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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Data Center Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please be advised that due to the coronavirus pandemic, the hardware maintenance that was previously scheduled for May 4 - 8 is postponed until at least August. We have not determined specific dates yet, but are
targeting a one-week period sometime between the Summer and Fall semesters (August 3 - 21).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We came to this decision after considering a number of factors. The main reason is that it is not safe for our vendors to travel to Tallahassee, and we need to limit the number of people in the data
center at the same time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We will let you know as soon as we have determined new dates. For now, the scope and amount of time any single service will be down have not changed; we don't expect any part of the maintenance to
take more than a few days at a time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Research Computing Center<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:support@rcc.fsu.edu">support@rcc.fsu.edu</a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Mitch Gans<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Florida State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">2035 E. Paul Dirac Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Tallahassee, FL 32306-2760<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:mgans@fsu.edu"><span style="color:blue">mgans@fsu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Office: (850) 644-0066<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Cell: (850) 591-6193<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Fax: (850) 644-8722<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Mitch Gans <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 19, 2019 8:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'its-colocation-customers@lists.fsu.edu' <its-colocation-customers@lists.fsu.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> FSU HPC List for the HPC staff <hpc-staff@lists.fsu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Scheduled Downtime for Sliger Data Center in May<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Data Center Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This email is to let you know as far in advance as possible that we are in the early stages of planning to perform power upgrades to the Sliger Data Center sometime during the week of May 4, 2020. We do not know the exact date at this
stage in our planning, but we will have that information no later than the end of February. We anticipate less than one day of total downtime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are sending this information out now to solicit input on the planning process from our customers, and to ensure nobody has any critical needs during that time period.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The work we are doing will improve the resiliency of the power infrastructure in Sliger Building. Specifically, we are reconfiguring PDU A, and all equipment supported by it, which will affect all customers receiving this communication.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Should this timeframe create undue hardship for you or any of your customers, or if you have any questions or concerns, please direct them to
<a href="mailto:support@rcc.fsu.edu">support@rcc.fsu.edu</a> by Friday, January 3, 2020, and we will be happy to work with you to the best of our ability.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Research Computing Center<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Mitch Gans<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Florida State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">2035 E. Paul Dirac Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Tallahassee, FL 32306-2760<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:mgans@fsu.edu"><span style="color:blue">mgans@fsu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Office: (850) 644-0066<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Cell: (850) 591-6193<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Fax: (850) 644-8722<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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