Kidlink: New Computer Center

Kidlink's New Computer Center

August 2005: The University of Cincinnati sponsors Kidlink with a "virtual server" for its web pages and many other computing needs. The virtual server does not exist as a separate physical machine; instead one very powerful machine is set up to look like several different machines. The first photo below shows the old system shelves with twelve separate servers. The three Kidlink machines are on the left end of the top shelf. All of these systems were replaced by the new virtual servers.


Kidlink's computers by June 1, 2005 (lower left end)	Installing the new servers. Working in the hallway	Front view close-up.	Fronts of rack cabinets in the new server room

Close-up of equipment cabinets. View through the mesh doors.	The air conditioner. Keeps the room cool.	Backs of the rack cabinets. Not much room to spare.	The new dual servers.

The Storage Area Network (SAN)
Disk space for all the servers