Computing at SNL: ''The way it should be'' - circa 1993

This document depicts a dynamic, laboratory-wide, integrated computing environment, the Sandia Laboratories Integrated Computing Environment (SLICE), of supercomputers, applications, application servers, computer servers, file servers, file storage devices, workstations and communication networks that serves the technical computing needs for the diverse Sandia National Laboratories user community. SLICE provides a stable, unified, user-friendly computing environment for the entire laboratory, yet utilizes state-of-the-art hardware and software as quickly as budgets, manpower and security restrictions allow.