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Production services are primarily run out of one of three directorates at NCSA: Advanced Digital Services (ADS), Information Technology Services (ITS), or the Security Office. These groups meet regularly and their leaders form the NCSA IT Operations Board who work together to provide the best services possible for our staff, users and partners. However, there are many R&D projects that run their own services less formally. These Principal Investigators (PIs), project managers their system operators Regardless, operators of any service still have obligations and need to be aware of NCSA/UIUC policies and procedures that affect operators of any service.
Raised access floor (RAF) space is provided for servers at NCSA. Based on the needs of the project and costs, servers could be placed in either the main data center at NPCF or one of the smaller RAF spaces in the NCSA building. The IT Operations Board works with PIs to find the appropriate space.
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