What common computing resources are available at CSE?
Standard Resources
- Creating Website - your own website
- Reading Mail - your email account
- Extra IP Quota
- Extra Disk Space
- Extra Print Quota
- Special Lab Bookings
Special Resources
The below are not given automatically, but do not require additional authorisation:- Wireless Network
- Mathematica
- MSDNAA - Microsoft Academic Alliance Program. Students and staff can download+install most Microsoft software for uses within the license terms.
All additional resources are for academic/research purposes, and must be sponsored by an appropriate staff member (details on each page).
- Thesis Labs
- Hosting Services - Hosting websites, virtual hosts, DNS, mail, etc.
- Self Admin Backups - How and where to backup data from your self-administered CSE computer.
- Services Server - A special server to run services (e.g. web/database servers) on. Special mechanisms let you use privileged ports (e.g. port 80 for www).
- Remote Machine Access - Remote access to machine XXX
- Windows Software - accessing Windows software from a Linux computer.
- Cluster Computing
Teaching Resources
These only apply to people involved in teaching courses. Most people do not have access to these.- CourseSupportForums - Managing course forums on the SupportForum
Other
If you need a resource not listed here, your best bet would be to contact People.SystemSupport with full details of what you need, and why.Common Policy related Information
Policies governing the use of CSE computing resources can be found here.Below are a few topics covering the commonly sought after information queried by users: