The transition to upgraded virtual hardware has been completed, according to plan. Any machines with old virtual hardware must be rebooted to exploit the new features.

You're free to reboot your machines at your convenience, until Mon Sep 24, 11:00. If you haven't rebooted your machines until then, they will be automatically rebooted.

This is your last chance to complete the necessary Windows driver update as described in this post before the reboot. Any un-updated Windows machine WILL CEASE TO FUNCTION after the reboot.

There will be no impact to ... read more

We are upgrading the ~okeanos software infrastructure constantly, to deliver improved user experience and an exciting array of new features.

Part of the upgrade process involves the hypervisor, KVM, which means the VMs will run on upgraded virtual hardware. For Windows, this needs an update of the storage and network drivers.

The system-provided Windows Images have been already updated. Any new machine created from now on will work after the upgrade without any changes.

For your existing machines, you need to upgrade the relevant drivers before Sep 1, 2012, when the hardware upgrade ... read more

Tomorrow morning, Wed 25 Jul 2012, Cyclades will be unavailable between 9:00 - 12:00 for scheduled maintenance.

User access to the Cyclades UI and the Cyclades API will be disrupted.

However, all Virtual Machines and Networks will remain intact, meaning that users will continue to have direct access to all their resources as usual, even during the maintenance window.

Pithos+ will also remain up.

We are sorry for the inconvenience,
the ~okeanos team

Hello ~okeanos alpha users,

We are happy to announce that we are increasing the maximum disk size to 40GB for everyone, starting today!

From now on, you will find a new disk size option of "40GB" on the second step of the "New Machine" wizard. This option will be available for all your new Virtual Machines. This means more space to host more applications, and more content.

Enjoy and use wisely :)

the ~okeanos team

Connectivity to ~okeanos VMs and the Cyclades UI has been restored since last night. We apologize for the unexpected inconvenience and we assure you that we take every possible measure to maintain high levels of availability, even during this development and testing (alpha) phase of the service.

the ~okeanos team

P.S: Your VMs stayed intact the whole time, only connectivity was lost, so you should be able to find them as you left them. If you notice something unusual, please contact us at: support@okeanos.grnet.gr