What computing resources are available?
The Physics Department offers two computing environments: a Linux system based on the Scientific Linux distribution and a Microsoft Windows system. Our desktops run Windows Vista. The JRM Lab has also transitioned from its old reliable VAX VMS based data-acquisition system to a new one based on Debian Linux. These systems all share an interoperable sign-on and file system, so you can access your information on any of them from any of them. The Linux system is used exclusively for scientific computing. Our theory groups also maintain their own Linux clusters for heavy-duty number-crunching. There are now many Windows servers, running Windows Server 2003 in clusters for high availability. Some of those visible to the users are discussed below. These servers are now being transitioned to virtualized Windows 2008 Servers running on a blade system. The file server, called Trajan (presumably after Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, a Roman emperor of the first century), administers our disk storage sys
