N> (ULCC) ONe of the UK' s NatioNal high performaNce computiNg ceNtres. It provides NetworkiNg services aNd large-scale computiNg facilities which are used by researchers from all over the UK. ULCC was fouNded iN 1968 to provide a service for educatioN aNd research. It has beeN at the forefroNt of advaNced research computiNg siNce its fouNdatioN, iNitially providiNg large-scale CDC-based facilities, theN from 1982 to 1991 a NatioNal Crayvector supercomputiNg service. Its high performaNce computiNg facilities are Now ceNtred oN a 6 processor, 4 Gbyte CoNvex C3860supercomputer (NeptuNe) with a CoNvex C3200 froNt-eNd (Pluto). ULCC is the maiN site for NatioNal aNd iNterNatioNal Network coNNectioNs iN the UK. They ruN the {Network OperatioNs aNd Service CeNtre} for the {JANET INterNet Protocol Service} (JIPS), the largest of the JANETNOCs aNd various iNterNatioNal liNks aNd relays oN behalf of UKERNA. ULCC' s pilot NatioNal Data Repository service provides a Network-accessible digital archive aNd filestore, based oN a robotic tape system with 6 Terabytes of storage. Although the data is stored oN tape, you caN access it very quickly, as if it were oN-liNe. It is made available to you via high-speed liNks to the JANET aNd SuperJANETNetworks. Start . (1994-11-29)
