In early May, the campus E4E server was upgraded from a Sun SPARCserver 5 to a Sun Microsystems Ultra Enterprise 2 dual processor system. The new system has approximately 5 times the processing power of the old system. In addition, NACS made several other system software and configuration changes designed to improve efficiency.
Users who had been experiencing delays in mail delivery times and in accessing their mail noticed a big improvement from the upgrade. System statistics show that whereas the old CPU had troubles keeping up with the constant user load, the new one is virtually always caught up. NACS will monitor the status of the system and strive to keep processing power at the appropriate level as user demands increase.