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Welcome to Distributed Computing Services
OIT's Distributed Computing Services (DCS) group is responsible for
providing primary support for "Glue," a distributed, general-purpose
computing environment that is the foundation upon which the
University's Unix/Linux infrastructure is built. From OIT production
servers to high performance
computing (HPC) clusters to departmental workstations to thin
clients, this framework allows DCS to centrally manage more than
750 physical and virtual computers running either the Sun Solaris
or Red Hat Linux operating system. Mission-critical applications
(for instance, Ares and Testudo), academic and research
tools (e.g., TerpConnect
and GRACE), HPC
packages, productivity suites, shared printing, and network-accessible home
directories are just some of the resources that comprise this
environment. DCS staff members provide 24x7 support for the underlying
hardware, operating system, and overall security (including University
Kerberos authentication). They are also available to consult with
researchers, developers, and end-users, as well as to assist the OIT
Help Desk in answering Unix/Linux-related questions.
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