Infrastructure Maintenance
CSCS is responsible for providing network, server and storage services across multiple University sites, including the Biomedical Campus, the Sainsbury Laboratory, the Department of Zoology and Careers. To ensure reliable and secure operation, we conduct regular maintenance as outlined on this page.
Weekly Maintenance Period
The weekly maintenance period runs from 17:30 on Wednesdays to 08:00 Thursday.
Announcements of Service Disruption
CSCS performs and announces infrastructure maintenance according to the following guidelines:
|
Type of Work |
Scheduled |
Documented On CSCS Website |
Announced via News, Email & Twitter |
|
Work on resilient systems, with no risk of service disruption |
Anytime |
No |
No |
|
Work on any system, where service disruption is not expected, but is possible |
Weekly Maintenance Period |
Yes |
No |
|
Work on any system, where service disruption is expected |
Weekly Maintenance Period |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Emergency work to resolve failures or urgent vulnerabilities |
Immediately |
No |
Yes |
Expected service disruptions will be listed with a minimum of one week notice on both the News Section of our website and in our IT Support Portal.
An IT Announcement email will be sent to the relevant groups (e.g. by affected Service or by Site) a week before the change (typically on the morning of the previous Thursday).
Finally, a reminder will be published via Twitter on the day of the change.
Scheduled Changes
You can see all upcoming changes on this page.
