1. UCC Research Cloud Brian Clayton Boole Centre for Research in Informatics

2. Origins Built on BCRI 10 year experience of providing service to UCC research community Head of SEFS, director of BCRI and head of IS brought idea to UMTS UMTS agreed research cloud should be a university wide service Funded by SEFS and supported by Dell and VMware

3. What is the Research cloud? Collection of storage and compute resources combined with dedicated management personnel Instead of buying hardware such as servers or storage you rent them instead Service is custom built for each project You only rent for as long as you need the service IAAS with management layer (you rent a fully configured machine)

4. How to use the cloud Order process: 1.Go to Research Cloud website and request quotation http://www.ucc.ie/en/staffitservices/r esearch-cloud/ http://www.ucc.ie/en/staffitservices/r esearch-cloud/ 2.Once quotation is received, go to Agresso and complete an internal supplier requisition 3.Requisition is approved and resources are provisioned Process should take no more than a week

5. Agresso Internal Requisition

6. Advantages of the Research Cloud Local support, phone and email. Backed up by emergency cover from Information Services no Data Protection concerns Designed specifically to meet researchers needs Can meet research project needs from small to large projects Scalable – only pay for what you need, but can meet peak loads e.g. before a conference Approx. 50% of the cost of commercial public clouds

7. Advantages of the Research Cloud By aggregating services across the university, all research groups can enjoy enterprise class services Fast start up times - under 1 week compared to procurement and installation Meeting energy efficiency targets In line with international best practice

8. Questions? http://www.ucc.ie/en/staffitservices/research-cloud/