Systems and Servers @ Cortland http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin Just another Blog.cortland.edu weblog Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:07:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 en Administrative Systems Update (given at the fall 2007 tech liaison meeting) http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/12/14/administrative-systems-update-given-at-the-fall-2007-tech-liaison-meeting/ http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/12/14/administrative-systems-update-given-at-the-fall-2007-tech-liaison-meeting/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:07:35 +0000 admin http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/12/14/administrative-systems-update-given-at-the-fall-2007-tech-liaison-meeting/  

Much effort and resources have been devoted the enterprise level storage for students, faculty and staff.  Administrative computing currently manages 16TB of space.  We have increased faculty network storage to 4GB per user, and will increase the space on a request by request basis. 

 

The Campus banner system will be moving to a new server, January 11, 2007.  There will be some brief downtime.

 

We are investigating how to best handle live broadcasting of events of the internet.  We are purchasing a new streaming server, to better serve this purpose.  We will be streaming events in QuickTime format, and making this videos archived in a variety of formats.  Faculty are encouraged to use the streaming server for their video needs.

 

We are in the process of setting up a new faculty web server.  This server will better grow in meeting the demands of online classes, vitas, portfolios and disseminating content via the web to the campus community.  We will be moving folders on an individual basis, and you can expect to be contacted by a systems analysts next semester.

 

We have started the process of implementing a portal system on campus, this will give us the ability to provide single sign-on, single source messaging, and webct banner integration.

]]> http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/12/14/administrative-systems-update-given-at-the-fall-2007-tech-liaison-meeting/feed/ Green Computing http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/10/03/green-computing/ http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/10/03/green-computing/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:18:08 +0000 admin http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/10/03/green-computing/ Wikipedia.org defines Green Computing as the study and practice of using computing resources efficiently.  We at SUNY Cortland are taking a serious approach to implementing new Enterprise applications to ensure we are doing so in an energy efficient manner.  We are constantly migrating from large servers, to smaller blade servers which use Smart Energy Technology to power up blades when the need it, and provide less power when the bladesThe Climate Savers Computing Initiative are idle.  We are also using Virtual Machines whenever possible, allowing many guest server to operate on a single host blade, drastically reducing our energy footprint. We are currently implementing Air Evacuation Units, to increase the cooling efficiency of the server room. This will allow our air conditioners to operate more efficiently while providing temperature and humidity control to all of the servers. We will also be exploring mechanisms to recycle servers and equipment by means of charity or retail recycling centers.

Links of Interest:

  • The Climate Savers Computing Initiative - committed to reducing the power consumption of computers by 50% by 2010
  • University at Buffalo’s guide to Green Computing
  • The Green Grid - Global consortium dedicated to developing and promoting energy efficiency for data centers and information service.

    • ]]>     http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/10/03/green-computing/feed/     Start of the semester http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/24/start-of-the-semester/ http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/24/start-of-the-semester/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:50:19 +0000 joshuap http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/24/start-of-the-semester/ As we gear up for the start of the semester, all of the summers hard works comes to light. We have implemented many new offerings and upgraded existing systems. Our Media streaming servers have gotten new software, we have added new blades to our infrastructure, and of course added a new blogging platform and a soon to be released Enterprise Wiki solution. We will continue to work on adding an expanding services, and if you have any questions or suggestion please do not hesitate to ask. Have a great opening!

    ]]>     http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/24/start-of-the-semester/feed/     Windows 98 Machines http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/10/windows-98-machines/ http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/10/windows-98-machines/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:55:57 +0000 joshuap http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/10/windows-98-machines/ We are going to a Native Windows 2003 Domain, which is much more secure and dependable that our existing structure.  Windows 98/me machines, which I refer to as Wintendo machines, will not longer be able to logon to the domain, or access shared folders.

    ]]>     http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/10/windows-98-machines/feed/     Windows Update Server http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/10/windows-update-server/ http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/10/windows-update-server/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:54:43 +0000 joshuap http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/10/windows-update-server/ We have installed a new windows update server, which “should” make administering windows patches a little easier. We have pushed the policy down through a group polciy so now one should be affected. If you feel you are not getting the necessary updates, please let someone know.

    ]]>     http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/10/windows-update-server/feed/     Campus Web Server Interuption… http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/09/campus-web-server-interuption/ http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/09/campus-web-server-interuption/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:27:42 +0000 joshuap http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/09/campus-web-server-interuption/ The campus web server (www.cortland.edu), was down for a period of time this morning.  It was chiefly related to a conversion, of a metal server, to a virtual appliance.  The switch completed as expected but had a few bumps along the way which required manual intervention.  Typically these jobs completed in the early morning hours.  We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

    ]]>     http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/09/campus-web-server-interuption/feed/     Web Servers go Virtual http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/08/web-servers-go-virtual/ http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/08/web-servers-go-virtual/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:50 +0000 joshuap http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/08/web-servers-go-virtual/ In an effort to consolidate and save energy we will be moving servers, starting with web servers into our virtual server environment. During the move the servers may be slightly sluggish, but rest assured their speed and dependability will be increased dramatically in the new environment.

    ]]>     http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/08/web-servers-go-virtual/feed/     New backups in town http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/08/new-backups-in-town/ http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/08/new-backups-in-town/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:59:27 +0000 joshuap http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/08/new-backups-in-town/ We have purchased new software so manager enterprise backups, this should increase accuracy and speed of network based backups.

    ]]>     http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/08/new-backups-in-town/feed/     Server Quotas Increase… http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/08/server-quotas-increase/ http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/08/server-quotas-increase/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:51:48 +0000 joshuap http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/08/server-quotas-increase/ In effort to keep pace with todays classroom activities, and to provide secure backuped storage facilities, we are raising “U” drive quotas to 4GBs.   We are investigating how to give students more data, we would very much value everyone’s input.  Currently students have 250MB of network storage.  If you need more storage, for your personal use or for a class activity please contact the Technology Help center.

    ]]>     http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/08/server-quotas-increase/feed/     Welcome http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/08/welcome/ http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/08/welcome/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:46:56 +0000 joshuap http://blog.cortland.edu/sysadmin/2007/08/08/welcome/ Systems Administration has come a long way at SUNY Cortland, the services we provide are vast and ever growing. We have a state of the art infrastructure, which allows to meet the technical needs of the college both administrative and academic.

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