Dear ~okeanos users,

We'd like to inform you about scheduled upgrade on ~okeanos service between 09:00 EET and 17:00 EET on Wednesday, July 03.

Your VMs and Pithos+ files should remain unaffected. The upgrade is expected to cause minor disruptions to the ~okeanos service. Astakos, Cyclades and Pithos+ Web UIs and their APIs will be unavailable for the duration of the upgrade.

No loss of connectivity is expected for the VMs.

Thanks for your understanding,
the ~okeanos team

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