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CCCT Home > Resources > Computing
Center
The CCCT shares computer resources with
The University of Texas
School of Public Health at Houston Computing Center. The Computing
Center is
a fully
networked
system
of servers, storage arrays, and peripherals that provides
research, academic, and administrative computing power. It
is located on an upper floor in the interior of the School
of Public Health's ten-story Reuel A. Stallones (RAS) building.
The facility exceeds all HIPPA security standards and meets
the
high standards
of a data research center.
Servers are provided for the OpenVMS, UNIX,
and Windows 2003 operating systems. The OpenVMS system consists
of a cluster of two redundant HP/Compaq Alpha processing
units with shared storage and disk controllers; the UNIX
system
consists of five Sun servers with shared storage. The Computing
Center also has 37 rack-mounted servers configured
under Windows 2003 with Active Directory and clustered
Raid
5 disk arrays. This
Windows 2003 system provides researchers with access to file
services (including personal and group directories,
windows domain login and authentication, and FTP), print
services, email services (Microsoft Exchange),
web
services
(Microsoft
IIS),
media
services,
and data base management services (Microsoft SQL Server).
Each operating system
has access to a variety of tape backup systems including
a 25-tape robotic backup system) and the combined storage
for these systems exceeds 17,000 gigabytes.
Security and safety features include
card key and combination lock access, video surveillance, fail-safe backup systems
for both air conditioning and electrical systems, and an
Inergen fire suppression system. All data and computer processes
are protected by redundant servers, storage arrays, and backup
procedures that involve on-site as well as off-site tape
storage. The OpenVMS cluster and strategic Windows 2003
servers, including the server hosting Microsoft SQL Server,
is in "a zone
100 firewall" and
thus completely insulated from the Internet outside of the
School of Public Health without the use of a Virtual Private
Network.
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