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Show Nov. 3, 1989 .i ipi 13 Hilltop Times i.i.ii II V " -- 4 U.S. Air Force Photos Ready for business The Logistical Systems Operations Center, above, is the new home of the Directorate of Communications-Compute- r Systems. Roger Arnold, LSOC and CTF program manager, right, inspects r wiring in the facility. Bottom right, Mr. Arnold and Brad Knowlton, a foreman for Big "D" Construction Company, check plans for the center. J under-the-floo- Directorate of Communications-GomputeSystems opens new... id. . A( V , Sin nin-T- " ) - j Ss .- S' J -f ' . ' ' . , "S . r ig)DS'u,D(3GD (3 Pi7q:0ddd ' -I S tli.iA IliM U.S. Air Force Photo by Neil Ward D00? by Debbie Christiansen Open houses set Hilltop Times staff writer Workers in the Directorate of Communications-Compute- r Two events have been scheduled Systems to mark the opening of the Logisti- are preparing to move into their new cal Systems Operations Center. home, the Logistical Systems OperaFrom 11 a.m.-- 4 p.m. on Saturv,.5.;l:T-'i.;rH tions Center. day, an open house will be held at SC officials said the center will prothe center, Bldg. 891; for workers vide computer service in the Directorate of Communications-C3 for organizations across the Ogden Air omputer and the Systems Logistics Center and Air Force Logis1881st Communications Squadron tics Command. V'!':;L: and their family members. " LSOC will really enhance the abiliOn the same day, from 7 p.m., ties of computer usefs," Raymond the open house will be for SC Moss, deputy director of SC, said. and former employees. retirees Col. William G. Fox, SC director, to allow for cabling for power and comwork in the event the LAN loses ribbon-cuttin- g ceremoA formal said, "Efficiency and productivity will puter communications, Ms., Johnson service and provides graphics capabilny will be held Wednesday from ;' :, said.- ,, v,.ities the LAN cannot, he said. be improved because our people will be a.m. The center will be is installed A sound There is a large directorate conferrather than at the right point masking system spread for tours base workers to open area to ence room in the center with a projecout as they are in the existing facility. throughout the administrative from 4 p.m. ; from distraction as much will as "It possipreclude printer tion booth at one end for audio-visua- l provide, noise, conversations, etc. It encomble, uninterrupted power," Colonel capability, and stages at both ends to Construction of the 90,500 square-foo- t passes 337 work stations with varied allow for separation into smaller conFox said. "With the new monitoring ference rooms. will see able we to be facility, Bldg. 891, was begun in capabilities, she said. equipment, LSOC is the acwith The in The center's documentation library equipped September 1987 and will culminate things that may go bad before they a formal ribbon - cutting ceremony latest concept in telephone service. is an active automated library estab- tually go bad." -- The center will not only provide the Wednesday. - It is located hear the Each work station is assigned its own lisnea to store ana maintain system capability for the 19 major main- West Gate of Hill AFB on approxi- telephone number the newest style- tek uucumeniauon acceasiuie tu users, frames currently in use, but more may mately six acres of ground. ephone instruments. programmers ana operations personcon1 in nel. It is a central point of update for fearoom center : A the has The center be added in the future. battery many unique which The growth of the computer main- tures, Ms. Johnson said. In the com- tains 235 batteries supply powuiauuaig auu biic uiauogcuiciib vi jjiu source the to er feet 100 is there housed in are which power uninterruptable 31,200 square Bldg. frames, puter room, releases for data systems, Ms. Johnand provide service for every direc- of flooring raised two feet above the units. The center is supplied with power son said. torate and tenant organization on concrete. This facilitates the laying of va sa1 nofnia vf . Paoiico .cables.lines,.wires.andLpipeset.above-the; jvia two , transf ormers-.locate- d .base, Jsan ongoing, process. concrete so there are no exposed outside of the building. center, additional security features changes have necessitatThree large diesel generators are have been built in to enhance the new ed a drastic change in the way SC does wires or cables. housed in the LSOC. was room The designed facility's safety, Colonel Fox said. computer business, said Kathy Johnson, Local A new home is also in the future for Network Area The with the concept of automated operaoperated management assistant in SC. It is a move that has been a long tions in mind. Automated operations out of the. center serves 4,000 base the 1881st Communications Squadtime coming. The center was in the is a method of increasing the efficiency users. Similar LAN are located at five ron. In 1990, construction will begin centers across the counon the Consolidated Telecommunicaplanning stages for approximately 20 of the operation of the various com- air logistics be five connected centers will The said. she tions Facility as an extension of the try. puter systems, years. and AFLC other - Colonel Fox said the lengthy wait each to there room In the computer alone, LSOC, said Roger Arnold, LSOC and headquarters n Wright-PattersoOhio. CTF program manager. The 1881st CS at AFB, was due to the fact that at the time the are 800 tons of air conditioning equipsize LAN cool ALC's "The of room is the ment to Ogden computer being integrated as an important keep concept originated, computer systems free makes the in it world,", part of SC and the two will function largest the were not as critical to missions as they and operating at peak efficiency. The air is cooled via chilled water said Bud Strayhorn, Ogden LAN as a single entity upon completion of are today. As a result, the LSOC idea the integration. moves through a closed loop manager. which as a was not given as high priority feaThe CTF will also have approximateof The Token Ring Network is a system at the rate 1,920 gallons per other projects. realof raised minute. Very little water escapes the ture at the center which provides ly 32,000 square-fee- t As soon as the decision-maker- s comto data used rates transfer of be for future 1,600 ' flooring expansystem. higher ized the increasing importance administrat transthe LAN sion times faster than more data The room of moved Mr. square-foo38,000 computer capability, puters, the project h floor acts also raised fer rate. as a on a net is area said. Arnold tive It backup rapidly, he said. -- state-of-the-a- rt ..... 5-- V-;:- 10-10:- 30 1-- . -- - . - " -- Rapid-technologic- joiL-the- al -. ; . 24-inc- six-inc- h |