Infrastructure
The central computing facility controls the IT infrastructure of about 1300 computers with latest
softwares and operating systems. The centre provides individual terminals to each student and
the laboratory is kept open from 7.00 am to 10.00pm on all working days. This division supports
24-hour access to 1000 Mbps Internet Leased Line that is networked throughout the campus.
This network along with campus wide Wi-Fi facility provides seamless internet connectivity the
entire campus including classrooms and hostels.
Novell, Windows and UNIX servers, Super Computer, Linux Cluster and Blade servers with
Quad-core Intel Dual Xeon Processors, 2.66 GHz, 8 GB PC2-5300 FBD DDR2 RAM, 2 X 146
GB SAS 10K SFF HDD with RAID 1 provide a powerful server architecture at SASTRA.
Microprocessor kits and associated hardware are available in the microprocessor laboratory.
High Performance cluster
The School is equiped with a HPC with 1 Master Node & 3 Compute node which has One
Tera Flop throughput.Each node is an IBM system X iDataplex dx360 M4 server with Intel Dual
Xeon E5-2670 8 core each @ 2.6 Ghz, 20 MB Cache 1600 Mhz, 64 GB ECC DDR3 RAM
@1600 Mhz LP RDIMM, 2X500GB SATA Mellanox Dual port QDR/FDR 10 Mezz card,
Mellanox 36-port Managed QDR switch bundle, for Infiniband (40 Gbps) interconnectivity. 6 TB
of storage capacity and
powered with Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.x HPCC 8 pack up to 8 socket & ROCKS cluster
suite ver 6.1
Operating Systems
-
Novell Netware 5.0
Netware 5.1
Windows 2000, XP Professional & VISTA
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2003 server
- SCO UNIX 5.0 - HP UNIX
- RH Linux ES & workstation
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- SUN Solaris 10
Packages
- MS Office 2000
- MS Back Office
- Word Star 7.0
Languages
Borland C++ 4.5,
Turbo C++ 1.0,
Turbo BASIC,
MS COBOL,
Softek Pascal.
DBMS & RDBMS
Oracle 9i, Informix 4.5,
Dbase 5.0, FoxPro 2.6,
Paradox.
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Infrastructure
Quattro Pro
Design/Analysis Tools
AutoCAD R13, Design CAD, Instant Architect, STAAD Pro 2003, AutoCAD 2000 with MDT &
Land Development, NISA, Alecop, CNC,EDGE CAM, Adams 8.0, Solid CAM 2003, ANSYS 8.0
Front End Tools
Oracle 9i Developer suite, Visual Studio 2003,MATLAB, SPSS, Fox Pro, Visual Java, Visual
Studio. NET.
Utilities
Network & Remote Laser Printers, Line Printers, Plotter, Web-Cameras, UPS, Case tools and
Software Design Lab
Rational Rose – There is a separate lab for project & software development using industry
standard software development tools from IBM rational.
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Infrastructure
Advanced Projects Lab
This is a separate facility for real-time project development. Its uniqueness is that the systems
administration & management is taken care of by the students themselves. Facilities like
unlimited access to the internet, latest software and online help make it an
ideal place for project development. Students utilize this lab to do J2EE, DoTNet, Parallel and
Visual Programming etc.
Multimedia and Graphics Lab
The Multimedia Lab is equipped with systems running on Windows NT server, Novell Server
and Linux Server and various software like Adobe Premiere, Adobe Go live, Adobe Photoshop,
Macromedia Director, Macromedia Shockwave Studio,
Macrome
dia Flash, 3D Studio Max, Discrete Effect, Discrete Paint, Sound Forge XP, Corel Draw and
MAYA 3D.
Thin Clients Lab
Thin Clients lab is equipped with 60 thin client machines of WinBee model. The lab also has thin
clients with smart card facility. All the thin clients are connected to Novell Netware 4.11, Redhat
Linux 7.2 & Windows 2000 Servers. The thin client machine
has
an in-built Embedded Linux OS and 64 MB of local RAM. It also has 10/100 Mbps NIC, 2 Serial
and one parallel port apart
from one USB port. This low cost solution is used for browsing and for other simple applications.
R & D Lab
A separate lab with ten high-end systems and 2.8 GHz speed, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB HDD, has
been set up for academic and R & D purposes, exclusively for staff members.
Accenture-SASTRA Mobile Computing Centre
An exclusive mobile application development centre with state of the arts facilities to develop
socially relevant mobile applications has been established jointly with Accenture to encourage
research & product development.
Image Processing Lab
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Infrastructure
The Image Processing Laboratory has various platforms of Intel Pentium based Windows, Appl
e Mac, Sun, Silicon Graphics Work
Stations, SUN Workstations, Power Mac
Apple Systems with 64 MB VRAM, iMac
Apple systems with DVD Writer, 32 MB
VRAM, Colour frame Grabber Card, Colour
CCD Camera, Video & Audio Capture Card
and SGI O2 Workstation – MIPS R12000.
IMAGE PRO–PLUS Image Processing Software, ERDAS IMAGINE Image Pro Plus and other
image processing software, Apple
iMac and PowerMac systems capable of
running Multimedia software packages like
Adobe, Maya, etc. are also available for the
students. The lab is also equipped with
necessary hardware facilities for imaging
activities and processing
Computer Systems Lab
-
Distributed Computing
Advanced concepts in Database Systems
Software Testing and Validation
Advanced Algorithms
Special features
- The Students participating in various competitions & projects for corporates
- Faculty members present technical papers in various National & International seminars
and
conferences
- The students are encouraged to undergo industrial training. The Association of Computer
Engineers
(ACE), the student association, organizes extension lectures and guest
lectures by industry experts
and researchers regularly
- The students actively participate in the activities of Computer Society of India and Linux
forum.
Faculty members meet every week to discuss and deliberate on the latest
advances in the field of
computer science
- AXIS-Association of ICT students organized various lectures, contests etc. for students
- SCANIT - association of IT students conducts various IT lectures, seminars, and
workshops for the
students. Eminent IT experts are invited to interact with students.
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