An overview of ISAR’s
informatics system and the need for it’s development
Károly
Balogh
(balogh@katki.hu)
In the last decade the
Internet has become a leading method for communication, on line publication and
search for information to the scientists at Isar
(Institute for Small Animal Research).
With the help of niif in 1994 Isar was among the first few of Hungarian agricultural
research institutes to join the Internet. It has connected to the regional
centre of HBONE at Gödöllő via an X.25 endpoint (9600 bps). Some of the
computers were linked to this endpoint across the local network built by the
Institute from its own resources.
In 1995 the lower
performance PC server was replaced by a more powerful SUN SPARCStation 20. In
the same year more workstations joined the local network. Using our extended
resources we started a web service (URL: http://www.katki.hu/)
providing research information for the public.
These investments were
enough to put us on the right track, but the ever growing domestic and
international traffic required an increased bandwidth. This was achieved in 1997
by upgrading our connection to a digital leased line (64 Kbps) provided by
MATÁV.
In 2002 we have successfully
upgraded our connection with a more advanced microwave data transfer unit (11
Mbps). At the same time the local network had also been updated.