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，以便利阿赫博尔德生物站（阿赫博尔德）的研究和教育界进行广泛的交流，并使该站在因特网上积极存在，以加强研究合作。 阿赫博尔德成立于1941年，是位于佛罗里达中部的一个非营利的独立研究机构，致力于长期的生态研究。 工作人员，访问调查员和学生进行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。 使用该设施往往是激烈的。 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。 补充教育计划包括研究生和本科生的研究培训，大学班级的使用，以及K-12环境教育。 阿赫博尔德支持研究和教育，提供访问其5,000英亩的全球重要灌木保护区，这是美国最具特色的地区之一，以及10,300英亩的牧场景观 空间站的综合基础设施--物种多样性、土地、长期数据、易于访问、参考资料收集、火灾和土地管理--是其最大的资产。 该项目将支持一个计算机联网系统，将因特网、内联网、局域网和广域网技术纳入阿赫博尔德的活动。该设计在逻辑上可以分为四（1-4）个主要计算子系统：（1）电信互联子系统，用于将广域网连接到因特网;（2）因特网存在或万维网接口子系统，用于合并可经由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）访问的阿赫博尔德活动。 阿赫博尔德根据对当前性能和功能的审查以及对工业长期前景的分析，建议选择微软的NT 4.0作为服务器平台;（3）局域网（LAN）子系统，包括物理主干和单个工作站布线，以桥接新的科学LAN与现有的管理LAN;（4）广域网子系统（WAN），带有（LAN）扩展到场外设施和拨号;以及（5）一个小阁楼转换，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.