Upgrade of the CERI Student Computing Laboratory

0949319威尔斯这笔赠款支持孟菲斯大学地震研究与信息中心(CERI)学生研究计算设施的升级。将收购的具体设备包括：1)配备12 GB内存和4 TB RAID5磁盘存储的Apple Dual Quadcore X服务器；2)10台Apple MacPro工作站；3)14 TB文件服务器；以及4)4台Apple iMac。CERI现有的Sun/Solaris网络与Unix网络信息服务(NIS)和网络文件系统(NFS)协议互连，PC/XP网络与微软活动目录(AD)网络服务互连，以及Apple/OSX网络没有正式互连。新的苹果硬件和软件将允许MacOSX和Solaris网络使用标准的Unix工具(包括NIS和NFS)完全连接。学生计算设施的升级将使CERI的计算资源与教员计算资源同质化，从而简化系统管理。该设备将支持依靠地震学和全球定位系统大地测量研究地壳结构和岩石圈动力学的学生和PI研究。目前，由美国国家科学基金会支持的研究范围从美国中大陆到南极洲，正准备促进对地球上勘测较少的地区地壳结构的了解。(南极洲)，了解冰冻圈和水文负荷对巴塔哥尼亚地壳的影响，并由此推断地壳和上地幔流变学，并提高我们对密西西比河流域地震灾害和相关减灾战略的认识。计算设备将由两名现有的全职系统管理员提供支持。该设备将支持两名早期职业女性地球科学家的研究和研究培训目标。*

0949319WithersThis grant supports upgrade of the student research computational facilities at the Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI) at the University of Memphis. Specific equipment to be acquired includes: 1) an Apple dual quadcore Xserver with 12GB of RAM and 4TB of RAID5 disk storage; 2) 10 Apple MacPro workstations; 3) a 14 Tb file server; and 4) 4 Apple iMacs. CERI has an existing a Sun/Solaris network interconnected with UNIX Network Information Service (NIS) and Network File System (NFS) protocols, a PC/XP network interconnected with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) network services, and an Apple/OSX network that are not formally interconnected. The new Apple hardware and software will allow fully connectivity between the MacOSX and Solaris networks using standard UNIX tools including NIS and NFS. The student computing facilities upgrade will homogenize compute resources at CERI with faculty computational resources thus simplifying systems administration. The equipment will support student and PI research that relies on seismological and GPS geodetic observations for studies of crustal structure and lithospheric dynamics. Currently NSF-supported studies ranging from the U.S. mid-continent to Antarctica are poised to advance understanding of crustal structure in sparsely surveyed areas of the globe (vis. Antarctica), understanding of the effects of cryosphere and hydrological loading on the Patagonian crust and by inference crustal and upper mantle rheology, and improve our appreciation of seismic hazards and related mitigation strategies in the Mississippi River Valley. The computational equipment will be supported by two existing full time systems administrators. The equipment will support the research and research training objectives of two early career female geoscientists.***