Quest Storage Maintenance

Scheduled for Mar 23, 08:00 CDT - Mar 25, 17:00 CDT

Scheduled

Northwestern IT will perform a software update for Quest HPC storage system between 8 a.m. on Monday, March 23 and 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25. This work is necessary to improve storage system security and reliability.

Impact on Quest Users:
- Quest remains available to use throughout the maintenance period and users will be able to submit and run jobs.
- Quest will experience brief periods of storage response slowdowns between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. each day during the maintenance window.

For any questions or issues related to Quest, please contact quest-help@northwestern.edu.

Posted Mar 10, 2026 - 09:33 CDT

This scheduled maintenance affects: Research Technologies and Support (Quest High-Performance Computing Cluster (HPCC) (Server Management)).