The August 17, 2015 edition of the EDUCAUSE Review, a bimonthly flagship publication for the higher education IT community, features an article highlighting NWRDC's role as a community cloud. Written by Policy Board Chair Mehran Basiratmand and Executive Director Tim Brown, the article is based on their presentation on community clouds at the 2014 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. The full article may be viewed at the link below:
Tuesday, March 28th
Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) would like to inform you of upcoming maintenance:Service(s): NWRDC Cloud Infrastructure Services for Tallahassee and AtlantaMaintenance Start Time: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 0600 (ET)Maintenance End Time: Friday, March 31, 2023 1700 (ET)Service Availability: No downtime nor performance impact is expectedDetails: NWRDC staff will be performing standard virtual center server appliance (VCSA) and host patching in the NWRDC Tallahassee and Atlanta virtual environments. Questions?We're here to help. If you experience issues after the maintenance has concluded or have any questions, please contact the NWRDC Operations Team at (850) 645-3500, it_support@nwrdc.fsu.edu
Monday, April 3rd
Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.
Monday, April 10th
Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.
Friday, April 14th
Monthly meeting of the NWRDC Management Committee. If you are interested in attending this meeting, please contact Kate_Wasson@nwrdc.fsu.edu.
Monday, April 17th
Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.
Monday, April 24th
Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.
Wednesday, April 26th
Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) will perform its annual Mainframe Disaster Recovery Exercise April 26, 2023 through April 28, 2023.Service(s): Mainframe Disaster Recovery Services TestingRecovery Start Time: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - 0800 (ET)Customer Testing Start Time: Thursday, April 27, 2023 - 0800 (ET)Recovery End Time: Friday, April 28, 2023 - 0800 (ET)Details: April 26, 2023 is reserved for Ensono staff to restore and configure the Disaster Recovery environment. Customer testing begins Thursday, April 27 at 0800 ET and concludes at 0800 ET on Friday, April 28.Please let NWRDC know if you are planning to participate in the annual Mainframe Disaster Recovery exercise via email addressed to Mainframe-DR-Support@nwrdc.fsu.edu. Questions?We are here to help. If you have any questions, please contact the NWRDC Operations Team at (850) 645-3500, it_support@nwrdc.fsu.edu.
Monday, May 1st
Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.