FSML: Computer Network Facilities Improvement at Archbold Biological Station, Florida

该计划将提供一个现代化的计算平台，促进阿奇博尔德生物站的研究和教育界的广泛交流，并为该站在互联网上提供积极的存在，以加强研究合作。阿奇博尔德成立于1941年，是佛罗里达州中部一个非营利性的独立研究机构，致力于长期的生态研究。工作人员、访问调查人员和学生的研究主要集中在威尔士湖岭和邻近的佛罗里达中部的生物和环境上。该设施的使用通常是密集的。研究优势领域是种群生态学和保护生物学，强调物种与生态系统过程之间的关系。辅助教育项目包括为毕业生和本科生提供的研究培训，供大学班级使用，以及K-12环境教育。阿奇博尔德通过在其5000英亩的全球重要灌木保护区和10300英亩的牧场景观上提供研究区域和生物的通道来支持研究和教育，这是美国最具特色的地区之一。该站的综合基础设施——物种多样性、土地、长期数据、易于获取、参考资料收集、火灾和土地管理——是它最大的资产。该项目将支持一个计算机网络系统，将互联网、内部网、本地和广域网技术集成到Archbold活动中。该设计在逻辑上可分为四（1-4）个主要的计算子系统：(1)电信与互联网络子系统，实现广域网与Internet的接口；(2) Internet存在或万维网接口子系统，通过www应用程序、电子邮件和FTP（用于远程位置之间的有效数据传输）合并Archbold活动。Archbold建议基于对当前性能和功能的回顾以及对行业长期前景的分析，选择微软的NT 4.0作为服务器平台；(3)局域网（LAN）子系统，包括物理主干和个人工作站布线，以桥接新的科学局域网与现有的行政局域网；(4)广域网子系统（WAN）与（LAN）扩展到场外设施和拨号；以及(5)一个小阁楼改造，以容纳车站的新计算机信息中心；(6)运营和管理计划。

This project will provide a modern computational platform to facilitate broad communication by the research and education community of Archbold Biological Station (Archbold), and provide an active presence for the station on the Internet to enhance research collaboration. Archbold, established in 1941, is a not- for-profit independent research facility in central Florida, dedicated to long-term ecological research. Staff, visiting investigators, and students conduct research primarily focused onthe organisms and environments of the Lake Wales Ridge and adjacent central Florida. Use of the facility is often intense. Areas of research strength are population ecology and conservation biologyemphasizing the relationship between species and ecosystem processes. Complementary education programs involve research training for graduates and undergraduates, use by college classes, and K-12 environmental education. Archbold supports research and education by providing access to study areas and organisms on its 5,000 acre globally significant scrub preserve, which is one of the most distinctive regions in the U.S., and a 10,300 acre ranch landscape. The station's integrated infrastructure- species diversity, land, long-term data, ease of access, reference collections, fire and land management-are its greatest asset. The project will support a computer networking system to integrate Internet, Intranet, and Local and Wide Area Networking technologies into Archbold activities. The design can be logically into four (1-4) primary computing subsystems:(1)Telecommunications & Internetworking Subsystem to interface the Wide Area Network to the Internet; (2) Internet Presence or World Wide Web Interface Subsystem to incorporate Archbold activities accessible via www applications, email, and FTP (for efficient data transfer between remote locations). Archbold proposes selection of Microsoft's NT 4.0 as a Server platform based on a review of current performance and funct ionality and analysis of the industry long- term outlook; (3) Local Area Network (LAN) Subsystem including the physical backbone and individual workstation wiring to bridge a new science LAN with the existing Administrative LAN; (4) Wide Area Network Subsystem (WAN) with (LAN) Extension to off-site facilities and Dial-up; as well as (5) a small attic conversion to accommodate a new computer Information Center at the station; and (6) an Operations and Management Plan.