<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi Everyone,</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I am writing to provide an update on our data center migration. As of this morning, we have finished routing all remaining subnets through the new data center. This gives us full control over our network configuration and eliminates the need for further coordination with LinkOregon regarding subnet subdivision.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">To date, we have successfully moved over 180 systems, with approximately 70 remaining. We anticipate completing the entire move by <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">around </span>March 11th.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Please note that OSU plans to begin removing UPS units and racks in April. If you have co-located equipment and have not yet received a specific email from us, please contact me immediately. For those migrating from co-located equipment to our virtualization environment, all work must be completed by March 30th, at which point we will shut down the network at the old data center.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">This migration has required unplanned expenditures for additional networking hardware, power and network cabling, cable management, and temporary  connections to LinkOregon. We have launched a fundraising campaign to help cover these costs. If you are able to contribute, please visit: <a href="https://www.beavsgive.org/organizations/open-source-lab">https://www.beavsgive.org/organizations/open-source-lab</a></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thank you for your continued support<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">!</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks-</span><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lance Albertson</font><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Director</font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Oregon State University | </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Open Source Lab </span></div></div></div></div></div>