Department of Computer Science (COS)
Computing Facilities
The Computer Science Department maintains a computer lab for the exclusive
use of their upper level students in 103 Science, on the Portland Campus. In
addition to this lab the USM
Microcomputer Labs and University System
computers are available to CS, and all other University students.
Servers and Network Backbone
The CS Lab machines are primarily served by a Sun Solaris 9 server with a RAID disk array for file
storage (approximately 1TB of storage). Web, Mail, and external services
services are provided by a Linux server that accesses the "back end"
data array over a high speed network.
The CS Servers and Lab are connected to the University network via
highspeed Ethernet (100Mbps -- 1Gbps). The University network is connected to
the rest of the University system and the Internet through several redundant
T3 connections.
The CS Lab
The CS Lab is home to 6 SunBlade workstations running the
Solaris 9 operating system. Each has a local suite of development
applications in addition to many tools mounted from the central
server.
The CS Lab also contains 10 intel-based GNU/RedHat Linux workstations that also utilize the
central file services. A complete installation of RedHat Linux 9 is available
on these workstations as well as third party development tools (NetBeans and
Java).
We use the Gnome Desktop and Java development tools on both the Sun and
Linux machines for maximum cross-platform compatibility.
GUI Lab
The GUI Lab has been merged with the CS UNIX Lab. It contains 15
Windows2000 workstations. Microsoft VisualStudio, and Sun Forte are the
primary development tools available. They are designed for Graphical User
Interface (GUI) design and implementation tasks, thus other graphical tools
are also available. XWin32 is installed to allow access to the UNIX
computers. These workstations also use the services of the department's
central file server for user data storage.
University of Southern Maine Microcomputer Labs
The University maintains library-style computer labs on both
the Portland and Gorham campuses that are available to CS
and other students. These labs have a variety of Microsoft
Windows and Macintosh computers available for use. Both campuses
combined accounts for over 200 workstations available for
student use. A full suite of development, business, scientific,
and research applications are available. More information
on these labs can be found on the Microcomputer
Lab web site.
University System Facilities
The University of Southern
Maine is one of seven campuses of the University
of Maine System.The University System's central computing
office, University Networking
and Educational Technology (UNET) offers many services
to USM students, including web-based email and mainframe computing
resources. More information can be found on UNET's
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