SYSTEMS STATUS:
All systems are fully functional as of 5:59pm, Sunday January 20.
   For more information refer to the UW-Physics Monitoring System.
   For assistance, email the UW-Physics Help System.
   (Note that you must send mail from a .edu, .cern.ch, or .desy.de address.)

Resources

The Physics Department has a myriad of computing resources available to faculty, staff and students...

Safe computing information: protect your computer and identity!

AFS distributed file system under /afs/physics.wisc.edu

Automated help desk/request tracking system

Automated installation and configuration of Scientific Linux

Backups via the Teradactyl True incremental Backup System (aka TiBS)

Condor high-throughput grid computing environment

Computer room facilities for clustering and grid computing

Data Disposal (wiping hard drives)

DHCP service for "plug and go" Internet service

Domain name service

Email services (SMTP & IMAP) with PureMessage spam protection

Linux desktop computers clustered via AFS, Kerberos and Cfengine

Mailing lists automated using the Mailman software

Network & Systems status monitoring via Nagios

Networked printing services

Remote login (Linux shell) access via SSHing to login.physics.wisc.edu

Web browser email access via Squirrelmail

Web publishing and virtual web site hosting

UWNet Wireless networking

Staff

Steve Rader

Jes Tikalsky

Chad Seys