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Fife and Tayside Metropolitan Area Network

Welcome to FaTMAN

Outline drawing of FaTMAN-5 topology

Developments in 2006

  • FaTMAN-5 information
  • FaTMAN to be connected to SuperJANET5

    FaTMAN Reformed Launch

    The FaTMAN Reformed Launch took place at Dudhope Castle, Dundee on Wednesday 19 November 2003. The launch event and agreement signing ceremony were attended by Sir Clement Freud, Rector of St Andrews University.

    Developments in 2002

  • FaTMAN-4 status report
  • FaTMAN to be connected to SuperJANET 4
  • FaTMAN receives funding from SFC the Scottish Funding Council. A 2002 SHEFC Press Release explains their contributions.

    Status of FaTMAN

    The current status of FaTMAN circuits and its connections to the Internet can be seen on the Netsight monitoring system

    The FaTMAN Consortium

    FaTMAN is a consortium of the following institutions:

    FaTMAN has been established as a Consortium with all FE and HE institutions receiving network services as members.

    The members have signed a formal Consortium Agreement and Network Services Agreement with explanatory notes .

    The University of Dundee is the Regional Network Operator .

    Regional Networks in Scotland

    There are other academic networks in Scotland: All these networks have the same underlying goal of providing fast and innovative links between universities and other education and research institutes in Scotland.

    SuperJANET is a development of JANET (the Joint Academic Network) that provides connections between all UK universities and research centres. Fast links across the Atlantic and to Europe give high speed connections to the Internet.

    See also

    See also FaTMAN Historical and reference material

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    FaTMAN Performance

    Month Availability Failure Rate
    May 2008 100% 0.00
    Apr 2008 100% 0.00
    Mar 2008 100% 0.00
    Feb 2008 100% 0.00
    Jan 2008 100% 0.00
    Dec 2007 100% 0.00
    Nov 2007 100% 0.00
    Oct 2007 100% 0.00
    Sep 2007 100% 0.00
    Aug 2007 100% 0.00
    Jul 2007 100% 0.00
    Jun 2007 100% 0.00
    FaTMAN Average 100% 0.00

    Availability

    The Service Level Agreement sets a target of at least 99% availability for each connection.

    Failure Rate

    The maximum failure rate is 1 per 1000 hours, calculated over a 12 months rolling periold.

    Source

    Figures are collected by JANET (UK) as a means of checking that JANET and its Regional Networks (such as FaTMAN) deliver at least the level of service specified in the contract with JISC (www.jisc.ac.uk).

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    Last updated: Tuesday 24 June 2008 04:42 PM
    Copyright ©FaTMAN and University of Dundee 1995-2006
    Background paper courtesy of Gibson Grafx