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+There is a planned maintenance window affecting Cheaha GPU nodes and Cloud.rc from April 21-27, 2025. These resources will be unavailable during this window.
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+Read more at our News page: https://docs.rc.uab.edu/news/#2025-04-21-planned-maintenance-window
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 Use of Cheaha, and other UABRC resources, is governed by the
 [UAB Acceptable Use Policy for Computer and Network Resources](https://secure2.compliancebridge.com/uab/portal/getdoc.php?file=300)
 and other relevant [UAB IT Policies](https://www.uab.edu/it/home/policies).
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+----------- !! Planned Maintenance !! -----------
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+There is a planned maintenance window affecting Cheaha GPU nodes and Cloud.rc from April 21-27, 2025. These resources will be unavailable during this window.
+
+Read more at our News page: https://docs.rc.uab.edu/news/#2025-04-21-planned-maintenance-window