2nd October 2002
18th CODATA Conference, Montreal
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ICT
Infrastructure at the Unit
lMassive Expansion of PC installations
–25
standalone in 1998 to 102 networked in 2002.
–3 servers
– 2 configured as file, mail, print and web proxy servers and the other as a dedicated database
server.
–Expansion
based on demand as a result of increased research activity and need for fast information
exchange.
lConnectivity
–VSAT link
courtesy of the NLM – July 1999
–Data
rate: 32Kbps outbound, 768Kbps shared (BE ~ 512K)