There will be two major system outages to centrally provided UNIX services
this month. Please read the following carefully and mark your calendars.

CCS UNIX Technical Support will be upgrading the central high-speed file
servers (the lexington and enterprise FAServers) which provide home directory
storage for all UNIX accounts on the E-Mail/Internet, Synchronize, and
Phoenix systems. The upgrade will double the disk storage capacity of the
FAServers to meet a growing demand for file space.

Two system outages will be required. Due to the large volume of data being
stored on the FAServers which must be transferred before and after the disks
are replaced, the outages will be lengthy. The first is estimated to take
four hours and the second about nineteen hours. Every effort will be made to
return services back to normal as soon as possible after these data
transfers.

The outages are scheduled for:

   Thu May 9 from 5pm to 9pm

and

   Fri May 17 from 5pm until noon Sat May 18

During those two periods, all central e-mail services, Synchronize
calendaring, and the Phoenix systems will be unavailable.

Please note that any incoming mail to the University will be queued on the
mailrelay system during the two outages, to be delivered later when normal
operations resume. No incoming mail will be lost.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Help Services at
extension 55800 or by email to [log in to unmask]

We regret any inconvenience this might cause you.

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Marshal Linfoot                            Phone: (416) 736-5257 x22691
Manager, UNIX Technical Support            FAX:   (416) 736-5701
CCS, York University                       E-mail: [log in to unmask]