IT service
IT equipments
Servers
- 2 Windows 2003 Active Directory servers: DNS server, CRM2’s own domain, DHCP server with IP assignment according to MAC address
- LDAP server which allows the deployment of a roaming Home directory.
- SVN server to manage the evolution of versions and allow synchronization between developers.
- SSH server, secure gateway to the lab
- DHCP server under Debian for an isolated “guest” network.
- Apache Web server, dedicated to the laboratory intranet
- Bacula server for data backup (Debian)
- Cups server for printers (3 printers under Linux Debian using lprng).
- 2 software servers (crystallographic databases, scientific software …)
- Jenkins server for automatic daily compilation of the MoPro software suite developed in the laboratory.
- Inventory server (Linux Debian using OCSInventory)
Computers
In addition to the use of national computing centers, some researchers of the laboratory use local computers:
- 1 Beowulf Linux (CentOS) cluster with 15 dual-processor Intel XEON DP 3.06 GHz compute nodes
- 1 Linux (CentOS) compute cluster with 20 dual-processor Intel Xeon nodes
- 1 Linux compute cluster (Debian) with 4 Intel Xeon E5430 nodes
- 3 Dell Precision 690 dual processor workstations (Linux Debian and Redhat Enterprise)
- 8 workstations (Linux)
Personal computers
- 119 machines: 99 Windows, 18 Linux, 2 Macintosh
- 3 Dell 3D stereo graphics stations
- 1 mixed 3D stereo graphics/computing station (Dual-bicore HP XW6400)
Shared computers
The common workstations are available to trainees and visiting researchers. There are 10 computers (6 under Windows, 2 under Linux, 2 under Unix).
Network
The entire network within the laboratory is managed by the department.
IT development
Fields
- Graphical interfaces in Java, C++ (Qt)
- Scientific programs in Fortran 90
- Web
IT platform
