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

该项目将提供一个现代化的计算平台，以促进阿奇博尔德生物站(Archbold)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，是佛罗里达州中部的一个非营利性独立研究机构，致力于长期的生态研究。工作人员、访问调查人员和学生主要对威尔士湖山脉和邻近的佛罗里达州中部的生物和环境进行研究。该设施的使用通常是密集的。研究的优势领域是种群生态学和保护生物学，强调物种和生态系统过程之间的关系。补充性教育计划包括为毕业生和本科生提供研究培训，在大学课堂上使用，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丛保护区和10300英亩的牧场景观上提供研究区域和生物，为研究和教育提供支持。空间站的综合基础设施--物种多样性、土地、长期数据、易用性、参考资料收集、消防和土地管理--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、内联网以及局域网和广域网技术整合到阿奇博尔德的活动中。该设计在逻辑上可以分为四(1-4)个主要计算子系统：(1)将广域网连接到互联网的电信和互连网络子系统；(2)互联网存在或万维网接口子系统，以结合可通过WWW应用程序、电子邮件和FTP(用于远程位置之间的高效数据传输)访问的ArchboldTM活动。阿奇博尔德建议选择微软的NT 4.0作为服务器平台，其基础是对当前性能和功能的回顾以及对行业长期前景的分析；(3)局域网(LAN)子系统，包括物理主干和单个工作站布线，以连接新的科学局域网和现有的行政局域网；(4)广域网子系统(WAN)，其(LAN)扩展到非现场设施和拨号上网；以及(5)小型阁楼改造，以容纳车站新的计算机信息中心；以及(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.