Any other scheduled extended downtime will be announced at least two weeks in advance. Reduced coverage for any holidays will be announced in the ru.ici.nb.announce newsgroup. Systems support staff are available during normal university business hours. Backups are performed on a regular basis. Files may be removed from the area at any time.
Home directories are the primary workspace for users.
User home directories area available to all machines in the ICI cluster and to Macintoshes and IBM PC compatibles in the campus hubs . Full backups are done weekly on user home directories. Use of these disks is automatic, and user-initiated uses are for specific purposes such as accessing applications. System support disks on the ICI systems are backed up once a week. User support directories are backed up daily in a manner similar to user home directory disks.