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.