2024-10-25 09:43: Maintenance and conversion work on bwCloud and de.NBI systems

#ufrstatus #wartung Extensive maintenance and conversion work is currently being carried out on the bwCloud and de.NBI systems hosted in Freiburg. This serves to upgrade the hardware, optimise operation and adapt the network structures in terms of maintainability and IT security. The accessibility of the systems should not be affected, but the performance of the overall system will be partially affected.

Our colleagues in the eScience department are currently carrying out initial conversions of machines and extensive BIOS and system updates as part of this. In response to instabilities in the bwCloud and de.NBI Cloud, problematic hosts are being removed and analysed separately. In further steps, the network infrastructure will be restructured for the clean segmentation of the networks of the large research infrastructures NEMO2, bwCloud and de.NBI. The aim is also to gradually optimise the area of scientific computing in de.NBI/Galaxy (greater use of bare metal, new deployment). In addition, new systems will go into operation (including the provision of additional GPU capacities). During this time, there may be brief interruptions to accessibility and restrictions to overall performance. However, most of this will be transparent for users.