Helvetios: Severe cluster issues

Our aging Helvetios academic cluster regularly experiences severe storage and network issues as the hardware starts failing.

We already had to isolate Helvetios from our central storage system earlier this year to mitigate the impact of these issues on the other clusters.

All data stored on Helvetios is at risk of being lost in the event of a fatal failure!

Please ensure you have a copy of ALL important data on a separate, reliable storage system. Do NOT rely solely on this cluster to store critical files.

We highly recommend copying important data currently stored on Helvetios to our central storage system (accessible from all our other clusters).

We remind you that Helvetios runs on obsolete hardware that is no longer supported by the vendors. SCITAS can only provide best-effort support for its maintenance. We are working on the next CPU computing solution for students and courses.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.