Data Management

SCEC has scheduled a CME data management meeting to discuss current and future data management plans for CME researchers:

Meeting Place

Our next CME data management meeting will be held at San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), on campus of UC San Diego.

Meeting Date/Time

• Friday, 24 Feb 2012
• 9am - 4pm PST

Morning Session

1. SCEC Data Management Overview
   1. SCEC Data Overview (Maechling)
   2. Observational Data (SCEC Data Center)
   3. Simulation Data (Olsen/Cui/Callaghan/Chen)
   4. Project Artifacts (Maechling/Huyhn)
2. Characteristics of Storage Alternatives (Maechling)
   1. Physical Location
   2. Cost of Storage
   3. Number of users
   4. Transfer Methods
   5. Access Methods
   6. Storage Duration (through end of SCEC 4)
3. Data Management Recommendations
   1. SDSC Cloud Storage (Joyce)
   2. iRods (Schroeder)
   3. NASA Data Storage (Chen)
   4. Globus Online (Deelman)
   5. USC Digital Repository (?)
   6. NCAR HDF5 - OpenDAP - THREDDS
   7. Other Related Efforts
4. Discussion of SCEC Data Archival and Management
   1. where to locate
   2. How to archive
   3. When to purge
   4. Who to access
   5. Overall Management policies

Afternoon Session

1. SCEC Storage Overviews
   1. ALCF – Chen/Ely
   2. Ranger – Callaghan/Ely
   3. NICS – Cui/Callaghan/Cui/Taborda/Ely
   4. ORNL – Cui/Small
   5. NCSA – Cui
   6. SDSC - Cui
2. Simulation and Storage Estimates for 2012
   1. Cui
   2. Chen
   3. Callaghan
   4. Ely
   5. Taborda
3. SCEC SDSC Data Storage Reduction Planning
   1. SCEC SDSC Data overview (Olsen/Cui)
   2. SDSC Data Reduction Strategy (Olsen/Maechling)
4. Proposed CME Simulation Data Management Policies (Maechling/Cui)
5. Wrap Up and Adjourn

Remote Participation

• SDSC Remote Participation Information

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