Hardware, software, and lab facilities

Network Infrastrucure

The MWD² classrooms and labs are connected via a Gigabit (1000Mbps) LAN. Internet connectivity is provided by the Connecticut Education Network (CEN). CEN supplies the University of Hartford with a high speed backbone and connection to Internet2.

Classroom and Lab
The MWD² classroom and lab each have 24 student workstations. All have 2.2 Ghz (or faster) Intel Core2 Duo processors with 2 GB RAM, DVD-ROM and DVD-RW drives, 80 GB storage, and 17" flat panel LCD's.

Servers
Currently, the MWD² program is supported by six servers. These systems provide essential services to the labs, as well as serve as development environments for students.

Poobah	Windows 2003 Server with dual 2.0 Ghz quad-core Xeon processors (8 cores), 8 GB RAM, and 500 GB RAID-5 storage
Kahuna	Windows 2003 Server with dual 2.2 Ghz Xeon processors, 3 GB RAM, and 140 GB of storage
Nemo	Red Hat Enterprise Linux with dual 3.0 Ghz Xeon processors, 2 GB RAM, and 500 GB RAID-5 storage
Mojo	Red Hat Enterprise Linux with dual 2.8 Ghz Xeon processors, 2GB RAM, and 104 GB RAID-5 storage
Yoda	Apple Xserve with dual dual-core 2.0 Ghz Xeon processors, 1 GB RAM, and 500 GB of storage
Phoenix	Windows 2003 Terminal Server with dual 1.0 Ghz Xeon processors, 2 GB RAM, and 76 GB of storage

Video Editing

PC	Dual 2.2 Ghz Xeon processors, 36 GB and 73 GB of storage, 1 GB RAM, dual 19" displays
Mac	Dual 2 Ghz PowerPC G5 processors, dual 250 GB Serial ATA hard drives, 2 GB RAM, 23" Apple Widescreen Studio Cinema Display

Software
Adobe Flash CS3	Flash Media Server 2
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3	Microsoft ASP.net 2.0 & MSSQL
Adobe Photoshop CS3	Microsoft Visual Studio
Adobe Illustrator CS3	PHP5 & MySQL
Adobe Fireworks CS3	Final Cut Pro