This notice is to announce the retirement of the EZ-Snapshot service effective Monday, November 3rd, 2025.  Sometimes referred to as EZ-Backup, the service was created in 2006 using enterprise-class tape backup technology and was used to backup departmental, research and individual servers and workstations.  It has fallen out of use in the past several years, having been replaced by a modern disk-based backup solution.

There is currently no active use of the system, with most former clients being inactive for years. In fact, most of those client systems themselves no longer exist.  Due to the proprietary nature of data storage in the system, any data remaining in the system after shutdown will become irretrievable.  Any questions or concerns please submit a Support Request at https://itssc.rpi.edu