The BioInformatic Facility

 

 

 

 

BioInformatic Facility

The BioInformatic Facility in the Department of Biological Sciences at EKU occupies a self-contained fully networked space of 350 ft.2

 

The facility contains:

1 PowerMacIntosh G5 w/ 8 GB RAM, dual 2 GHz  processors, and a 250 GB HD

6 PowerMacIntosh G4s, each w/ 1.5 GB RAM,  a 933 MHz processor and a 50 GB HD.

 

An Xgrid (LAN) is now being established in the facility to maximize the efficiency of our computational efforts, incorporating:

An Xserve RAID (level 5) w/ 3.25 TB ADM

An Xserve G5 Cluster Node w/ dual 2 GHz processors and 800GB ADM

An Xserve G5 Server w/ 6 GB RAM, dual 2 GHz processors and 400GB ADM.

 

Windows-based programs are supported by:

 4 Dell Workstation Precision 340s, each w/ 2 GB RAM, 2 GHz processors/ 20 GB HD,

 Integrated LAN through a Dell PowerEdge 400SC Server w/ 4 GB RAM, a 3.2 GHz processor, and a RAID 1 dual 120 GB HD.

 

BioInformatic Facility Photos (click on each for full-size image)

Power MacIntosh G5
Power MacIntosh G4
Xgrid
Dell Workstation Precision 340