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	*Macs		*Macs
	There is limited in-group support for Macs. Users act as their own system administrators and must be competent to do so.		There is limited in-group support for Macs. Users act as their own system administrators and must be competent to do so.
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−	*Printing.
−	~~Double sided printers (lpr -Ptheory2) in 50A 5101 and phys3 in 50 5056.~~
−	~~Single sided printer theory1 in 50a 5104.~~
−	~~Color printer (lpr -Pthcolor) in 50a-5101a.~~
−	~~The Toshiba copier is a duplex color printer (lpr -Pthcopier).~~
−	~~See [[Printing and Scanning]] for more information.~~
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−	*Offsite access
−	~~Anyone who has an ISP (internet service provider) at home can connect directly via the internet into the central server or the workstation in their office. This must be by ssh.~~

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 This describes the current configuration of the PC/Linux System.
 *Central server, thsrv.lbl.gov.
-Pentium 4 (2.4 GHZ) system, 512 MB RAM, 200GB disk. This is the only group computer that accepts email from outside the lab, but usage of it as a personal email address is discouraged. Users should be using the  Lab's IMAP service. All group members have accounts on this server, but direct logins are rarely necessary. If users wish to access the cluster from off-site, they are encouraged to ssh directly to their own workstations.
+*Math servers, thmath.lbl.gov, thmath1.lbl.gov thmath2.lbl.gov, thmath4.lbl.gov.
 Mathematica resides on these machines. In addition, cpu intensive
-*Math servers, thmath.lbl.gov, thmath1.lbl.gov thmath2.lbl.gov, thmath3.lbl.gov, thmath4.lbl.gov.
+batch jobs may be run on these machines. All group members have
-Dual processor Xeons, 2 - 4 GB RAM. Mathematica resides on these machines. There is one ancient copy of Maple V still running on thmath3.  In addition, cpu intensive batch jobs may be run on these machines. All group members have accounts on these computers.
+accounts on these computers.   Access via ssh.
 *Home server.
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 There is limited in-group support for Macs. Users act as their own system administrators and must be competent to do so.
 *Printing.
-Double sided printers (lpr -Ptheory2) in 50A 5101 and theory3 in 50 5056.
+Double sided printers (lpr -Ptheory2) in 50A 5101 and phys3 in 50 5056.
 Single sided printer theory1 in 50a 5104.
 Color printer (lpr -Pthcolor) in 50a-5101a.

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 Pentium 4 (2.4 GHZ) system, 512 MB RAM, 200GB disk. This is the only group computer that accepts email from outside the lab, but usage of it as a personal email address is discouraged. Users should be using the  Lab's IMAP service. All group members have accounts on this server, but direct logins are rarely necessary. If users wish to access the cluster from off-site, they are encouraged to ssh directly to their own workstations.
-*Math servers, thmath.lbl.gov, thmath2.lbl.gov, thmath3.lbl.gov.
+*Math servers, thmath.lbl.gov, thmath1.lbl.gov thmath2.lbl.gov, thmath3.lbl.gov, thmath4.lbl.gov.
 Dual processor Xeons, 2 - 4 GB RAM. Mathematica resides on these machines. There is one ancient copy of Maple V still running on thmath3.  In addition, cpu intensive batch jobs may be run on these machines. All group members have accounts on these computers.
 *Individual workstations, thwk1.lbl.gov-thwk36.lbl.gov.
-Various types, from Pentium II 400MHz to PentiumIV 3GHz. 512MB - 2GB RAM Various disk sizes (df to see). Most workstations have CD burners. Some have DVD burners.  Most have sound, but may or may not have speakers installed. If you have need of sound and it is not enabled, ask management. All system files held locally. /home mounted via NFS from a server. No backups of local files (scratch space only). Use of these machines should be restricted to the residents of the room where they are located unless you have permission to "borrow" another user's CPU cycles or disk space.
+Various types, from PentiumIV 3GHz to Core i7. 1GB - 8GB RAM Various disk sizes (df to see). Most workstations have CD burners. Some have DVD burners.  Most have sound, but may or may not have speakers installed. If you have need of sound and it is not enabled, ask management. All system files held locally. /home mounted via NFS from a server. No backups of local files (scratch space only). Use of these machines should be restricted to the residents of the room where they are located unless you have permission to "borrow" another user's CPU cycles or disk space.
 *Home server.
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 Single sided printer theory1 in 50a 5104.
 Color printer (lpr -Pthcolor) in 50a-5101a.
 See [[Printing and Scanning]] for more information.
 *Offsite access
 Anyone who has an ISP (internet service provider) at home can connect directly via the internet into the central server or the workstation in their office. This must be by ssh.

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 Double sided printers (lpr -Ptheory2) in 50A 5101 and theory3 in 50 5056.
 Single sided printer theory1 in 50a 5104.
-Color printer (lpr -Pthcolor) in 50a-5101a. This printer can print transparencies. Use ONLY HP brand transparencies. Other brands of transparencies may melt and damage the prints.
+Color printer (lpr -Pthcolor) in 50a-5101a.
 See [[Printing and Scanning]] for more information.
 *Offsite access
 Anyone who has an ISP (internet service provider) at home can connect directly via the internet into the central server or the workstation in their office. This must be by ssh.

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 Single sided printer theory1 in 50a 5104.
 Color printer (lpr -Pthcolor) in 50a-5101a. This printer can print transparencies. Use ONLY HP brand transparencies. Other brands of transparencies may melt and damage the prints.
 *Offsite access
 Anyone who has an ISP (internet service provider) at home can connect directly via the internet into the central server or the workstation in their office. This must be by ssh.

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 *Macs
-There is limited in-group support for Macs. Users act as their own system administrators and must be competent to do so. Significant support requests require a call to the help desk (x4357).
+There is limited in-group support for Macs. Users act as their own system administrators and must be competent to do so.
 We provide a server for network [[Timemachine]] backups of macs.

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	This describes the current configuration of the PC/Linux System.		This describes the current configuration of the PC/Linux System.