FAS Research Computing - 2026 MGHPCC power downtime June 15-18, 2026 – Maintenance details

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2026 MGHPCC power downtime June 15-18, 2026

Completed
Scheduled for June 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM – June 18, 2026 at 9:15 PMUTC

Affects

Cannon Cluster

Under maintenance from 1:00 PM to 9:15 PM

SLURM Scheduler - Cannon

Under maintenance from 1:00 PM to 9:15 PM

Cannon Compute Cluster (Holyoke)

Under maintenance from 1:00 PM to 9:15 PM

Boston Compute Nodes

Under maintenance from 1:00 PM to 9:15 PM

GPU nodes (Holyoke)

Under maintenance from 1:00 PM to 9:15 PM

seas_compute

Under maintenance from 1:00 PM to 9:15 PM

Updates
  • Completed
    June 18, 2026 at 9:15 PMUTC
    Completed
    June 18, 2026 at 9:15 PMUTC

    The yearly power downtime at our Holyoke data center, MGHPCC, has completed.

    The clusters and storage are back online and login nodes and OOD nodes are now available.

    If you have an issue/need help, please send a ticket to rchelp@rc.fas.harvard.edu with details.

    IMPORTANT NOTE: Tomorrow, June 19th is a university holiday. FASRC staff will return Monday to address any lingering issues and any new tickets.

  • Update
    June 18, 2026 at 8:45 PMUTC
    Update
    June 18, 2026 at 8:45 PMUTC

    Power-up is nearly complete, but a delay earlier in the day has us slightly behind.

    New ETA is 6PM.

  • Update
    June 18, 2026 at 12:16 PMUTC
    Update
    June 18, 2026 at 12:16 PMUTC

    MGHPCC has completed their maintenance and restored power to the facility.

    FASRC will now begin the power-up process. Please be aware that this takes several hours.

    We will update this status once complete.

    NOTE: A reminder that tomorrow (Friday) is a university holiday.

  • In progress
    June 15, 2026 at 1:00 PMUTC
    In progress
    June 15, 2026 at 1:00 PMUTC
    Maintenance is now in progress
  • Planned
    June 15, 2026 at 1:00 PMUTC
    Planned
    June 15, 2026 at 1:00 PMUTC

    The yearly power downtime at our Holyoke data center, MGHPCC, has been scheduled by the facility. This year's power downtime will take place on Tuesday June  15th - 18th, 2025.  There will be no June monthly maintenance as a result.

    Since the facility will be powered down for two days this year, we will not be performing the usual maintenance tasks. 
    That said, networking and other key infrastructure will be doing maintenance.

    IMPORTANT NOTE: FASRC storage at both Holyoke and Boston will be affected and should not be expected to be available throughout the downtime. Please plan ahead accordingly.

    • Monday June 15th -  Power-down begins at 9AM

    • Tuesday June 16th - Power out at MGHPCC

    • Wednesday June 17th - Power out at MGHPCC

    • Thursday June 18th - Expected return to full service by 5PM

    • Friday June 19th - Please note that June 19th is a university holiday

     

    Monday June 15th -  Power-down begins at 9AM Tuesday June 16th - Power out at MGHPCC Wednesday June 17th - Power out at MGHPCC Thursday June 18th - Expected return to full service by 5PM

    For more detailed information and follow-up, please see:
    https://www.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mghpcc-yearly-shutdown or this Status Page

For issues not shown here, please contact FASRC via
https://portal.rc.fas.harvard.edu or email rchelp@rc.fas.harvard.edu