Speaker
Description
Moving masses of data is a challenge. In most cases networks optimized for business
operations are neither designed for nor capable of supporting the data movement requirements of
data intensive research. When scientists attempt to run data intensive applications over these so
called “general purpose”/enterprise networks, the result is often poor performance – in many cases
poor enough that the science mission is significantly impacted. At its worst this means either not
getting the data, getting it too late or resorting to “desperate” measures such as shipping disks
around. The South African National Research Network (SANReN) is currently piloting a data transfer
service with the goal of changing this for our researchers/scientists and optimising the transfer of
datasets across the network. The service makes use of data transfer nodes configured in a science
DMZ architecture using specially designed data transfer tools to efficiently and securely move data.
This presentation will present an overview of the science DMZ, data transfer nodes, tools and
services that we have implemented as part of the SANReN Data Transfer Pilot project as well as preliminary results we’ve achieved.
Keywords: Science DMZ, data transfer nodes, optimising data transfer
Summary
Sharing our learnings on implementation of the SANReN Data Transfer Pilot so that this can be implemented at other African NRENS
| Sub-Theme | SMART Research: Services and tools |
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