1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Specific hardware support, such as installing network cards in PCs when requested by researchers, should be scheduled and provided separately from normal system manager support.

Basic knowledge requirement- System Operator

Backup and restore (all systems)
Complete unit swap
Network connections
Account additions/removals
PC/Mac config files

3. Research help

ASA should consider utilizing the skills and perhaps even training and letting small (1- 2K) contracts to knowledgeable individuals of research groups who would have been on site anyway as a part of their NORMAL research activities, to provide expert support while they are in residence at South Pole. This could improve the level of support of complex systems at very low cost, without impacting billets at the station.

V. General Items

The following costing and priority chart is approximate only. It is principally intended to provide a concrete example of the general requirements stated by the South Pole Users' committee. If rough costs differ by more than about 30% from these estimates (in either direction), or if a radically different set of options is envisioned by ASA engineering, then further design discussions should ensue between the Users' Committee and implementation engineers.

SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITIES

-priorities = Very High (1), High (2), Medium (3)(lower priority items not on list) - 'priority yx' are given by year to facilitate spreading costs and scheduling

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Staffing improvements

Workspace

Domain server

Segmenting subnet

Novell off-load

Computer replacement
4 MACs
2 ALPHA
2 SUN
2 PC

?

?

15k

40K

0

30K 30K 30K 15K

1

1

1

1

2

1 2 2 3

1

1

1

1

1

1 1 1 2

1

1

1

1

1

1 1 1 1

Existing Sun, perhaps?

3 Cisco, 2 Shiva

Requires segmenting net

PPC
? if necessary for Science One Sun exists (Aspen)? Pentium

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