NeCTAR is an Australian government initiative to enhance research collaboration through the development of eResearch infrastructure. The University of Melbourne has been appointed lead agent. Objectives include developing a national cloud computing infrastructure called the NeCTAR Research Cloud using OpenStack. The cloud aims to provide researchers from any discipline with access to computing resources and collaboration tools from multiple sites around Australia.

1. National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resourcesnectar.org.auNeCTAR is an Australian Government project conducted as part of the Super Science initiative and financed by the Education Investment Fund. The University of Melbourne has been appointed the lead agent by the Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. Objectives: to enhance research collaboration through the development of eResearch infrastructure.

2. The talk todayHistoryCommunityEverett ToewsSteven ManosTechnologyTom Fifield

3. The birth of NeCTARThe process of research can readily be described in term of how data flowsComputational modeling, data analysis, etc. (APAC, NCI, Pawsey)ComputeUse tools & apps to work remotely and collaboratively - NeCTARCombineKeepKeep data and observations, describe, collect, share, find and re-use them – RDSI, ANDSAccess

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10. Shape of NeCTAR

11. Why build itourselves?1. Proximity – the honeypot – infrastructure attracts community2. Local infrastructure is more responsive to research needs3. Service offering and charging models suitable for research4. Locality to instruments, research networks and other infrastructure.

12. NeCTAR Research CloudAn OpenStack CloudAny Researcher, Any Discipline, Anywhere

13. Some level of ‘instant access’A single national cloud Up to six sites (called “nodes” – sorry!)

14. $1.5M per nodeSupporting Inward and Outward FederationEC2/S3 APICloud Use CasesParticle Physics simulations powered by a distributed computing workflow tool to span Grid, Cloud and HPC [DIRAC]Large-scale genome analysis using an interactive platform [Galaxy]Collaboration toolse.g. Sakai/Wordpress/MediaWikiDemographics/Sustainable Society - “Convicts and Diggers: a demography of life courses, families and generations”Disaster Management - BushfireConnect.orgUrban Research – using a geospatial information platformWave-Induced Turbidity Modeling, 3D Telemedicine, ...

15. Research Cloud TimelineNational cloudFirst nodePilot20,000 cores+6 PB3,000 cores+1 PB300 cores195 TBNowQ1 20122013

16. OpenStack feature interestsZones and scheduling are importantWe need to provide a single endpoint

17. We need to provide direct access to specific nodes or ‘special’ zonesAAA is crucialWe have a nation-wide SSO service (AAF)

18. It’s based on shibboleth

19. Designing our code to be used anywhere15

20. Melbourne Node16

21. Melbourne NodeNetworking17

22. Collaborative operations18

23. NetworkIPv4 address exhaustionMost National Research Networks are IPv6 readyOpenStack on IPv6IPv6 Call to Arms!19

24. CommunityUsers helping usersAustralian OpenStack User GroupBlog, file bugs, ask (and answer!) questionsDocumentationCode, code, code - devstack.org20