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College Servers and Names
The c ollege administers many servers in order to provide the IT services that students, faculty and staff depend on.
The purpose of this page is to serve as a reference of our servers and their names. The goal is to improve communication by helping us refer to our servers consistently, succinctly, and clearly.
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Server Name and Description The College of Education... |
Commonly referred to as... | hostname(s) | Name(s) being phased out* |
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The File Server provides faculty and staff with online disk space for individual or group use. |
The File Server files.ed |
files.ed.uiuc.edu |
ED-NTS nts.ed.uiuc.edu |
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In addition to serving the College's web site, the Web Server provides individuals and groups a place to serve web pages. |
The Web Server www.ed |
www.ed.uiuc.edu | ED-W3 was retired on 5/21/2006 as part of a migration to new hardware. |
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learn.ed is a server providing the open source "moodle" Course Management System (CMS) for online and blended learning at the College of Education. |
learn.ed
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learn.ed.uiuc.edu
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The Moodle Server moodle.ed moodle.ed.uiuc.edu moodles.ed.uiuc.edu |
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gather.ed is also a moodle server, but focused on collaborative groups and online communities with a shared online space for collaboration. |
gather.ed | gather.ed.uiuc.edu | |
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This file server provides easy access to an archive of software in the public domain such as no-cost tools, freeware, shareware, and various updates. |
public.ed |
public.ed.uiuc.edu | ED-PUBLIC |
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The Print Server is used to serve College printers to staff computers. |
The Print Server printers.ed |
printers.ed.uiuc.edu |
ED-NTS nts.ed.uiuc.edu |
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The Streaming Server provides groups with the ability to stream video and audio. |
The Streaming Server streaming.ed |
streaming.ed.uiuc.edu qtss.ed.uiuc.edu |
ED-QTSS |
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This server provides individuals and groups working with digital media with a short-term , large-capacity storage solution. |
The Digital Media Server digital.ed |
digital.ed.uiuc.edu | ED-DIGITAL |
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Among other email-related services, this server makes it possible us to offer College groups short, easy-to-remember email addresses for Customer Service or Public Relations purposes such as admissions@ed.uiuc.edu. |
The Mail Server mail.ed The @ed.uiuc.edu Mail Server |
mail.ed.uiuc.edu Mail domain: ed.uiuc.edu |
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The SQL Server (Microsoft SQL Server) is a database server IT administers to help the College more effectively manage internal and external data. |
The SQL Server sql.ed |
sql.ed.uiuc.edu |
ED-MSSQL mssql.ed.uiuc.edu |
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The FileMaker Pro Server is a legacy database server serving database solutions for several units. |
The FileMaker Pro Server fmp.ed |
fmp.ed.uiuc.edu |
* A "deprecated" name is one that we are trying to drop from use to improve clarity, to enhance service flexibility, and/or to respond to an imminent termination of a legacy technology. In some cases, deprecated names are still active and will be until all dependencies are removed.