A Common Cloud Platform for STFC Science
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
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Planned Impact
The impact is fully described in the pathways to impact annex.
In summary the e-Infrastructure, including software infrastructure, will
- Provide badly needed additional resources for all STFC data intensive science communities undertaking science supported by PPAN and the National Facilities, thus enabling more science output.
- Address the STFC need to harmonise computing across STFC as called for by its Computing Strategy.
- Pilot engagement with UK industry in the provision of cloud based resources.
- Aid STFC in its need to move towards a National e-Infrastructure for research across Research Councils.
In summary the e-Infrastructure, including software infrastructure, will
- Provide badly needed additional resources for all STFC data intensive science communities undertaking science supported by PPAN and the National Facilities, thus enabling more science output.
- Address the STFC need to harmonise computing across STFC as called for by its Computing Strategy.
- Pilot engagement with UK industry in the provision of cloud based resources.
- Aid STFC in its need to move towards a National e-Infrastructure for research across Research Councils.
Organisations
| Description | This award was for the establishment of compute resources and the development of digital assets at the University of Cambridge as part of a new national infrastructure - IRIS. The key output of this element of the overall work was delivery of digital assets via the company StackHPC in collaboration with University academic partners - these assets now form a key element of the national infrastructure |
| Exploitation Route | This award was to support a new national infrastructure IRIS to be used by the widest elements of the UK STFC-based research community. The project is highly successful and i now regularly used by a growing user community. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) |
| Description | The digital assets created during this work have applicability outside the scope of the project and delivery of this impact is being undertaken by StackHPC who co-developed the assets |
| First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
| Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Title | Scientific OpenStack |
| Description | The software has been developed as part of the SKA Science Data Processor Platform. It adds new functionality to the OpenStack platform to enable high performance workflows and other monitoring. The software has been added back into the main OpenStack repository for general use. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | This software has wide applicability outside of radio astronomy and the SKA project for which it is developed and at least one company, StackHPC are taking this forward in a commercial context |
| URL | http://ska-sdp.org |