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Florida Cyberinfrastructure Development:

SSERCA

Fall Internet2 MeetingRaleigh, Va

October 3, 2011

Paul AveryUniversity of Floridaavery@phys.ufl.edu

www.sserca.org

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SSERCA Mission

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… 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.

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Sunshine State Education and Research Computing Alliance

What SSERCA isAn alliance of 5 universities: FSU, UCF, UF, UM, USF

What SSERCA doesHelps interface researchers to cyberinfrastructureProvides web catalog to research projectsOffers joint CPU and storage resourcesServes as a vehicle for collaboration

How SSERCA communicatesRegular meetings since July 2010Quarterly “Summits” w/Directors/CIOs: (3 in 2011)

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Motivation

Maximize collective impact of Florida’s scientific and IT assetsScientistsComputing facilitiesData storage systemsSpecialized research

instrumentsState-wide optical network

(FLR)

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FLR: 20-Gbps network

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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)

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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 infrastructureData sharingCycle sharing

Three well defined research projects

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New Florida Award “New Florida” Funds (Board of Governors)

UF: $200KFSU: $150KUSF: $100K

Internal Matching Funds (university)UF: $200KFSU: $150KUSF: $140K

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Dedicated SSERCA Staff Distributed dedicated staff

Florida State University: 1.0 FTEUniversity of Florida: ~1 FTEUniversity of South Florida: 1.0 FTEUniversity of Central Florida: FractionalUniversity of Miami: Fractional

All employed by HPC centers at respective universities

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Web Updates

Internal facing wiki Meeting planning Grant writing &

coordination

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Five Collaborative Activities Data sharing CPU sharing CMS experiment at CERN CryoEM Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere

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(1) Data Sharing Based on Lustre wide-area file system

Shared files appear as localExperience and expertise at UF and FSU

Leverages 20 Gbps FLR infrastructure Leverage ExTENCI project (NSF funded, 2010-12)

Addition of Kerberos-based securityPSC expertise and support

Many performance tests completed & ongoingFile movement between UF, FSU, FIU, PSC

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(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/coreOther resources expected (modulo power/cooling

availability)

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(3) CMS Experiment @ LHCUF, FSU, FIU, FIT

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(4) CryoEM (FSU, UF)

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(5) Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models(FSU, USF, UM)

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