ITS Managed Services and Consulting Group

The University of Colorado at Boulder ITS Managed Services and Consulting team members who manage the two servers that host the Electronic Library of Colorado Architecture, Landscape, and Planning web site and Insight database include Phil Hugger, Jason Hill, Orrie Gartner and Jesse Caldwell. The ELCALP web site accesses its images and data from the Insight image database.

The Insight database's "active" server is a Dell 2850 Linux server running Redhat Enterprise WS 4.0 with a 2.6.9 kernel, and is an x86 architecture dual-Xeon processor system running at 2.8 Ghz each with 2 GB of memory and 340 GB of disk storage in a RAID 5 configuration.  It has a host-based firewall (iptables) for added security.

The Insight database’s "backup" server is used to back-up the live Insight database and its JPEG 2000 derivative images, as well as the 20 MB master TIFF image files. This server is a Dell 2650 Linux server running Redhat Enterprise WS 4.0 with a 2.6.9 kernel, and is an x86 architecture single Xeon processor system running at 2.8 Ghz with 1 GB of memory and 130 GB of disk storage in a RAID 5 configuration.  It has a host-based firewall (iptables) for added security.  The backups are being done with rdiff-backup and are also periodically written to tape via an external LTO-3 tape drive attached to the server.

Digital Page, Inc. / Dallas Teks Group

Digital Page / Dallas Teks Group provided various consulting services in support of the ELCALP web interface project. Tasks included image capture consulting services, web interface graphic design, and custom web server application development. Image scanning procedures and techniques were developed by Rich Patterson for the Visual Resource Center to support the image acquisition of thousands of color slides and photographs. The web site you're viewing uses custom server programs developed by Jerry Spaeder to handle search requests and perform queries on an Insight database. Results of those queries are formatted and returned to your web browser, enabling you to browse the text and images housed in the electronic library.

Digital Page was incorporated in 1993, and provides digital imaging and web application development services on a national level. In 2002, the company changed its name to Dallas Teks Group and expanded into the world of virtual reality, providing virtual construction and panoramic photography services for the home building and real estate industries. From a production home builder in Texas to a university in Colorado to a steel company with roots in Pennsylvania, the clients of Dallas Teks Group are a diverse group. They are alike, however, in their requirements for high-quality work, reasonable cost and exceptional service.