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Taki update - back online!

Hello all. We are happy to announce that taki is back online for use.  There may be some nodes that are not yet online, but the user nodes and the ability to submit jobs with Slurm are available...

Posted: March 25, 2021, 2:27 PM

Taki Status Update - 03252021 1pm

Hello again all. We believe we have all the issues resolved with the networking on Taki.  We're working to restart all nodes and user nodes to confirm functionality.  We expect this to be done by...

Posted: March 25, 2021, 1:09 PM

Taki Status Update

Hello all. A quick update - we believe we've made progress with getting the networking issues resolved on Taki.  Our estimate is to have the cluster back online by 1pm today.  We apologize for...

Posted: March 25, 2021, 10:27 AM

Ongoing networking issues with taki

Hello all. Unfortunately, we're running into ongoing issues around the infiniband network on Taki.  This has caused a lot of cascading issues around mounting drives, the inability to login, jobs...

Posted: March 25, 2021, 8:15 AM

How to Spot, Avoid and Report Fake Check Scams

Check Scams Are At The Core Of Most Job Scams

The UMBC community has been and is still being targeted by offers of fake jobs, mostly through email.  The nature of these jobs varies from scam to scam but they have certain things in common. ...

Posted: March 24, 2021, 6:38 PM

“UMBC Student Employment!” Administrative Assistant Job Scam

THESE ARE NOT REAL JOBS! THEY WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY!

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) are continuing to receive reports of new variants of a job scam claiming to offer a part-time job as an Administrative Assistant at UMBC. Below is an...

Posted: March 24, 2021, 6:29 PM

HPCF Downtime April 6, 2021

To all HPCF Users, DoIT Staff will be working to update a few pieces of networking equipment and bring other portions of the HPCF environments up-to-date.  The downtime will be on Tuesday,...

Posted: March 24, 2021, 3:44 PM

Continuing work on the IB Network tonight at 5pm

There are some connectivity issues on the IB Network

We are still working on resolving a number of issues on the Infiniband Network on the Taki cluster. We will be doing some work to address these issues at 5pm tonight. While we don't expect this to...

Posted: March 24, 2021, 3:20 PM

Coming Soon: Collaborate to Support 25 Videos Per Page

Increased engagement for moderators available in mid-SP2021

UPDATE #1: Gallery view is now available! Learn more in this FAQ. UPDATE #2: Students and participants gain access to gallery view with the May update. Spring will bring warm weather to the UMBC...

Posted: March 24, 2021, 8:00 AM

Another UMBC Administrative Assistant Job Scam Variant

A Recent Variation On An Ongoing Scam

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) continues to receive reports of new variants of phishing emails claiming to offer a part-time job as an Administrative Assistant at UMBC. Here is...

Posted: March 23, 2021, 4:50 PM