Department Servers

The department operates the following servers and specialized hardware:

Hercules

Machine Name: hercules.cs.uregina.ca.
Machine Type: Sun Microsystems Enterprise 250 Model 1400
Operating System: Unix - Solaris 9
Capacity: 2 x "Sun UltraSPARC-II" 400 MHz CPU; 2 GB Memory - 10 GB of virtual memory; 144 GB disk

It is the main undergraduate UNIX login server for the department.
It is located in the Data Centre.

Venus

Machine Name: venus.cs.uregina.ca.
Machine Type: Dell R510 server
Operating System: Linux - Scientific Linux (a whiteboxed RedHat Enterprise Linux)
Capacity: Dual Xeon X5570 2.93GHz, Quad core, 64-bit, Hyperthreaded CPU; 16GB Memory - 32GB Virtual memory; 1.5TB Disk.

It is the main UNIX login server for the faculty, staff, and grad students.
It is located in the Data Centre.

SSD1/SSD2

Machine Name: ssd1.cs.uregina.ca/ssd2.cs.uregina.ca.
Machine Type: A matched pair of Sun Microsystems V240 servers
Operating in a failover configuration
Operating System: Unix - Solaris 9
Capacity: 2 x "Sun UltraSPARC-IIIi" 1Ghz CPU; 8GB Memory - 24GB virtual memory; 36GB of disk.

These servers power the SunRay Thin-Clients in CL136. They are located in the Data Centre.

McServer

Machine Name: mcserver.cs.uregina.ca.
Machine Type: Apple Xserve
Operating System: OS/X 10.6.8
Capacity: 2 x "Quad-Core Intel Xeon" 2.8Ghz CPU; 8GB Memory - 16GB virtual memory; 3TB of disk.

This server provides login authentication, remote desktops, and home directories for the UDML lab (Cl135). It is located in the Data Centre.

Service Aliases

  • ftp.cs.uregina.ca - Anonymous FTP
  • www.cs.uregina.ca - Departmental Web Server
  • www2.cs.uregina.ca - User Web Server
  • mail.cs.uregina.ca - SMTP Server for Faculty, Grad Students, and Staff
  • mailhost.cs.uregina.ca - POP/IMAP Server for Faculty, Grad
  • timelord.cs.uregina.ca - Tier II Time Server accessible to UofR

Other Unix Servers and Workstations

The department supports a number of other Unix workstations and servers for various research groups within the department. These are located in the data centre and in various research labs.



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