UT Research Cyberinfrastructure Leadership and Working Groups

Technical Architecture Working Group

Sub-committees

Connectivity

Storage

User Access

The technical objectives for enabling rapid science impact and preparing for future scientific success are:

1. 10 Gbps connectivity between all institutions, with end-to-end performance to at least two research labs on each campus. Upgrade network connectivity: ensure 10Gbps to every campus and into the key research buildings with labs generating and hosting terabytes of digital data. Make investments and conduct the network performance engineering to address the prevalent 'last-mile' issues, and assist with planning for future connectivity upgrades. Approximately $15M for the UTSysNet upgrades. A detailed plan for this in progress.
2. Establish UTDR prototype with support for open science and secure access data, with replication and at least five petabytes capacity. Upgrade central and distributed storage capabilities, building out the UTDR. This includes massive disk storage with high IO rates and with automated backups, geoplexed for data security. Will leverage TACC for open science data and potentially a partnership with a commercial partner with expertise in data storage with HiPAA and other policy/legal requirements. Approximately $4M from UT System for the UTDR prototype. A detailed plan for this is in progress.
3. Provide 40M dedicated CPU cycles to UT System institution researchers on world-class HPC systems, shared memory systems, and visualization systems. Expand access to high-end computing and high throughput computing for researchers across all institutions, with corresponding access to visualization/analysis systems. Approximately $3M from UT System. TACC deployed Lonestar, a new, scalable HPC resource in February 2011.

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