Machine room2

University of Cambridge machine room

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fibre network routers for the machine room machines.
29 Nov 2006, 23:35
hermes traffic monitoring. each character represents an email passing through; each line one second. < and > are valid emails; all others are spam or emails to invalid addresses.
29 Nov 2006, 23:33
a root prompt on hermes. ph34r!
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machine room, general view of friendly exploit machines, and other assorted machines
29 Nov 2006, 23:32
lots of wiring
29 Nov 2006, 23:31
CUS
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general view of machine room; lone sun on far right is 131.111.8.42 ; central racks contain hermes warm backup, ready to go live in case the primary fails.
29 Nov 2006, 23:19
hermes overview
29 Nov 2006, 23:17
two more mail switch machines, plus another rack of hermes data disks.
29 Nov 2006, 23:17
from top down: hermes webmail server, hermes main software server, and a rack of hermes data disks.
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three out of hermes' 30 data disks
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ppsw -- the mail-switching part of hermes.
29 Nov 2006, 23:16
the new pilot university voip-telephone hub, to replace the old university exchange.
29 Nov 2006, 23:06
hermes tape backup machines. the lower machine is presently backing up hermes.
29 Nov 2006, 23:01
some machines which do some stuff.
29 Nov 2006, 22:56
managed website service and the shiny new 131.111.12.20
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friendly exploit machine; formally part of hermes.
29 Nov 2006, 22:53
half of the main machine room power supply, coming up from the UPS below
29 Nov 2006, 22:51
what would you like to announce on the pwf message of the day?
29 Nov 2006, 22:42
machines responsible for serving pwf home disks
29 Nov 2006, 22:41
emergency backup power supply to machine room
29 Nov 2006, 22:40
remote-access linux machines. notice condor_submit. Die, die, die!!!
29 Nov 2006, 22:39
condor servers for CamGRID. Die, die, die!!!
29 Nov 2006, 22:36
pwf backup tape drives; these are the bastards that caused the pwf downtime earlier this term!
29 Nov 2006, 22:33
remote controller hardware for driving eastnet.
29 Nov 2006, 22:30
individual fibres leading off to parts of east anglia fed by eastnet.
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eastnet: high speed internet provided to other universities in east anglia via ntl.
29 Nov 2006, 22:27
cambridge university's modem: superjanet 5
29 Nov 2006, 22:26
general view of network test stations. main janet connection visible back-left; eastnet connection back-right.
29 Nov 2006, 22:21
the front of the granta network hubs
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fibres emerging from the granta network hubs
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granta network hubs, each 2 Gbit, to the four corners of cambridge
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the hub of the cambridge internal phone network, plus photographer in reflection
29 Nov 2006, 22:16
a very cute little laptop
29 Nov 2006, 22:15
network test kit
29 Nov 2006, 22:15
magpie -- the university's dial-up ISP; now has only 75 users.
29 Nov 2006, 22:14
leased line internet to those foolish parts of the university which didn't originally sign up to be part of the granta network.
29 Nov 2006, 22:14
jackdaw
29 Nov 2006, 22:04
pelikan, an old data archive, shortly to be retired
29 Nov 2006, 22:03
another view of ant and bure, which run raven
29 Nov 2006, 21:59
S1-S6, the machines which run the university search engine
29 Nov 2006, 21:59
the university webcache
29 Nov 2006, 21:53
the university webserver
29 Nov 2006, 21:52
ant and bure, the machines which run raven
29 Nov 2006, 21:52
shopkeeper
29 Nov 2006, 21:50
managed website and wiki service
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131.111.8.42
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