Jovian Update

By Amos Gouaux, Jove System Administrator (amos@unt.edu)

As many already know, the ACS general access UNIX system know as Jove has been under a pretty heavy load. Fortunately, we are well underway with our plans to upgrade this system.

Previously, Jove was a Solbourne 702 with two SPARC 40Mhz processors running a variation of SunOS 4.1.2. It is now a Sun SPARCserver 1000 with two SuperSPARC 50MHz processors running Suns latest operating environment, Solaris 2.4. Within the next couple of weeks, we'll be adding two more processors and additional memory.

The most apparent change is the Solaris operating environment, which includes SunOS 5.4 and OpenWindows 3.4. However, the most heavily used applications have been ported to this environment. We have been expanding the help command to try to ease this transition. Check news on Jove for the latest details about this transition. If you have any questions or concerns about the new system, send mail to operator@jove.acs.unt.edu

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