1. 1 Florida Cyberinfrastructure Development: SSERCA Fall Internet2 Meeting Raleigh, Va October 3, 2011 Paul Avery University of Florida avery@phys.ufl.edu www.sserca.org Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery 5 FLR: 20-Gbps network

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Web Updates  Internal facing wiki  Meeting planning  Grant writing & coordination 10 Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery

11. Five Collaborative Activities  Data sharing  CPU sharing  CMS experiment at CERN  CryoEM  Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere 11 Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery

12. (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, 2010-12)  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

13. (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

14. (3) CMS Experiment @ LHC UF, FSU, FIU, FIT 14 Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery

15. (4) CryoEM (FSU, UF) Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery 15

16. (5) Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models (FSU, USF, UM) 16 Internet2 Meeting (October 3, 2011)Paul Avery