Organization Chart [JPEG] [PDF]
The Platforms, Storage, and Data Center Unit provides the hardware and systems software to run campus applications. Most central campus functions are hosted on Platofrms, Storage, and Data Center equipment, and many departmental applications as well.
Platforms, Storage, and Data Center consists of the following groups:
- Mainframe Services: The system programming and technical support team is responsible for the IBM mainframe and its proprietary operating system (z/OS). UC Berkeley's IBM mainframe model z9-2096, rated at 770 Million Instructions Per Second (MIPS), hosts a diverse set of applications including BFS, HCM, Payroll, CARS, Student Systems and FAO.
- Storage and Backup Services: The group provides customers with high-availability disk storage in capacities ranging from 35 Gigabytes to multiple Terabytes, for individual systems on the IST Data Center SAN, or for multi-host access anywhere on the Campus LAN through NFS/CIFS services. Beginning in 2007, disk storage for individual systems will be available over the LAN, via iSCSI. LAN-based backup services for systems of any size are available campuswide.
- Unix Services: AIX, Solaris and Linux operating systems support running on IBM, Sun and HP hardware.
- Windows Services: Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise operating systems support running on Dell Blade hardware and VMWare Virtual Machines.
- Data Center Operations: The group is responsible for the day-to-day operations and support of the campus Data Center, providing customers with a stable and secure operating environment for their computing equipment.
