ian foster - us ignite application summit 2013

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The Discovery Cloud

Ian Foster

foster@anl.gov

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“When the network is as fast as the computer’s

internal links, the machine disintegrates across the net into a set of special purpose

appliances”(George Gilder, 2001)

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A time of disruptive changeAs evidenced by cost per human genome

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We asked ourselves:

What if the research work flow could be managed as

easily as……our pictures

…home entertainment…our e-mail

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We aspire (initially) to create a great user

experience forresearch data managementWhat would a

“dropbox for science” look like?

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• Collect•Move• Sync• Share• Analyze

• Annotate• Publish• Search• Backup• Archive

BIG DATA…for

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• Collect•Move• Sync• Share• Analyze

• Annotate• Publish• Search• Backup• Archive

BIG DATA…for

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DataSource

DataDestinatio

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User initiates transfer request

1

Globus Online moves/syncs files

2

Globus Online notifies user

3

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Early adoption is encouraging

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Early adoption is encouraging

10,000 registered users; ~100 daily~18 PB moved; ~1B files

10x (or better) performance vs. scp99.9% availability

Entirely hosted on Amazon

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• Collect•Move• Sync• Share• Analyze

• Annotate• Publish• Search• Backup• Archive

BIG DATA…for

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We aim to accelerate discovery by many more people at substantially lower cost … by outsourcing discovery tasks to science cloud services

The Discovery Cloud

www.globusonline.org

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