This is an after-the-fact flash news for the AFS server problem we had since 2010-04-04 00:59 CST. At that moment one AFS server hardware died for yet unknown reasons. It has not been possible to power on that particular server again. The I/O system of that server, including all drives, has been transplanted into another server hardware. After the usual file system repairs, the AFS server including all data is available again. We currently have no indications of data loss, but please notify oss as soon as possible if you think something is amiss.
With this file server running again, we are currently restarting the batch systems and are again able to send you this message.
Sorry for the inconvinience,
Harald for PDC-staff.