Data Management

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

Meeting Place

Our first 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 Oveview
   1. Observational Data (SCEC Data Center)
   2. Simulation Data (Olsen/Cui/Callaghan/Chen)
   3. Project Artifacts (Maechling/Huyhn)
2. Discussion of persistent archives of SCEC simulation data
   1. Storage duration of 2 years, 5 years (through end of SCEC 4)
3. Characteristics of Storage Alternatives
   1. Physical Location
   2. Cost of storage
   3. Transfer Methods
   4. Access Methods
4. Data Management Alternatives
   1. SDSC Cloud Storage (SDSC)
   2. iRods (DICE)
   3. NCSA tape Storage
5. Related Efforts
   1. NASA
6. Discussion

Afternoon Session

1. SCEC SDSC Data storage overview (Olsen/Cui)
2. SCEC Storage Overviews
   1. ALCF – Chen/Ely
   2. NICS – Cui/Callaghan/Cui/Taborda/Ely
   3. ORNL – Cui/Small
   4. Ranger – Callaghan/Ely
   5. NCSA – Cui
3. Simulation and storage estimates for 2012
   1. Cui
   2. Chen
   3. Callaghan
   4. Ely
   5. Taborda
4. SDSC Data reduction strategy (Olsen/Maechling)
5. Proposed CME Data Management Policies

Remote Participation

• SDSC Remote Participation Information

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