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Due to emergency maintenance on our Cloud3 environment starting tonight (04/06/2026 : 21:00 – 05/06/20026: 08:00) some virtual machines may need to be rebooted to migrate them to alternative nodes. The works are being carried out to upgrade the cloud-storage back-end and consequently we need to move the cloud-init config drive to the new storage […]
We will be performing scheduled maintenance to update the software on one of the backup storage clusters from 15:00 Thursday 4th June. This maintenance is not expected to be service affecting as resources will be migrated to alternate nodes during the software updates
We are scheduling a maintenance window to replace a line card in an edge router located in Digital Realty DUB2. This will impact connectivity to INEX LAN2 for the duration. Date: 2026-05-30 06:00 – 09:00 IST (UTC+1) Data Centre: Digital Realty DUB2 Impact: INEX LAN2
Please note that due to a staff event taking place on Friday afternoon 29th May 2026, our phone lines will close earlier than usual at 1:00pm. As a result, response times may be slightly longer than normal for the remainder of the day. We appreciate your patience and understanding, and we’ll respond to all enquiries […]