Power outages, both scheduled and unscheduled, are typical when construction is taking place. The necessary backup power for central servers and network equipment will be integrated into the new Technology Center which is now under construction. But for the time being both the construction of the center and the new campus communications infrastructure will periodically hinder the very communications services that they will eventually improve. This occurs in two ways. Second, and more significant, is the havoc such outages have on equipment.
Power surges damage equipment outright, but power outages can also cause damage.
This is a time when Achilles Heels in electronic circuitry give out. The simplest way for you to check on the status of a server or one or more of our campus networks is to go to the Computing Services Calendar . The calendar has the latest information regarding network status and server status, as well as scheduled down times for monthly scheduled data backups and computing workshops. The snapshot is usually taken Friday afternoon after lunch. Hence, faculty who expect students to access their websites Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon should make their website updates prior to noon on that Friday which is nearest the end of the month so that information needed by their students is in that snapshot which will be used that Friday evening and the following day.