Duke Statistics Computer Inventory
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Public Machines
The following machines are provided by Duke Statistics for purposes of graduate computing and research. If you have any problems, please report them to help@stat.duke.edu. Please be sure to note which machine.
Private Machines
The following machines are the primary research tool of the faculty member listed in the User column. For large jobs, you should request permission from the user.
Staff Machines
The following machines are used by the staff of the department. They are not available for use by others.
Servers
| Name | Birthday | CPU Model | CPU Clock | Memory | Make/Model | Storage | Duties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| what | January 2003 | Intel Xeon | 2.0 GHz | 1536 MB | Dell PowerEdge 2650 | 265 GB SCSI RAID5 | |
| which | March 2003 | Intel Xeon | 2.4 GHz | 1024 MB | Dell PowerEdge 2650 | 265 GB SCSI RAID5 | /home, samba pdc |
| when | 2005 | Intel Xeon | 2 x 2.8 GHz | 1024 MB | Dell PowerEdge 2650 | 36 GB SCSI RAID1 | dns, nis, mail, web |
| how | 2005 | Intel Xeon | 2 x 2.8 GHz | 1024 MB | Dell PowerEdge 2650 | 36 GB SCSI RAID1 | cups, kdc, syslog, dhcp, nis |
| archie | 2009 | Dual Quad-Core Intel Xeon | 2.53 GHz | 8192 MB | Dell PowerEdge R400 | 140 GB SAS RAID1 2 x 1TB SAS RAID0 |
backups |
| scribe | 2009 | Dual Quad-Core Intel Xeon | 2.50 GHz | 4096 MB | Dell PowerEdge 1950 III | 73 GB SAS RAID1 15 x 1 TB SAS (2 x RAID6) |
data storeage |
Explanation of Duties
At the risk of over-explanation...
- backup
- maintains backup tapes of all important data
- cups — Common Unix Printing System
- manages print jobs
- dhcp — Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- provies DHCP service for laptops, printers, and Windows machines
- dns — Domain Name System
- serves DNS zones {isds,stat}.duke.edu and provides caching nameservice
- nis
- manages user and group databases for Unix machines
- /home
- serves users home directories via nfs and samba
- kdc — Kerberos Key Distribution Center
- performs authentication for Unix systems and network services
- license
- manages software licenses (e.g. S-PLUS, Mathematica, Matlab)
- receives, sends, and serves email via SMTP, IMAP, and NFS
- samba pdc — Primary Domain Controller
- manages user information and authentication for Windows machines
- /proj
- serves research project directories via nfs and samba
- web
- serves websites and anonymous FTP ({www,ftp}.{stat,isds}.duke.edu)