Systems and Infrastructure
Powering Wharton Technology Worldwide
Behind the scenes, enabling Wharton's extensive technology capabilities, are the core systems and infrastructure that ensure that these services and applications are up and running virtually around the clock, 365 days a year. Providing the scale and performance to run Wharton's myriad technology systems and networks is Wharton Computing's Core Systems and Networking unit. By balancing security with flexibility and user convenience, they provide the infrastructure to support Wharton's research, instructional, and administrative systems.
What does "a day's work" mean for Wharton's core systems and networking group?
- Managing more than 50 terabytes of network-attached data storage
- Delivering over 1.5 million e-mail messages daily (and deflecting 3-5 million spam messages)
- Providing security management on 10,000 network nodes
- Maintaining the infrastructure for media-rich, interactive simulations developed and hosted by Wharton's Learning Lab
- Hosting a grid computing platform capable of research demands comparable to those of the Human Genome project
- Providing more than 200 leading business schools and institutions with web-based access to Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS), including the New York Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Reserve
Technical Platforms
Wharton's computing platforms are as varied as the applications they support. Key services supported at Wharton include:
Software:
Operating Systems:
- Windows Server 2003
- Sun Solaris
- Red Hat Linux
- VMware
Application and Media Servers:
- Microsoft Exchange
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Adobe ColdFusion
- Adobe Flex
- EMC Documentum eRoom Enterprise
- Microsoft Windows Media Services
- Adobe Flash Media Server
- SAS
Hardware:
- Sun Fire E20K server.
- Sun SAN disk storage network
- IBM SAN disk storage network
- NetApp network storage appliance
- Redundant machine rooms in Huntsman Hall and Vance Hall
