The Interactive Data Analytics Service (IDAS) is a high-performance computing (HPC) resource that supports large-scale and collaborative data analytics using RStudio for R and JupyterLab for Python, R, and Julia. IDAS features its own HPC and graphics processing units (GPUs) and allows users to perform interactive data analysis tasks with applications used for machine learning and other artificial intelligence workflows.
Documentation for the Interactive Data Analytics Service is available on the UI Wiki.
Current Status
Maintenance
Past 90 Days
Alert History
IDAS will be unavailable during this time.
IDAS will be unavailable due to a third-party maintenance. Users may have issues starting sessions on IDAS.
IDAS will be unavailable for one day due to maintenance.
This issue has been resolved.
Some users are currently unable to access their home drives on Argon. Affected users may receive an error message like: “Could not chdir to home directory /Users/HawkID: No such file or directory” or "kex_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host" when trying to access their Argon home directory.
IDAS users might receive errors starting an IDAS session when requesting their hpchome be mounted.
IDAS documentation has been migrated to the Wiki hosted in the cloud. The new URL is: https://uiowa.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/hpcdocs/pages/76513404/Interacti.... Please contact the ITS - Research Services team at research-computing@uiowa.edu if you have questions.
IDAS is unavailable due to maintenance.
This issue has been resolved. Please contact research-computing@uiowa.edu if you are continuing to see issues.
Some users may be unable to launch new sessions with IDAS due to the ongoing issues with Argon Homes. Users may receive the following error when attempting to launch a session: "Spawn failed. The latest attempt to start your server has failed." Users can still continue to utilize IDAS if they use their IDAS homes or a LSS share.
This maintenance has been completed.
IDAS will be unavailable during the maintenance window.
The issue is resolved.
Some users are experiencing issues with spawning instances in IDAS. ITS is investigating.
The maintenance has been completed.
IDAS will be unavailable during the maintenance window.
IDAS will be unavailable during the maintenance window.
IDAS will be unavailable during the maintenance window.
Research and classroom users will not be able to log in to IDAS during the maintenance window.
IDAS will be down for maintenance.
IDAS will be unavailable due to maintenance of the authentication system.
IDAS will be down for maintenance.
IDAS will be down for maintenance.
This issue has been resolved.
Some users are currently unable to access their home drives on Argon. Affected users may receive an error message like “Could not chdir to home directory /Users/hawkid: No such file or directory” when trying to access their Argon home directory.
IDAS users might receive errors starting an IDAS session when requesting their hpchome be mounted.
ITS is investigating this issue and updates will be posted on the HPC System News support page.
Research and classroom users will not be able to log in to IDAS.
Research and classroom users will not be able to log in to IDAS during the maintenance window.
MATLAB will become available to research users of the Interactive Data Analytics Service (IDAS) soon. Fill out this form to enroll as a pilot user for first access to MATLAB on IDAS and provide feedback to our team.
Maintenance has been completed. Please see IDAS change log for more information.
Research and classroom users will not be able to log in to IDAS during the maintenance window.
This issue has been resolved.
Argon and IDAS are currently unavailable. Users are seeing failed or stalled logins when attempting to connect to Argon. IDAS will still continue to function if Argon Homes or LSS are not being used. IDAS class instances are down if they have shared libraries or shared storage.
Research Services is investigating this issue. Further update information can be found at https://hpc.uiowa.edu/system-news/argon-login-issues
This issue is resolved.
Research and classroom instances are down. ITS is investigating.
Research and classroom users will not be able to log in to IDAS.
Research users will not be able to log in to IDAS.
Classroom users will not be able to log in to IDAS.
IDAS will be unavailable to both research and classroom users. Please save your work before the maintenance.
Research users will be unable to mount Argon homes when they log in to the Interactive Data Analytics Service due to a scheduled maintenance with Argon.
The following classes will not be able to log in to IDAS due to a storage maintenance: ACTS:6480:0001, BAIS:4150:0001 to 0005, BAIS:6040:0700, BAIS:6070:0EXF, BAIS:6100:0700, BAIS:6100:0EXA, BAIS:6100:0EXB, BIOC:3310:0001, ENGR:2995:0001, FIN:9160:0800, MATH:4750:0001, MATH:4820:0001, MATH:5760:0AAA, PSQF:7375:0003, PSY:4020:0001.
This work is complete and access is restored.
IDAS users will be unable to connect to storage shares on the Large Scale Storage (LSS) service while emergency maintenance is performed to replace a failing piece of equipment.
This will affect both research and classroom users of IDAS.
This issue is resolved.
Users are experiencing issues when attempting to log in to the Interactive Data Analytics Service (IDAS). As a temporary solution, please try refreshing the page or logging in multiple times.
The issue has been resolved.
On-campus users are experiencing issues when attempting to sign-in to Interactive Data Analysis (IDAS) while using university wireless networks. On-campus wired networks and off-campus users are not impacted. ITS is continuing to investigating the issue.
Users are experiencing issues when attempting to log in to Interactive Data Analysis (IDAS). ITS is investigating.
IDAS will be unavailable to both research and classroom users. Please save your work before the maintenance.
The Interactive Data Analytics Service (IDAS) will be unavailable to research and classroom users due to maintenance.
Please save your work and terminate all jobs before the maintenance.
Please contact research-computing@uiowa.edu if you have any questions.
The issue has been resolved.
Classroom and research users of the Interactive Data Analytics Service (IDAS) are losing connection to their instances. Running jobs are not affected at this time.
The Interactive Data Analytics Service (IDAS) will be unavailable to research users due to maintenance. All instances running at the beginning of the maintenance will be shut down.
Please contact research-computing@uiowa.edu if you have any questions or concerns.
The Interactive Data Analytics Service (IDAS) will be unavailable for a deployment of new features. All instances running at the beginning of the maintenance will be shut down.
Please contact Giang Rudderham and Cody B Johnson at research-computing@uiowa.edu if you have any questions or concerns.
This issue has been resolved.
The Interactive Data Analytics Service (IDAS) is currently being affected by a GPU issue. Classroom and research users might lose connection with their instances.
RStudio for classroom on the Interactive Data Analytics Service (IDAS) will be unavailable for a deployment of new features. All running instances will be shut down during the maintenance.
Please contact Giang Rudderham and Cody B Johnson at research-computing@uiowa.edu if you have any questions or concerns.
This issue has been resolved. Users can now log into IDAS.
RStudio for classroom on the Interactive Data Analytics Service (IDAS) is currently being affected by a storage issue. Rstudio classroom users may be unable to log into IDAS and/or create an instance.
Interactive Data Analytics Service (IDAS) Contact Information
For support, please contact the ITS - Research Services team at research-computing@uiowa.edu. Support is generally available Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding University holidays.