Slow transfers on one of the storage servers led to a couple of short blacklistings, we suspect a hardware issue and the Harvard side is looking into it.

Unscheduled tape downtime over the past few days.  The first message stated it was due to an issue with the inventory database caused by a firmware update.  The most recent message indicated that a replacement part was needed.  Either way, file to tape association will not be affected so there won't be any data loss.