Center for Information Technology Services
Infrastructure Services Group The CITS Infrastructure Services Group manages the computing server infrastructure supporting UM enterprise campus applications. Campus infrastructure management includes servers, operating system, system utilities, application installations and upgrades; capacity planning; backup and recovery; security monitoring; and performance tuning. The server infrastructure includes:
Latest Addition of Computing Facilities Approximately 3,200 square feet, the room will house equipment from overcrowded campus computer rooms, production systems, backup systems, school and departmental equipment, and equipment for high-performance computing. The room also will serve as a storage facility for faculty research projects and for continuity purposes. Two important advisory groups are being formed to help with the development and use of this space. First, a faculty research computing support advisory group will provide input regarding computing needs and requirements and help create an implementation, use, and sustainability model so that the space can effectively support the needs of faculty research projects. In addition, an information technology advisory group will discuss and review needs and requirements, develop space and technical design specifications, and make recommendations regarding the contemporary tools, technologies, and technical support needed for this space. The value of this newly acquired room is the creation of a UM computing facility that synthesizes a common computing infrastructure with computing systems, specific applications, and data storage all linked by a high-speed network across campus and to the outside world. |
