The
School of Computing has a wide range of computing equipment to support
all its staff and students.
Servers
The School of Computing provides multi-tiered file storage, web, printing, email and computation services to its staff and student users. These services run on diverse hardware platforms ranging from Intel-based 1U servers to the enterprise level UltraSparc servers. Our hardware comprise 4 Sunfire E4800 mid-frame servers, 26 Sunfire V480R servers, 2 Sunfire V1280R servers, 2 Sunfire V280R workgroup servers, 4 Sun T2000 servers, a 100+ node Linux-based Compute Cluster and a host of other UltraSparc, Intel and AMD64-based machines running either Solaris or Linux. We also operate 2 tape libraries, Sun StorEdge L180 and Sun StorEdge L500 for our enterprise backup requirements.
SoC users log onto E4800s for their UNIX-based general computing needs. All other services can be accessed from these hosts.
Infrastructural services such as web, printing, and email are provided by Sun V480Rs and Sun T2000s.
To
facilitate running compute intensive jobs, the School operates a Linux based compute cluster of more than 100 32-bit and 64-bit Intel/AMD nodes.
Personal Computers
School of Computing has many personal computers (mainly running
Windows XP), located in various laboratories and offices. Most PCs
use the campus-wide NUSNET-IV local area network and need authentication
based on Windows technology.
The
School operates about 16 Windows servers some of which are domain
controllers of the "computing" domain. The Windows servers
provides such services as:staff and student
NUSNET file and print services, Windows-based web server for student
projects and research and other student and administrative services.
In
addition to these common resources, individual research labs and
research projects have their own computing facilities for research
purposes.
Network
The
School operates a high speed fully switched network connecting over
2200 computers with 10/100Mbps Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet. Fully
redundant fault-tolerant firewalls, routers, switches and network
servers provide users with maximumnetwork availability. The network
provides access to resources and services notonly of the School
but also to that provided by the computer centre and the central
library. The campus and School networks are connected to the Internet,
the worldwide network providing access to global information resources.
A large 56K dialup modem pool and VPN concentrator is available
for remote access. The Secure Plug and Play network facilitates
mobile computing on campus. The School is fully covered by a Wireless
LAN which complements the existing wired network to provide users
with a truly ubiquitous mobile computing environment. The online
Network Operations Centre provides fault management, network documentation,
troubleshooting information and self-service applications.
Student
Laboratories
The School of Computing has several teaching laboratories which
supplement classroom teaching. These Laboratories include: Logic
Lab, Microcomputer Lab, Graphics Lab, Media Lab, Data Communication
and Networking Lab, Operating System Lab, PC Lab, Embedded Systems
Lab, plus several workstation Labs, Computation Labs and Programming
Labs.
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Last Modified on: 09 October 2007
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