Core services discussion

  • CSS leaders had come up with unified definitions of what the core services are
  • As a next step we need to figure out "How are we doing it today?"
  • "Athena" is a core service
  • What common language can we use to describe the facets of Athena?
  • Example: We are using _ to provide _ to _.
  • Alex's thoughts:
    • Commercial software
      • Software applications we pay for
      • Commercial things free to MIT (donations) that we make available
      • Site licenses we've acquired by virtuate of other departments who paid for it
    • Free software
      • Things that live in AFS lockers because they are not available as packages or only work out of a locker
      • Ubuntu packages
    • Documentation
      • On-line manuals
      • Links to reference materials
      • Training materials
    • Infrastructure
      • License servers (Athena)
      • General software support
    • Software wrapper

Jon Hunt's list:

  • Providing public computing space, utilizing Ubuntu linux on desktop PCs maintained by FSX team
  • File storage utilizing AFS lockers maintained by AFS
  • Printing to cluster and dorm printers using central print servers maintained by Ops
  • Access to numerous commercial and open source software packages using AFS, license servers, and Ubuntu packages
  • Electronic classrooms using standard Athena configurations
  • Remote access to computing resources using dialup servers maintained by OIS
  • Software distribution platform to other departments
  • Easy method to install Ubuntu machine with easy access to MIT resources and student software stack
  • Standardized environment faculty can use to assign problem sets

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