SCS Systems Infrastructure

SCS Central Services

We operate approximately 30 servers for core internet services, using primarily Sun and generic Intel-compatible servers.

• electronic mail, utilizing IMAP4 and POP3 standards, with SSL security and SMTP authentication, including a web mail client, and incorporating spam and virus filtering

• a web server platform that supports both the SCS web site and "personal" sites for our users

• a primary file server platform, with over 5TB of user and research space in a RAID5 configuration, plus over 3TB of scratch space, built as a high-availability "failover" server pair

• backup of the primary file server platform using SuperDLT320 drives housed in a Quantum robotic tape library. All of this equipment is associated with a dedicated backup server.
• Domain Name Service

Network

SCS networking is built on a Cisco backbone, providing Gigabit connectivity to a switching infrastructure and key servers. Most systems, including desktops, are connected via 100 megabit Ethernet.

SCS offices in the Dirac Science Library have (in most cases) two Category 3 lines for phones and two Category 5E lines for Ethernet over twisted pair.

Wireless connectivity is available throughout Dirac Science Library; 802.11b is fully supported, 802.11a is available in some sections, and 802.11g is planned for the future.

The SCS backbone connects to the campus backbone via dual Gigabit interfaces.

The campus-wide backbone is built primarily of Cisco equipment, using largely Gigabit Ethernet technology. The campus network joins SCS to various campus computing resources, including the Computer Science Department Sun network, the Meteorology computer systems, the Physics Department clusters, the FSU/FAMU College of Engineering networks, the National High Field Magnetic Laboratory, the Center for Oceanic-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Academic Computing and Network Services as well as the rest of campus. The network provides access to regional, national, and worldwide networks via multiple links and providers; key interconnects include ESnet, Internet2, FIRN and Floridanet (and soon, the National and Florida Lamda Rail).

SCS Centers of Support

Centers of Support are defined as distinct SCS computational facilities that require significant and persistent technical oversight and some level of direct faculty involvement. To learn more about SCS Centers of Support click on the link associated with each Center or send a message to the Center of Support contact.

Other Facilities, Equipment and Resources

The Isotope laboratory at Florida State University and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has all necessary equipment and facilities for chemical and isotopic analyses of various types of samples, which includes vacuum lines, a Finnigan MAT Delta S Stable Isotope Ratio Mass spectrometer, a Finnigan MAT 262RPQ thermal ionization mass spectrometer, IsoLab? 54, and a Finnigan Element ICP MS.

The Wetland Ecology Program of the Florida A&M University has a well-equipped wet chemistry laboratory dedicated to the plant and soil analysis. The laboratory is under the direction of Dr. Y. P. Hsieh. The major equipment includes: Environflow 3000 autoanalyzer for nutrient analysis of water samples, Antek C, N and S elemental analyzer, Dionex ion chromatography system, Orion automatic titration system, Autoclave, Glove-box, Distillation and diffusion apparatus for reduced sulfur analysis.

User Comments

There should be a link, through the twiki, from the main table, to the mail archives relating to the system status. At the same location, there should be the emergency phone number to contact somebody if necessary (somebody from TSG).

-- GordonErlebacher - 16 Jul 2005

• Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = TechHelpAdminGroup

Last changed: 19 Oct 2005