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Joe St Sauver, Ph.D.
Director, User Services and Network Applications
joe@uoregon.edu
Like the old Darkwing, the new shell server is also a Sun, but unlike the old server (which used SPARC processors), the new server has four dual core Opteron 875 2.2GHz processors and 16GB of RAM. The new server runs Redhat Enterprise Linux with a 2.6.9 kernel for its operating system.
As described in the Winter 2005 Computing News architecture overview[1], the new shell server mounts its file systems from the university's new NetApp NearStore R200 filers.[2] We think you'll find it to be a fast and fun server that will help you get your work done efficiently and painlessly.
Q. When can I get at the new shell server? What's it called? How do I
get a username and password for the new shell server?
A. The new shell server is available now. You can connect to the new shell
server by logging in via ssh onto shell.uoregon.edu using your regular uoregon.edu
username and password.
Q. Will the new shell server have the same programs that were on the old Darkwing?
A. In general, yes. We'd encourage you to log in to the new server and
confirm that the software you need is there. If what you need is not on the
shell server, please email consult@uoregon.edu or call Unix Consulting at 346-1758 so we can work to address that.
Q. What will happen to the old Darkwing?
A. Because we're paying increasingly expensive maintenance on the aging "classic
Darkwing," we'd like to take the old Darkwing out of service as
soon as possible, hopefully by this summer.
Q. How does the new shell server relate to the academic compute cluster, acad-cl0.uoregon.edu
?
A. The shell server is intended for general purpose work at the % shell prompt,
and the acad-cl0.uoregon.edu academic compute cluster is intended for computationally
intensive projects.
Q. What's the default shell on
shell.uoregon.edu? We're used to csh from the classic Darkwing, but the
normal Linux shell is bash. What will shell.uoregon.edu use?
A. The default on shell.uoregon.edu
is currently csh, but we hope to move to bash this summer. In the meantime,
if you don't like your default shell, you can ask that your default shell
be changed by emailing a shell change request to consult@uoregon.edu Please
note that because the password file is shared across multiple servers, the
shell you select for one server, such as shell.uoregon.edu, will also apply
to all other uoregon.edu servers (such as the acad-cl cluster hosts).
Q. I have additional questions or concerns about the new shell server or "classic
Darkwing"--who should I contact about those?
A. Feel free to call 346-1758 or email consult@uoregon.edu.
You should also feel free to contact me directly at
joe@uoregon.edu or 346-1720.
[1] "The New Darkwing," http://cc.uoregon.edu/cnews/winter2005/darkwing.htm
[2] "The New NetApp NearStore R200 Filers," http://cc.uoregon.edu/cnews/spring2005/filers.htm