Storage system (user home directories and /proj/nobackup) upgrade, starting 2026-03-18

On Wednesday 2026-03-18 we will start an online upgrade of the storage system that contains users home directories and all project storage directories under /proj/nobackup.

/proj/cfl_nobackup will NOT be affected.

The upgrade will temporarily cause reduced performance and delays when accessing the file system.

To minimize problems with batch jobs the queues will from time to time be stopped from starting new jobs, but submitting new jobs will still work.

We will try to keep the impact to a minimum.