Mr Greg D’arcy1
1AARNet, Chatswood, Australia
Hours spent installing and administering reference data and tools at research facilities could be saved through a scalable and low maintenance software distribution service.
The Cern Virtual Machine File System (CernVM-FS or CVMFS) was designed to support the High Energy Physics Community (HEP) with a scalable, reliable and low- maintenance software distribution service. CernVM-FS is a special purpose read-only HTTP based file system that once mounted appears to your computer as if the software were locally installed. Software only needs a single installation and then becomes available at any site with a CernVM-FS client installed and configured.
An AARNet hosted CernVM-FS service has the potential to provide greater integration in the delivery and deployment of software and data across the network. By helping to lower costs, improve efficiency and reduce the duplication of effort across NRI and its user communities, such a service could play a vital piece in the emerging computing and data infrastructure ecosystem.
This presentation will pose the question – is there a broad demand for a CernVM-FS repository service in the research sector? AARNet is keen to hear from the broader research community regarding their interest and requirements that could be supported by a national AARNet CernVM-FS Repository Service.
Biography:
Greg D’Arcy is an experienced Research Analyst and Program Manager working at AARNet across a number of product development projects and research collaborations. Greg has over twenty years’ experience in the research and education sectors working across several large-scale digital transformation and infrastructure initiatives.