A Server for the Caltech Astronomy Department's Computer Facility

需要资金帮助加州理工学院天文学系的计算设施从基于大型机的配置过渡到基于工作站服务器模型的配置。 NSF 资金将用于购买一台主服务器和一些外围设备。 拟议的配置将有利于较小的团体，主要是光学和仪器团体，其中许多团体由年轻的教员领导。 这些群体有资源购买一两个工作站，但没有昂贵的外围设备，如高质量磁带驱动器、打印机等。更重要的是，在分布式计算机系统中，维护（包括定期升级 IRAF、PROS、AIPS、Figaro 和公共图书馆等常用软件）变得很困难。 配备正确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.