Managed Cluster (was PWF) facilities in DAMTP

The Department has some generally accessible computers called the

Public Workstation Facility (PWF)

The DAMTP (PWF) is for the use of all staff and students of the Department, and provides networked PCs running a wide range of software, together with printers. The PCs in our PWF rooms can run under the Linux operating system as an alternative to the standard Windows XP. It is also possible to login remotely from any Internet-connected computer to the PWF Linux service. 

The DAMTP PWF consists of two rooms:

  • GL.04 (25 PCs and 2 laser printers)
  • Pav B Part3 Room - Basement  (PCs and 2 laser printers)

Some University Computing Courses are run in GL.04 and they have priority over other users.  If a course is in progress, please do not use GL.04.

Rules for users of PWF facilities in DAMTP

  • Food or drink is not to be consumed in the rooms.  Use the canteen in the central core.
  • No mobile phone use.
  • Smoking is not allowed outside the Part3 room in the basement of Pav B.
  • Computing Service course use takes presedence over other uses.
  • You are not allowed to leave yourself logged on to a workstation if you leave the room.  This is your duty to other users as well as abiding to the University of Cambridge computing rules.
    www.admin.cam.ac.uk/committee/isss/rules/rules.html
    www.admin.cam.ac.uk/committee/isss/rules/guidelines.html