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Our current projects (not in any particular order)
  • Documentation (HOW-TOs/FAQs)
  • Backups (Multi-department Tape Library System)
  • New scheduler for Astronomy cluster
  • Graduate student database for front office
  • Astronomy SAN Implementation
  • Server and Network Monitoring System
  • New collaborative mail server (Zimbra or Outlook)
  • VPN (Accessing data from wireless securely and simply)
  • GridFTP implementation for Astronomy
  • LDAP Upgrade (new hardware and better software)
  • PAB networking upgrade (new switches to replace 8 year old building switches)
  • 10 Teraflop cluster proposal for INT
  • Condor upgrade for Astronomy, Condor implementation for INT
  • INT print server, file server, and Access Grid node
  • Upgrade trouble ticketing system
  • Service level agreement with the departments
Projects completed by PACS Team
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  • Faculty workstation initiative desktops
  • SPAM control and mail server upgrade (greylisting spam assassin)
  • Physics shop upgrades (upgrade of workflow software, new servers, new desktops)
  • Physics classroom lab upgrades (new desktops, new software)
  • Server room upgrades (cooling, power, and organization)
  • RedHat 4 upgrades
  • Helped graduate students with 2007 STF proposals
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