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[01] WHAT IS SDF? (QUICK SUMMARY)
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Welcome to the only all 64bit public access supercomputing center!
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The Super Dimension Fortress is a networked community of free software
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authors, teachers, students, researchers, hobbyists, enthusiasts and
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the blind. It is operated as a federally recognised non-profit 501(c)7
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and is supported by its members.
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Our mission is to provide remotely accessible computing facilities for
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the advancement of public education, cultural enrichment, scientific
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research and recreation. Members can interact electronically with each
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other regardless of their location using passive or interactive forums.
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Further purposes include the recreational exchange of information
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concerning the Liberal and Fine Arts.
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Members have access to games, email, usenet, chat, bboard, gopherspace,
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webspace, programming utilities, archivers, browsers, and more. The SDF
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community is made up of caring, highly skilled people who operate behind
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the scenes and in the underground to maintain a non-commercial INTERNET.
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While we did initially start out on a single computer in 1987, the
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SDF is now a network of 8 64bit enterprise class servers running
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NetBSD realising a combined processing power of over 21.1 GFLOPS!
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Our mass storage configuration is comprised of 60 spindles of mostly
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36.4gb and a few 9.1gb SCA LVD SCSI drives using DIGITAL Storage Works
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hotswap disk arrays. We have roughly 2 terabytes of storage online.
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We are networked via two sprintlink T1s and a T1 to savvis. We do BGP
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peering and try out best to load balance between the links via a CISCO
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7xxx router/switch. We are using a 'swamp' class C 192.94.73 which has
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basically been assigned to our site admin along with his class C back
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when you could request one from the INTERNIC without much fuss.
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The userbase is comprised of two major user groups: USERS and ARPA
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'user' accounts are free and offer many features.
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'arpa' accounts are permanent members and can vote on SDF features.
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Supplemental ARPA privilidges include:
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MetaARPA ('trusted' member privs (cron, tcp port forwarding))
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TWEAK (tweakable and additional disk quota)
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VPM (Virtual POP3 mailboxes)
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DNS (Domain Name Service)
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DBA (MySQL database access)
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VHOST (Virtual Web hosting - includes VPM, DNS and DBA)
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SERVER (Server process (mud, nameserver, et cetera))
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MDNS (Dynamic DNS)
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MLIST (Mailing List service)
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DIALUP (over 10,000 numbers in the USA + Canada)
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Sponsorship information can be found on our website or in the FAQ.
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