Research Cyberinfrastructureat UCSD

David MinorDirector, Preservation Initiatives

UC San Diego LibrariesSan Diego Supercomputer Center

March, 2012

A brief history …

• 2008: Campus-wide needs assessment

– What do campus users need today?

– What do they think they need tomorrow?

– What is hindering their research?

A brief history …

• 70% indicated need for short-term storage– 1-3 years

• 64% indicated need for long-term preservation of data sets

• Also needed data management help, metadata creation, tools for sharing, etc.

A brief history …

• April, 2009: Blueprint for the Digital University

– Publically available

– Indicates directions and goals for campus

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• April, 2010: Cyberinfrastructure Planning and Operations Committee Report issued

– Operationalized the Blueprint

– Actual plans, budgets and projections

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• January, 2011: RCI Oversight Committee formed– business plan accepted, oversight committee

charged

– Let’s go DO this

RCI elements

• High-Performance Computing

• Data Center Colocation

• Storage

• Networking and other services

• Data curation

High-performance computing

• Triton Resource: a cost–effective and accessible high-performance computing system primarily for UC San Diego and UC researchers

• Triton Affiliates and Partners Program (TAPP): high performance cluster computing time at a reasonable cost.

• New developments include “condo” computing

http://www.sdsc.edu/us/tapp

Data center colocation

• Standard rack provided with ISO-Base seismic protection, aisle containment, and 2x30A power distribution

• 10+ Gb networking fabric connectivity both throughout SDSC aggregation fabric and into CENIC

• 24/7 operations staff providing facility oversight and emergency "remote hands" hardware assistance

http://rci.ucsd.edu/services/colocation.html

Networking and other services

• Web Hosting

• Database Hosting

• 10GigE research network throughout campus

http://rci.ucsd.edu/services/other-services.html

StorageStorage Type Cost per Terabyte-Year Availability Application Performance

Parallel File System • Designed for HPC users 99.5% Up to 100 GB/s

Project Storage • Standard Availability, Single-Site Durability

• High Availability, Multiple-Site Durability

• 99.5%

• 99.95%

• Up to 1 GB/s

• Up to 1 GB/s

Cloud Storage • Single-Site Durability

• Triple Copy

• 99.5%

• 99.5%

• Up to 100 MB/s

• Up to 100 MB/s

Data curation

• Starting with a two year pilot phase

• Using existing tools whenever possible– Storage at SDSC– Digital Asset Management System at UCSD Libraries– Campus high-speed networking– Chronopolis digital preservation network

http://rci.ucsd.edu/services/data-curation.html

http://rci.ucsd.edu/pilots

Data curation

Data curation

The pilots …

The Brain Observatory

Preserve and curate the digital version of the brain of patient HM, the most studied neuropsychological patient in modern medicine.

The Brain Observatory

• Aspects of image preservation• Interaction with a commercial site• Work with combinations of physical slides,

images, pyramidal structures

NSF OpenTopography Facility

OpenTopography facilitates community access to high-resolution, Earth science-oriented, topography data, and related tools and resources

NSF OpenTopography Facility

• Preservation of raw data• Provide DOIs for complex datasets• Information passing between portals

Levantine Archaeology Laboratory

Focuses on archaeological investigations concerning the evolution of societies in the southern Levant from the Neolithic to Islamic periods.

Levantine Archaeology Laboratory

• Cyber-archaeology• Tools for uniting field work, objects in cold storage,

and digital imagery• Develop the infrastructure needed to curate cultural

heritage data that is spurred by new visualization and analysis tools.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography Geological Collections

The Sediment Core collection contains samples collected from as early as 1916. The Cored Sediment Collection is a growing archive of sea-floor samples and associated data supporting a diverse variety of scientific research.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography Geological Collections

• Work with local data and a national community

• Assist with the creation of a standards-based access, discovery and preservation system for one of the largest collections of marine geology samples in the United States.

The Laboratory for Computational Astrophysics

Dedicated to advancing the state-of-the-art of astrophysical simulation through the development and dissemination of community codes, and through large-scale simulations of astrophysical and cosmological systems.

The Laboratory for Computational Astrophysics

• Provide data management and curation to improve collaborations with other researchers

• Support publishing simulations of astrophysical phenomenon in cosmology, star formation and turbulence

• Provide metadata support

Data management plans

• Resources and contacts available to UCSD researchers

• Examples from submitted proposals

• Guidance, tips and recommendations for DMP preparation

• UCSD-centered version of DMP Tool

http://rci.ucsd.edu/dmp/index.html

http://rci.ucsd.edu

David MinorDirector, Digital Preservation InitiativesUC San Diego LibrariesSan Diego Supercomputer Centerminor@sdsc.edu