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Technology Services Research Servers

  • Overview
  • Servers managed by VCU Technology Services for research
  • Servers managed by VCU Center for High Performance Computing
  • Why use a central server?

 

Overview

VCU's Technology Services (TS) has a variety of computer resources dedicated to research.  These resources include specialized Unix and Windows servers that are available to VCU faculty, staff and students to support research.  These central facilities are available to researchers in their offices, departments and labs.  Most resources may be accessed off-campus.

 

Servers managed by VCU Technology Services for research:

      For use by...

Server

Purpose
Sensitive
  Data?

Platform
Faculty/
  Staff
  Grad
Student
Undergrad 
  Student

Affiliates
 App2GoAccess to
Windows research applications
 NoWindows
Citrix
 Yes Yes YesNo
 compileCompiling No Linux Yes Yes YesRequires faculty sponsor
 koti             
SAS, compiling & IMSL for sensitive data Yes Solaris YesRequires faculty sponsorRequires faculty sponsorRequires faculty sponsor
 mySQLDatabase No      Linux Yes No NoRequires departmental sponsorship
SQL Server Database Yes Windows Yes No NoRequires departmental sponsorship

 

Why use a central server?

  • More computing power than a desktop or laptop
  • Access to software
  • Data is stored in centralized location and is backed up daily
  • Collaborate with other account holders




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