Helix and Biowulf Monthly Reboot Schedule (Helix)

The Helix Systems staff will be instituting a monthly maintenance cycle to improve system security and availability - this cycle will involve a reboot of both Helix and Biowulf (just the login node, not the entire cluster). These reboots are scheduled for the first Monday of every month (or the following Tuesday if Monday is a holiday) at 7 am. Downtime during a reboot will typically be 10-15 minutes.

Please note that scheduled maintenance which requires a longer downtime, or emergency maintenance will be announced separately, but we will make every effort to minimize disruptions.

The next 5 maintenance reboots are scheduled as follows:

   Mon   Aug 3
   Tue   Sep 8
   Mon   Oct 5
   Mon   Nov 2
   Mon   Dec 7

Please send email to staff@helix.nih.gov if you have any questions or concerns.