
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">On the 13th of November between 10:30-11:30 am (GMT) the following Ensembl services will have reduced functionality.</span></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><a href="http://ensembl.org" class="">ensembl.org</a></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><a href="http://plants.ensembl.org" class="">plants.ensembl.org</a></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><a href="http://metazoa.ensembl.org" class="">metazoa.ensembl.org</a></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><a href="http://fungi.ensembl.org" class="">fungi.ensembl.org</a></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><a href="http://protists.ensembl.org" class="">protists.ensembl.org</a></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><a href="http://bacteria.ensembl.org" class="">bacteria.ensembl.org</a></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><a href="http://www.ensembl.org/info/about/mirrors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 71, 140); text-decoration: none !important; outline: none !important;" class="">Ensembl mirrors</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><a href="http://trackhubregistry.org" class="">trackhubregistry.org</a></span></li></ul><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span id="more-12109" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">If you access Ensembl through our <a href="http://www.ensembl.org/info/about/mirrors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 71, 140); text-decoration: none !important; outline: none !important;" class="">mirrors</a> (useast, uswest or asia at the beginning of the URL), there will be no access to tools (for example VEP and BLAST). If you use the main sites (www), there will be no access to BioMart, tools, personal accounts or personal data. All other services operated by Ensembl are expected to continue to operate without degradation but there is a chance we may experience some failures of service. Full functionality will be restored after 11:30 am (GMT).</span></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-top: 26px; margin-bottom: 13px; font-size: 30px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><b style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Why are our services going down?</b></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">We are performing a “fire-drill” test where we are testing the back-up of a number of our resources to ensure they are operating as expected. This is being conducted ahead of a much longer downtime period planned for the first half of 2020. The aim is to avoid major disruption in 2020 by causing a smaller disruption now.</span></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-top: 26px; margin-bottom: 13px; font-size: 30px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><b style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Can I find more information about the 2020 downtime?</b></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Once we have more information available we will make you aware via our <a href="http://www.ensembl.info/" class="">blog site</a>, these mailing lists and our <a href="https://twitter.com/ensembl" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 71, 140); text-decoration: none !important; outline: none !important;" class="">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Ensembl.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 71, 140); text-decoration: none !important; outline: none !important;" class="">Facebook</a> accounts.</span></p><div class="">

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