Computer Centre
Infrastructure & Services: NBRC has a modest IT setup managed and maintained by the DIC, some of which are listed as under:
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Campus wide LAN spanning 10 Gbps fibre optic backbone and integrated with robust Wi-Fi network spreading through the entire campus. The network is running on manageable Layer-3 Switches for security and manageability.
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The network is connected with the National Knowledge Network (NKN) with gigabit connectivity from the National Informatics Centre, apart from another 10 Mbps radio link for redundancy. The network is secured by dedicated firewall clusters.
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Centralized data storage to the tune of 50 TB with multiple levels of redundancy is centrally maintained, it is also provided with a robotic tape library for further backups.
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DIC also hosts and manages critical servers which includes web servers, mail servers, DNS servers etc. (http://www.nbrc.ac.in, http://neuroscienceacademy.org.in, http://snci.nbrc.res.in, http://webmail.nbrc.ac.in), primarily running on Unix/Linux platforms.
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Application servers for computational requirements of researchers running on windows and Linux are also centrally maintained and are accessible through thin client systems/terminals. The performance and uptime of servers are monitored round the clock and up-gradation, server consolidation, virtualization are done as and when required.
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The servers and core network infrastructure are housed and maintained in the central data centre facility that is provided with precision cooling and multiple levels of power backups.
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State-of-the-art video-conferencing facility for collaborations, research and teaching.
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DIC also provides technical support to users in their routine requirements and undertakes in-house development of softwares, web-tools and web servers for aiding in the research and teaching activities of the centre.
