Sun Academic Excellence Grant (AEG)

Award: EDUD-7824-080234-US, $40,860

Date: December 2007

Equipment

• Sun T5220 server
• 2x - SunRay 2 Thin Client
• 7x - SunRay 270 Integrated Thin Client / Monitor
• 1x - SunRay 2 FS Thin Client (dual screen capable)
• 10x - Keyboard / Mouse
• 10x - SunRay Server Licenses

Overview

We will be using the equipment directly in support of Lockdown with the T5220 acting as a primary submission server for Lockdown agent as well as the primary node for database parsing (32 GB of memory on the T5220). In addition, the server will act as our new primary SunRay server as we migrate our old SunRay server (unicron.cse.nd.edu) to serve as a database / large memory simulation node. The SunRay thin clients will serve both as the subject of research (how do they differ from traditional nodes from a flow perspective, how do they look from an efficiency perspective) as well as the primary workstation for our upcoming site REU.

We will be running Solaris 10 with ZFS on the server as well as our beta version of the Solaris Lockdown agent (eXpiscor gathering only). The server will be initially housed in either Fitzpatrick or Cushing to be eventually moved downtown to Union Station relying on the wonderful WANRay aspects of the Sun Ray 4 Server software and the new Sun Ray 2 clients. We will also be testing the Windows and Linux linkages for bringing in applications which should be quite exciting to see if we can extend this to our general Engineering cluster in the first floor of Fitzpatrick.

The SunRay 2FS will replace the existing thin client on Dr. Striegel's desk and will fully transition Dr. Striegel to Sun Ray 2 clients at work and at home.

Pictures

Pictures of the equipment (to be added)

Pictures of the equipment in use (to be added)