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Facilities in the Department - Hardware
Server hardware:

Servers currently in use in the Department include:

  • 7 Sun servers running Solaris
  • 5 Windows 2000 servers
  • 2 Windows 2003 servers
  • 2 Linux servers

 

 

(Specifications may change at short notice)
HARDWARE
Along with our well equipped laboratories we try to ensure all of our hardware is up-to-date. The majority of the computers you will use should be less than three-years old. We have a cyclic hardware replacement policy which means we are continually upgrading the computers in our laboratories. The following gives an indication of the hardware available to students*:
Computer Workstations.COMPUTER SUITE 1
  • Seats: 60
  • Function: Teaching Workstation Cluster.
  • Operating System: Windows XP/Linux Redhat.
  • Equipment:
    60 Dell Xeon Quad Core Workstations 2.0 GHz.
    4 G Bytes RAM.
    2 x 20 Inch Monitors.
    DVD-RW.
    512 MB nVidia Quadro FX1700 Graphics.
  • Access: 24 * 7 and at tutors discretion when booked.
 Computer Workstations.COMPUTER SUITE 2
  • Seats: 40
  • Function: Teaching Workstation Cluster.
  • Operating System: Windows XP/Linux Redhat.
  • Equipment:
    40 Acer Workstations.
    1.6 GHz P4.
    512 MBytes Ram.
    19 Inch Monitors.
    CD.
  • Access: 8:00 - 22:00 Mon-Fri and at tutors discretion when booked.
Computer Workstations.COMPUTER SUITE 3
  • Seats: 24
  • Function: Teaching Workstation Cluster.
  • Operating System: Windows XP/Linux Redhat.
  • Equipment:
    24 Acer Workstations.
    1.6 GHz P3.
    640 Mbytes Ram.
    2 x 19 Inch Monitors.
    CDRW.
  • Access:
    24 * 7 and at tutors discretion when booked.
 Computer Workstations.COMPUTER SUITE 4
  • Seats: 24
  • Function: Open Access Workroom.
  • Operating System: Windows Vista .
  • Equipment:
    24 Dell Precision Workstations.
    2.8 GHz.
    512 Mbytes Ram.
    19 LCD Monitors.
    DVD/CDRW.
  • Access:
    24 * 7 with Informatics Card Key.
Computer Workstations.COMPUTER SUITE 5
  • Seats: 26
  • Function: Final Year Cluster.
    Operating System: Windows XP.
  • Equipment:
    31 Dell Precision Workstations.
    Intel Dual Core 2.67 GHz.
    nVidia Quadro FX3500 Adaptors.
    4 G Bytes Ram.
    2 x 20 in Widescreen LCD Monitors.
    DVD/RW.
  • Access:
    24 * 7 limited to final year students with Informatics Card Key. Access when booked at tutors discretion.
 Computer Workstations.COMPUTER SUITE 6
  • Seats: 10
  • Function: Non-linear editing studio.
    Operating System: Windows XP.
  • Equipment:
    10 Dell Precision Workstations.
    Broadcast Quality Video Assist Monitors.
    Portable Mini DV/DVCAM/HDV & XDCAM VTR. Decks.
    Portable Blu-Ray Writers .
  • Access:
    Card Key access. Access at tutors discretion when booked.
Computer Workstations.COMPUTER SUITE 7
  • Seats: 20
  • Function: PG Centre/Labs.
  • Operating System: Windows XP.
  • Equipment:
    20 Acer Workstations.
    1.6 GHz P3.
    512 Mbytes RAM.
    19 Inch Monitors.
  • Access:
    24 * 7 Informatics PG students with Card Key.
  
DUAL BOOT SYSTEMS

In addition to our standard clusters, we also have a number of labs that offer dual-boot facilities between Linux and Windows. Typically we have two 60-seater labs and two 24-seater labs which offer this facility.

*Equipment specified is available to all School of Informatics students, however, restrictions to certain systems may apply depending on the course of study. Due to our continual upgrade policy, hardware specifications may change at short notice.

Department of Computing
School of Informatics
University of Bradford
Richmond Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK
Department of Computing Enquiries Tel: +44 (0)1274 233921
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