Thursday, January 25, 2024

EITS will conduct maintenances on February 24, March 23, and March 30 of 2024 at the Boyd Data Center in efforts for the UPS system replacement.

During the February 24  maintenance, building power will be shut down for the Boyd Graduate Building and McBay Science Library from 4:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.  Boyd Data Center compute resources should not be impacted.

These will be the final phases of the project and will result in the desired upgrade to the Boyd Data Center’s uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

Key Points for the Upcoming Maintenances:

• The scheduled times for the maintenances are as follows:
  • February 24: 4:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (additional details below)
  • March 23: 6:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (additional details below)
  • March 30: 6:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. (additional details below)
    
    
• UGA’s Telephone Services should not experience an outage during these maintenances. In case of an emergency and UGA Telephone Services are unavailable, it is important to remember to use a cell phone to contact UGA Police by calling 911 instead of 706-542-2200. The UGA Police Department will still respond to all calls for service during this time. Members of the campus community are reminded that 911 is always the appropriate number to call for an emergency on campus. In the event of a future interruption in landline phone service at UGA, cell phones should be used to contact police. 
  
  
• February 24: Building fire alarm panels may beep continuously until power is restored and possibly beyond if the system does not reset automatically. During the outage time, there is no need to call the UGA Police Department or Facilities Management Division to report this issue. However, employees and students should remain aware and notify the UGA Police Department if they observe any indications of fire or smoke.  
  
  

Information Technology System Owners may elect to shut down non-essential systems in the Boyd Data Center during these maintenances.  Information Technology System Owners who would like to request emergency cooling protocols for systems should contact Jeff Teasley at jteasley@uga.eduor Chris Fleming at cfleming@uga.edu.

If you are aware of activities planned during these maintenance activities that you anticipate will be impacted and would like assistance with planning or have questions on these maintenance activities, please contact Jeff Teasley at jteasley@uga.edu.

Key Points for the February 24 Boyd Data Center Maintenance:

• The first part of the work will last an estimated 4 hours (4:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.) and will involve the Boyd Graduate Building and McBay Science Library. During Phase I, the following impacts are expected:
  • Building power will be shut down for the Boyd Graduate Building and McBay Science Library.
• The second part of the work will last an estimated 4 hours (10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.) and will involve the Boyd Data Center. During Phase II, the following impacts are expected:
  • • The Boyd Data Center will not have generator supporting during this period.
    • UPS 2 power feed will be unavailable.

Key Points for the March 23 Boyd Data Center Maintenance:

• The maintenance will last an estimated 8 hours (6:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.) and will involve the Boyd Data Center.
  • UPS 2 power feed will be unavailable.

Key Points for the March 30 Boyd Data Center Maintenance:

• The maintenance will last an estimated 3 hours (6:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.) and will involve the Boyd Data Center.
  • The Boyd Data Center will not have generator support during this period.