Servers
- Dedicated servers with full administrator access and private IP on the Yale network
- Hosted on AWS EC2 and scheduled to update monthly
- Automatic daily snapshots are kept for 14 days
- Manual snapshots can be created by users on demand
- Prices will vary based on disk size and number of hours per month the servers are running
CentOS 7
AlmaLinux 8
- Login authentication using SSH key
- Security updates provided until April 2029
Amazon Linux 2
- Login authentication using SSH key
- Security updates provided until June 30, 2024
Ubuntu 16Research Linux Server
- Login authentication using SSH key
- Security updates provided until April 2025
- Includes the following software by default:
- Deep Learning frameworks (with CUDA 8.0, 9.0, 9.2, 10.0 , 10.1 and cuDNN, NCCL):
- Apache MXNet with Gluon
- TensorFlow
- Caffe2
- PyTorch
- Chainer
- CNTK
- Theano
- Keras
- GPU Drivers: NVIDIA Driver 418.87
- Anaconda3
- Go
- GCC
- CMake
- Docker
- Singularity
- Database clients: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite3
- Editors: Vim, Emacs
- Mate Desktop environment
- X2Go
- Firefox
Ubuntu 20.04
- Login authentication using SSH key
- Security updates provided until April 20212025
Ubuntu
1822.04
- Login authentication using SSH key
- Security updates provided until April 2023
Windows 2016Windows 2019
- Integrated with the Yale Active Directory for authentication
- Security updates provided until January 1, 2024
Library & GIS Statistical (Windows 2019)
- This is a custom Windows image which includes additional pre-installed software packages to accommodate GIS and data analysis at Yale Library.
- Integrated with the Yale Active Directory for authentication
- Security updates provided until January 1, 2024
- Included Software:
- ArcGIS Pro
- Jupyter Notebook
- Python 3
- Google Earth Pro
- GeoDa
- QGIS
- RStudio Desktop
- Microsoft Edge
Windows 2022
- Integrated with the Yale Active Directory for authentication
- Security updates provided until January 1, 2027
Databases
Shared MySQL
- Database on a MySQL (5.7) instance shared with other Spinup users
- Instance is hosted on AWS RDS and automatically updated
- Data is replicated between two servers in two different data centers
- Restricted number of client connections and limited database size
- Suitable for development work with databases smaller than 1 GB
- Users need to schedule their own database dumps if backups are required
- This offering is currently free
Dedicated MySQL
- Dedicated MySQL instance that can host multiple databases
- Instance is hosted on AWS Aurora and automatically updated
- Data is encrypted at rest and replicated across 3 different data centers
- Disk size expands automatically as more data is added, up to 64 TiB
- Automatic daily snapshots are kept for 7 days
- Users should schedule their own database dumps depending on RPO requirements
- Suitable for production use
- Price will vary depending on the disk size
Dedicated PostgreSQL
- Dedicated PostgreSQL instance that can host multiple databases
- Instance is hosted on AWS RDS and is automatically updated
- Data is encrypted at rest
- Automatic daily snapshots are kept for 7 days
- High-availability can be enabled to create a standby replica in another data center
- Users should schedule their own database dumps depending on RPO requirements
- Suitable for production use
- Price will vary depending on the disk size
Dedicated SQL Server
- Dedicated SQL Server (Standard Edition) instance that can host multiple databases
- Instance is hosted on AWS RDS and is automatically updated
- Data is encrypted at rest
- Automatic daily snapshots are kept for 7 days
- High-availability can be enabled to create a standby replica in another data center
- Users should schedule their own database dumps depending on RPO requirements
- Suitable for production use
- Price will vary depending on the disk size
Containers
Container Service
- Containers hosted on AWS Fargate with a service endpoint on the Yale network
- Multiple containers can run inside a service, those containers can communicate with each other on the loopback interface (localhost/127.0.0.1)
- Private images can be pulled from authenticated Docker repositories by specifying the login credentials
- Container services will automatically restart failed or stopped container instances
- Environment variables can be set for each container and will be passed to the container at runtime
- Secret variables can be created in the space and shared among multiple containers - those will be passed as encrypted variables into each container
Known Limitations
- Persistent storage volumes are not supported, all container storage is ephemeral and limited to 10 GB for docker image layers and 4 GB for each volume mount
Storage
S3 bucket
- Object store hosted on AWS S3
- Redundant storage across multiple data centers with 99.99% availability
- Data transfer over SSL and automatic encryption
- Unlimited space
- Pricing details
Static website
- Combines AWS S3, CloudFront and Route53 to provide a quick and inexpensive way to host a static public web site
- Redundant storage across multiple data centers with 99.99% availability and unlimited space
- Automatic caching to scale and serve millions of requests per second
- DNS name of your choice on one of our domains (yalepages.org, yalespace.org)
- Automatic configuration of SSL certificate
- Only supports static content, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images
- Only available in low-risk spaces
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