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The Forest Resources Institute
is located in the historic Tucker
House at 2900 North Raguet in Nacogdoches, Texas.
The Tucker House is situated on approximately 40 acres
of remnant East Texas forest. The grounds have been dedicated
as the Pineywoods
Native Plants Center. IPix Immersive Images of the property are
available. The Lanana Creek Trail connects the
estate to the
SFA Mast Arboretum, Azalea
Garden
and the Arthur Temple Nature Trail. Facilities
include a state-of-the-art conference and presentation
room, as well as one of the most powerful computing environments
in East Texas. |
Computing Technology at the Forest
Resources Institute
Hardware
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| FRI computing capability revolves around
an SGI Origin 2000 server. This Scalable Shared Memory
Multiprocessing computer is based on the Silicon Graphics
S2MP Architecture and provides impressive performance
and unparalleled scalability. In its present configuration,
the FRI server is configured with 2 Mips R10000 microprocessors,
100 gigabytes of RAM, and over 200 gigabytes of storage;
all necessary to handle the extremely large interactive
database needed by the Institute. The FRI server houses
the Forest Resources Information System (FRIS), a comprehensive,
multi-format database on southern forest ecosystems.
In addition, three SGI Octane workstations and one O2
workstation power the Institute's 3-D visualization
and modeling work. These workstations provide advanced
capabilities needed to support the Insititute's research
activities. Several Windows NT and Macintosh computers
area available for staff use. |
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