A Server for the Caltech Astronomy Department's Computer Facility

请拨资金帮助加州理工学院天文学系计算设施从基于主机的配置过渡到基于工作站-服务器模式的配置。NSF的资金将用于购买一台主服务器和几个外围设备。拟议的配置将使较小的团队受益，主要是光学和仪器设备团队，其中许多团队由年轻的教职员工领导。这些组织有资源购买一到两个工作站，但没有昂贵的外围设备，如高质量的磁带机、打印机等。更重要的是，在分布式计算机系统中，维护变得困难，包括定期升级常用软件，如IRAF、PROS、AIPS、Figaro和公共图书馆。配备得当的中央服务器为这两个问题提供了理想的解决方案。

Funds are requested to help the Caltech astronomy department computing facility make the transition from a mainframe-based configuration to one based on the workstation-server model. NSF funds are to be used to purchase a main server and several peripherals. The proposed configuration will benefit the smaller groups, mainly optical and instrumentation groups, many headed by younger members of the faculty. These groups have the resources to buy one or two workstations but not expensive peripherals like high quality tape drives, printers etc. More importantly, in a distributed computer system, maintenance, including regular upgrades of common software like IRAF, PROS, AIPS, Figaro, and public libraries, becomes difficult. A properly equipped central server provides an ideal solution to both these problems.