin on December 1, 2025. As a result, the NESE Tape service will be offline from December 1 to December 5.
Starting December 8 through December 12, the service will be back online with reduced performance. All maintenance activities are planned to conclude on December 12, 2025.
Monitor: https://nese.instatus.com/ for real-time updates on progress
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FAS Research Computing - NESE tape system maintenance 12/1/25-12/5/25 – Maintenance details

NESE tape system maintenance 12/1/25-12/5/25