A Central Shared Computer Resource for Molecular and Cellular Biology

分子和细胞生物学的中央共享计算机资源

• 批准号: 9318128
• 负责人: P. Ross Smith
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: New York University Medical Center
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-04-15 至 1997-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9318128&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Central; Shared; Computer; Resource; Molecular

9318128 Smith The purpose of this proposal is to generate funds to upgrade our VAX 6000-410 computer to a DEC 7000-610, to increase our disk space by adding new SCSI disks, to purchase fiber-optic hub equipment allowing the new computer to be connected directly to the Medical Center's fiber-optic network, and to add two new X-terminals and a color printer for public use. The computer currently functions as a shared central resource within the Medical Center providing data bank storage and computing power for nearly all research scientists at the Medical Center whose work involves molecular biology. The current machine is overwhelmed by the rapidly increasing number of users, and the rapid growth of the molecular biology databases. Additionally, the resource is required to fill an expanding role as a file and compute server for a rapidly growing number of users who are choosing to purchase high power Macintoshes, IBM-PCs and workstations, in addition to serving a large group of peer reviewed and funded projects requiring basic computing facilities. The goal of our shared resource is to enhance current services and to provide new facilities, some of which are under development in the Medical Center. These resources consist of new databases, tools for the analysis of molecular structure, and selected image processing tools and resources. Our goal is to support research on biological structure at all levels from the molecular to the cellular. The PI and the CoPIs are currently--and will continue to be- -major users of the computer system. They share a commitment to a shared computing resource and are involved in projects that will enhance its value to the Medical Center and the broader international research community.

9318128史密斯这项建议的目的是筹集资金，将我们的VAX6000-410计算机升级到DEC7000-610，通过增加新的SCSI盘来增加我们的磁盘空间，购买光纤集线器设备，使新计算机能够直接连接到医疗中心的光纤网络，并增加两个新的X终端和一台供公众使用的彩色打印机。这台计算机目前在医学中心内作为共享的中央资源，为医学中心几乎所有从事分子生物学工作的研究科学家提供数据库、存储和计算能力。快速增长的用户数量和快速增长的分子生物学数据库使当前的机器不堪重负。此外，除了为一大批需要基本计算设施的同行审查和资助的项目提供服务外，还需要这些资源来为选择购买高性能Macintoshes、IBM-PC和工作站的快速增长的用户填补文件和计算服务器的不断扩大的角色。我们共享资源的目标是加强现有服务并提供新设施，其中一些设施正在医疗中心开发中。这些资源包括新的数据库、用于分析分子结构的工具以及选定的图像处理工具和资源。我们的目标是支持从分子到细胞的所有层面的生物结构研究。私营部门和警察组织目前是--并将继续是--计算机系统的主要用户。他们共同致力于共享计算资源，并参与了将提高其对医学中心和更广泛的国际研究社区的价值的项目。