All NAS Compute Systems and Lou Unavailable on Feb. 15

08 Feb, 2023

All NAS compute systems and the Lou mass storage system will be unavailable on Wednesday, February 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time) to facilitate system patching.

The following services will be affected:

  • Pleiades, Electra, Aitken, and Endeavour will not be available during this period.
  • All jobs running when the dedicated time begins will be suspended for the duration and resumed when patching is complete.
  • The Pleiades front ends (PFEs) will remain available during this period. Activities that require the NAS license server will be impacted when the license server is rebooted for its patching
  • The Lou front ends (LFEs) and the NAS Data Portal will be unavailable during this period.

For helpful information about completing jobs in advance of dedicated time, see the following Knowledge Base article: Running Jobs Before Dedicated Time.

If you have any questions or need more information, please contact the Control Room at (800) 331-8737, (650) 604-4444, or support@nas.nasa.gov.

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