OhioLINK Services Unavailable Sat., Oct. 3
mgooch October 1st, 2009
This Saturday, October 3rd, the Ohio State computing facility is fixing a major electrical problem from damage it sustained on June 26, 2009. They have been using a workaround since then but need a permanent fix and must install a new high- voltage electrical switch. Because of that, they will have the power off to the facility starting around 5:30 in the morning and lasting until around 8 p.m. in the evening. Since this is the facility where all of OhioLINK’s database systems are located, they will be forced to take their equipment off line starting around 4 a.m. Saturday. No backup generator power will be available during this time. They will bring their systems back online as soon as it is safe to do so after the work is completed. CAVEAT: If it is raining that day, this electrical work cannot be completed so this will be canceled and the systems will remain up. It is the understanding of OhioLINK that this is emergency repair work and has to be done now as opposed to putting it off until a less busy time. This affects the OhioLINK Central Catalog as well as any databases that have Ohiolink in the URL. It will not affect other resources such as the EBSCOhost databases, LexisNexis, etc. Please contact the Libraries if you have questions.