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All servers have a dedicated 100 megabit connection to the campus network.

www.bu.edu

hardware

Four Sun Ultra 80 systems, each with:

  • Four 450-megahertz UltraSPARC-II modules with 4 megabytes cache
  • 4 gigabytes memory
     

software

  • Solaris version 2.7
  • Apache web server software, version 1.3.26
  • Pony Express, a Perl (version 5.6.1) script, for processing web forms
  • MySQL version 4.1.14 database management software
  • PHP version 4.3.10 (in phpbin, available to IT only) and 4.2.2 (in dbin, available to departmental developers)
  • Zend Optimizer version 2.5.7.

people.bu.edu

hardware

  • IBM RS/6000 F50 system
  • Two 166-megahertz PowerPC604 modules
  • 0.5 gigabyte memory
     

software

  • AIX version 4.2
  • Apache web server software, version 1.3.6
  • Perl version 5.00404

realserver.bu.edu

hardware

  • Sun Ultra 60 system
  • Two 360-megahertz UltraSPARC-II modules
  • 1.2 gigabytes total memory
     

software

  • RealNetworks RealServer version 9.01 for streaming audio and video, with support for up to 400 simultaneous viewers/listeners.

courseinfo.bu.edu

hardware

  • Sun E420R system
  • Four 450-megahertz UltraSPARC-II modules
  • 4 gigabytes memory
     

software

  • SunOS version 5.7
  • Apache web server software, version 1.3.9
  • CourseInfo version 4.0.8
  • Perl version 5.00502

webct.bu.edu

hardware

  • Sun E420R system
  • Four 450-megahertz UltraSPARC-II modules
  • 4 gigabytes memory
     

software

  • SunOS version 5.7
  • Apache web server software, version 1.3.9/2.0
  • WebCT Campus Edition 4.0

search.bu.edu

hardware

  • One Sun Blade 1000 with two 600-megahertz UltraSPARC-III modules and 8 gigabytes memory
  • Google Search Appliance search engine model GB-1001, with support for up to 500,000 pages
     

software

  • Solaris version 2.8
  • Verity/Ultraseek search engine version 5.0, with support for up to 250,000 pages

 

 

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