University of Pittsburgh: NOC
The University of Pittsburgh's Network Operations Center in the RIDC Park, O'Hara Township, is the university's enterprise data center for IT and research computing.
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh is a state-related research university, founded in 1787 as the Pittsburgh Academy and designated state-related by Pennsylvania in 1966. Its main campus is in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, with regional campuses in Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown and Titusville. Joan Gabel is chancellor.
Pitt IT runs the university's Network Operations Center at 600 Epsilon Drive in RIDC Park, O'Hara Township, northeast of the city. The facility houses university servers and network equipment and the research clusters of the Center for Research Computing and Data, with two 100 Gbps links to the main campus. Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University jointly run the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center.
University of Pittsburgh History:
- In 2004, Pitt moved its central servers and network equipment into the renamed Network Operations Center after a $5 million overhaul of its Computer Center.
- In December 1971, the university opened its Computer Center in a purpose-built facility at RIDC Park.
- In 1966, Pennsylvania designated Pitt a state-related university.
- Founded in 1787 in Pittsburgh.
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