Computing Resources

Compute Servers

Server Name tinky-winky wallace preston
Access Staff and All Students Staff and Research Students Staff and Research Students
CPUs Dual Intel Xeon 2.4GHz Processors Dual Intel Xeon 2.4GHz Processors 4 x 450MHz UltraSPARC-II Processors
Memory 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Operating System Centos 5 Centos 5 Solaris 8

Clusters

  Lab Cluster Research Cluster
Access All Staff and Students Registered users only
Available Nodes All the workstations in UG04 (approx. 110) 44 (22 x dual CPU nodes)
Node Specifications Pentium IV 2.4GHz Processor
512MB RAM		 2 x 1.6GHz Athlon MP 1900+ Processors
1GB RAM
Types of Job Supported Batch, Interactive and Parallel Batch, Interactive and Parallel
Parallel Environments Supported Parallel make and MPICH Parallel make, MPICH and LAM/MPI
Job Restrictions Jobs can only run for up to 14 days
and should not use more than 300MB of memory		 No restrictions

Research Robotics

See http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/resources/courses/robotics/research/ for more information.

  • K-Team Khepera I
  • Activmedia Pioneer I
  • iRobot B21r

Desktop PCs (Typical Specification)

  • Intel Core i3/i5 processor
  • 4GB RAM
  • 160GB Hard Disk
  • DVD-ROM
  • Dual boot Windows 7 and Linux
  • Microsoft Office

Shared Resources

  • Colour and BW laser printers (duplex and high volume printer available)
  • Networked photocopiers
  • Resource PCs with CD Writer and A4 scanner
  • CD Duplicator
  • Form Scanner

Commercial Software

  • Allegro Common Lisp
  • FDR
  • Matlab
  • Maple
  • Microsoft development tools (available through MSDN AA)
  • Probe
  • Sicstus Prolog
  • SPSS

Networking

  • Ethernet network wired throughout the building
  • Multiple network points in all offices and meeting rooms for connection of desktop machines and laptops
  • High-speed link to the campus and the Internet (via SuperJANET)
  • Wireless networking throughout whole building

Services

  • Central file server (1GB limit for staff/research students)
  • E-mail - IMAP (quota-ed inbox)
  • Web servers (School, student and staff applications)
  • PostgreSQL database servers (for teaching and research/application development)
  • Subversion (Version Control) server