n house computing capabilities in the Department of Chemistry comprise of the following services offered to faculty, staff, grad students, post docs. These are available 24/7 on servers located in Chemistry Building.
- Departmental E-mail Service
- DHCP Service (leases IP#s to machines in the building)
- Domain Name Service (converts hosts to IP#s)
- Secure File Sharing
- Secure Shell
- Webserver (http://chem..wayne.edu)
- Secure Webserver (https://chem.wayne.edu)
- Webmail support for web based email connectivity (http://chem.wayne.edu/mail)
- Server based Cambridge Database (searchable small molecules database) on Solaris 9
In addition 2 chemistry computer labs, located in #9 South and #9 North in the basement of the chemistry department, are available for teaching and are fully supported throughout the semester. These labs are equipped with the following:
- 20 G4
- 33 IMac
- High Resolution projection equipment
- Unix station for NMR training
- Printers
- Both teaching labs are connected on a secured subnet behind a firewall providing protection from outside malicious attacks
- Both labs are configured offering students and professors file sharing capability using a server located in Room 9
- 50 New computers are scheduled to arrive, etc
Support Service & Service Charges
In addition to maintaining the labs and the departmental network operational we daily troubleshoot user problems throughout the chemistry department. User base includes faculty, staff, grad students, post docs. Support varies in scope and may include a simple few minute instruction of a user on how to complete a task to major system crashes requiring complete rebuilding of systems, reconfiguration, etc. The major disasters typically occur on computers driving critical instruments. In those cases close collaboration with the manufacturers is required in order to reconfigure the software to the optimal specs required for particular research application.
In cases of severe computer/server troubles requiring immediate attention, (especially cases where uptime is vital) after hours servicing is never a problem.
External usage of computer personnel is possible (University, External, Corporate). Contact CIF Director, Dr. David M. Coleman for information, fee structure, etc.
