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Department Servers

The department operates the following servers and specialized hardware:

Hercules

Machine Name: hercules.cs.uregina.ca
Machine Type: Virtual Machine on Dell R530 hardware
Operating System: Scientific Linux v6.8 (a whiteboxed RedHat Enterprise Linux)
Capacity: 6 x vCPUs, 48GB RAM; 200 GB disk                                                                                           

This is the main undergraduate UNIX file and login server for the undergraduates. It is a virtual machine running on Neptune (VM host).

Neptune

Machine Name: neptune.cs.uregina.ca
Machine Type: Dell R530
Operating System: Linux
Capacity: 10(20 HT) core x "Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 2.30GHz"; 128 GB Memory; 9.6TB total disk capacity

This is the main undergraduate UNIX/Linux server hosting a virtualized environment for the department. It is located in the AdHum Data Centre. Provides file storage, software, and many other services to students.

Poseidon

Machine Name: poseidon.cs.uregina.ca
Machine Type: Dell R530
Operating System: Linux
Capacity: 10(20 HT) core x "Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 2.30GHz"; 64 GB Memory; 9.6TB total disk capacity.

It is the fail-over (backup) host for Neptune, which is the main undergraduate UNIX/Linux server. Located in the AdHum 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.

This is the main UNIX login server for the faculty, staff, and grad students.
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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