1 Florida Cyberinfrastructure Development: SSERCA Fall Internet2 Meeting Raleigh, Va October 3, 2011 Paul Avery University of Florida Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery
SSERCA Mission Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery 2 … to further the development of state-wide computational science infrastructure of advanced scientific computing, communications and education resources by promoting cooperation between Florida’s universities.
Sunshine State Education and Research Computing Alliance What SSERCA is An alliance of 5 universities: FSU, UCF, UF, UM, USF What SSERCA does Helps interface researchers to cyberinfrastructure Provides web catalog to research projects Offers joint CPU and storage resources Serves as a vehicle for collaboration How SSERCA communicates Regular meetings since July 2010 Quarterly “Summits” w/Directors/CIOs: (3 in 2011) 3 Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery
Motivation Maximize collective impact of Florida’s scientific and IT assets Scientists Computing facilities Data storage systems Specialized research instruments State-wide optical network (FLR) 4 Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery
Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery 5 FLR: 20-Gbps network
SSERCA Goals Build and leverage cyberinfrastructure … for research across public and private Universities within Florida Provide researchers access … to advanced computational and data services & expertise Collaborate effectively … for federal grant opportunities (NSF panels look for pre-existing collaboration) 6 Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery
Specific Deliverables Catalog high-end resources Internal use: track assets and progress related to linking assets Showcase STEM resources: attract positive attention to Florida Build and support collaborative infrastructure Data sharing Cycle sharing Three well defined research projects 7 Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery
New Florida Award “New Florida” Funds (Board of Governors) UF: $200K FSU: $150K USF: $100K Internal Matching Funds (university) UF: $200K FSU: $150K USF: $140K 8 Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery
Dedicated SSERCA Staff Distributed dedicated staff Florida State University: 1.0 FTE University of Florida: ~1 FTE University of South Florida: 1.0 FTE University of Central Florida: Fractional University of Miami: Fractional All employed by HPC centers at respective universities 9 Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery
Web Updates Internal facing wiki Meeting planning Grant writing & coordination 10 Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery
Five Collaborative Activities Data sharing CPU sharing CMS experiment at CERN CryoEM Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere 11 Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery
(1) Data Sharing Based on Lustre wide-area file system Shared files appear as local Experience and expertise at UF and FSU Leverages 20 Gbps FLR infrastructure Leverage ExTENCI project (NSF funded, ) Addition of Kerberos-based security PSC expertise and support Many performance tests completed & ongoing File movement between UF, FSU, FIU, PSC 12 Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery
(2) CPU Sharing Leverages Open Science Grid (NSF/DOE funded) “Campus Grids” project (multi-university) Weekly calls: good support & expertise Successful Condor tests “flocking” jobs from FIU to UF Further tests to be carried out in Fall 2011 Initial resource at FSU (3Leaf donation) 96 nodes (1,152 cores), 6 GB/core Other resources expected (modulo power/cooling availability) 13 Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery
(3) CMS LHC UF, FSU, FIU, FIT 14 Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery
(4) CryoEM (FSU, UF) Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery 15
(5) Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models (FSU, USF, UM) 16 Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery