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- _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
- JvNCnet
- P.O. Box 3717
- Princeton, N.J. 08543
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- _E-_m_a_i_l: nisc@nisc.jvnc.net
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- _P_h_o_n_e: (609) 520-2000 [Sergio Heker]
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- _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
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- JvNCnet is a North East Research Regional Network, with
- access to the NSFnet backbone (JvNC is a node on the back-
- bone), and with international connections to several Scandi-
- navian countries (Norway, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Den-
- mark), and the United Kingdom.
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- The regional network, the first T-1 (1.544 Mbps) academic
- network evolved from the thirteen consortium members (see
- below) to a regional network with twenty three sites concen-
- trated in the North East. The network is now undergoing a
- transformation into the Phase II of JvNCnet. This is a pro-
- ject funded by the National Science Foundation (Division of
- Networking, Communications Research and Infrastructure) and
- the institution members. Currently the JvNCnet network car-
- ries approximately seventy percent of the traffic volume
- that the NSFnet backbone network carries. In April 1989,
- JvNCnet passed its 1 billionth packet. The reliability of
- the network is approximately 97% uptime.
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- The regional network will consist (when completely re-
- designed in Summer 1989) of a ring of T-1 lines connecting
- the cities of Trenton (NJ), Newark (NJ) , New York City
- (NY), Stamford (CT), Boston (MA), Providence (RI), and Phi-
- ladelphia (PA). Each city will have a backbone node (BNS)
- connecting a number of institutions at T-1 or 56kbps.
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- The institutions presently on the network are: Princeton U.,
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- The information in this section is provided in accor-
- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
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- June 15, 1989 NNSC Section 5.3, Page 1
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Siemens Research, Squibb &
- Sons, Rutgers U., Stevens Institute, Montclair State, NJIT,
- UMDNJ, Yale, Wesleyan, MIT, Brown, Northeastern, MIT, Penn
- State, University of Pennsylvania, New York University,
- Columbia, ATT, Bellcore, University of Arizona, Dartmouth
- and University of Massachusetts (Amherst). The institutions
- scheduled for connection are American Mathematics Society
- and University of Rhode Island.
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- The network is managed by the John von Neumann National
- Supercomputer Center in Princeton, N.J. The network is
- operated twenty four hours a day seven days a week. The
- Network Staff of JvNCnet is organized in four groups. These
- are (i) Network Information Services Group, (ii) Network
- Operations Center Group, (iii) Network Engineering Group and
- (iv) Network Installation and Maintenance Group.
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- In addition to the Networking effort, JvNC is one of the
- five National Supercomputer Centers sponsored by the
- National Science Foundation Supercomputer Program. JvNC has
- two liquid nitrogen cooled ETA10s (one is a 4 processor and
- the other an 8 processor) and two Cyber 205s supercomputers.
- To front end these supercomputers, JvNC has four VAX8600s,
- two running VMS and two running ULTRIX. A graphic and ani-
- mation facility is also available to the JvNC supercomputer
- users. The Operations Deparment of JvNC is responsible for
- the operations of all supercomputers and front ends.
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- _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s
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- Network access is provided over the JvNCnet Regional network
- or directly by accessing JvNC over the NSFnet, or Interna-
- tional connections. For non-IP users, JvNC supports a gate-
- way to TELENET (for supercomputer users only), Bitnet and
- dial-in modems (at 1200 baud, 2400 baud and 9600 baud).
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- _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n
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- The John von Neumann National Supercomputer Center is
- managed by the Consortium for Scientific Computing (CSC).
- CSC is a not-for-profit-organization of thirteen universi-
- ties. The members are: Harvard University, Massachussetts
- Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Rutgers
- University, Brown University, Institute for Advanced Study,
- University of Rochester, Columbia University, New York
- University, Penn State University, University of Pennsyl-
- vania, University of Colorado, and University of Arizona.
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- For more information on the JvNCnet Regional Network, con-
- tact the JvNCnet Network Coordinator at
- ``nisc@nisc.jvnc.net'' or by phone at (609) 520-2000.
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- For more information on the Supercomputer facilities please
- contact Vercell Vance, Director for User Services at
- vance@jvnca.csc.org or by phone at (609) 520-2000.
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