Information Resources and Communications University of California, Office of the President UC-Wide Activities in Support of Research and Scholarship David Walker Office of the President University of California

Information Resources and Communications University of California, Office of the President Information Technology Guidance Committee (ITGC) Identify strategic directions for IT investments that enable campuses to meet their distinctive needs more effectively while supporting the University’s broader mission, academic programs and strategic goals. Promote the deployment of information technology services to support innovation and the enhancement of academic quality and institutional competitiveness. Leverage IT investment and expertise to fully exploit collective and campus-specific IT capabilities. Presentations to executive management late in 2007.

Information Resources and Communications University of California, Office of the President Areas Addressed by the ITGC Research and Scholarship Teaching, Learning, and Student Experience University-Wide Administrative and Business Systems Critical Success Factors (e.g., common architecture, end-user support, collaboration infrastructure)

Information Resources and Communications University of California, Office of the President Potential Recommendations for Research and Scholarship Advanced Network Services UC Grid Academic Cyberinfrastructure

Information Resources and Communications University of California, Office of the President Advanced Network Services Upgrade all campus routed Internet connections to 10 Gbps Pilot new network services Non-routed interconnects Lightpath-based, application-dedicated bandwidth End-to-end performance tools, instrumentation, and support

Information Resources and Communications University of California, Office of the President UC Grid Enable resource sharing, based on UCTrust Implement comprehensive storage services Large-scale computation, project collaboration, (very) long-term preservation Explore UC-provided resources Base-level compute and storage Data center space Support services

Information Resources and Communications University of California, Office of the President UGP (UCLA Grid Portal Software) UGP under development at UCLA since Build on top of: Globus Toolkit and GridSphere Portlets. Joins computational clusters into a Grid. Original Design Goals: – Do not change the way individually-managed clusters do business. --> Grid Appliance. – Web Portal: Hide certificates and the complexity of the Grid from users. – No software to install. Single sign on. Common web interface to all clusters

Information Resources and Communications University of California, Office of the President Head node Cluster II Head node Cluster I Single Campus Architecture ION Visualization Server Storage ServerMyProxy Server Grid Portal Grid Appliance Credential mapped to local ID Grid Appliance https Uniform browser based interface

Information Resources and Communications University of California, Office of the President Single CA is shared among all campuses UC Portal UCLA Portal UCSB Portal UCI Portal A A AA A A C C CC C C All appliances talk to both their campus portal and the UC portal UCLA MyProxy UCSB MyProxy UC Grid CA UC User Database UC MyProxy UC Register Service Storage Server Storage Server Storage Server UCI MyProxy UC Grid Multi-Campus Architecture

Information Resources and Communications University of California, Office of the President Academic Cyberinfrastructure Ubiquitous access to services critical to research, scholarship, and instruction Collaboration tools and services Tools for creation and dissemination of electronic information Digital preservation Grant application / administration tools End-user support services

Information Resources and Communications University of California, Office of the President More Information  IT Guidance Committee   UC Grid   UCTrust 