Dr Chris Hines1
1Monash eResearch, Clayton, Australia
Biography:
Chris has been kicking around the sector for longer than he likes to admit, even to himself. Originally a physicist he has become a jack of all trades doing a little bit of sysadmin here, a little bit of programming there. He gets excited about seeing interesting research happen and his main aim is to make advanced computing tools accessible to all researchers without them having to become a computer nerd like him.
Abstract:
Large research groups can build nice custom web interfaces to manage their data. Advanced users can use the commandline to do all sorts of magic. But what about everyone else?
sftp and ssh are the lowest common denominator in terms of access to research computing systems. They are ubiquitous but not the easiest to work with.
Globus online is a great tool for moving data around, especially on long distance high bandwidth links, but it requires a lot of setup and maintenance. It is not always available on all systems, and it can be overkill for simple transfers.
I'll demo and talk about a web based method of coordinating rsync and sftp transfers.
I'll show how if you can ssh in, you can use our web interface to move data, without having to copy it to your local hard drive and without having to employ a full time sysadmin to setup globus.
I'll talk about how moving data between systems is part of a larger ecosystem including capturing data at instruments and cataloging data for other people to discover.