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Power Upgrade in Boyd Data Center Affects Campus Computer Services January 29/30, 2005

Date: January 10, 2005
Writer: Bert DeSimone, bert@uga.edu, 706-542-6820
Contact: Mike Dennis, mdennis@uga.edu, 542-7056

The UGA Physical Plant and Enterprise Information Technology Services are in the process of installing a power generator for the Boyd Data Center. This installation will complete a much-needed power upgrade to the Data Center that will provide stand-alone power in the event of a major power outage, allowing critical systems located in the Boyd Data Center to remain online in the event of a prolonged power outage.

Due to the installation of this power equipment, computer services located in the Boyd Data Center will not be available beginning 5:00pm, Saturday night, January 29, until 10:00am, Sunday morning, January 30.

The campus network will be available during this time, including access to off-campus Web sites. All services hosted in the Boyd Data Center will not be available, including:

• OASIS and related student account services
• Administrative systems
• Bulldog Bucks (except laundry in University Housing)
• UGAMail
• The UGA Web site (www.uga.edu)
• WebCT
• Research Computing Center (RCC)
• Streaming media services
• MyUGA (my.uga.edu)
• MyDrive
• UGA site licensed software distribution service
• eDirectory time synchronization service
• Any departmental computer services located in the Boyd Data Center

Departmental Web sites and other services not housed in the Boyd Data Center will be accessible during this outage.