BeSTGRID is a New Zealand research infrastructure organization that aims to enhance e-Research capabilities. It provides skills, services, and tools to help researchers access computational resources and collaborate on shared data. Since 2006, BeSTGRID has delivered services for bioscience, geoscience, and other applications. It established foundations for shared infrastructure and piloted identity management services. Going forward, BeSTGRID will focus on coordinating access to compute and data resources and providing discipline-specific applications and services through collaboration across institutions.

1. BeSTGRID overview and advances Developing NZ research infrastructure www.bestgrid.org twitter: @bestgrid Nick Jones Director, BeSTGRID Co-Director eResearch, Centre for eResearch University of Auckland [email_address]

3. Doesn’t the Internet do this?

5. “ BeSTGRID aims to enhance e-Research capability in New Zealand by providing the skill base to help the various research disciplines engage with new eResearch services” “ BeSTGRID aims to kick start centralised infrastructure with some capital investment at key institutions” BeSTGRID: since 2006

6. KAREN

7. Current Planned Identity provider Virtual Applications Computation Cluster Storage

9. Who uses our grid?

11. BeSTGRID: since 2006 “ BeSTGRID could well be New Zealand’s earliest dedicated eResearch infrastructure providers – even predating KAREN. Since 2006, BeSTGRID has been delivering services and tools to support research and research collaboration on shared data sets, and in accessing computational resources. ” KAREN hyphen Issue 09 September 2009

13. * VDT - OpenScienceGrid * Globus – Argonne * Shibboleth – Internet2 * iRODS – DICE / RENCI * Sakai – Sakai Foundation * OCI - NSF * PRAGMA – UCSD * EVO – CalTech * AccessGrid - Argonne * GenePattern – MIT Broad * caBIG - NIH * UK eScience - JISC * eFramework – JISC Shibboleth – JISC, SWITCH SLCS - Switch Sakai - JISC * Grisu – ARCS * Confluence - Atlassian * NCRIS - DIISR * QFAB - QCIF

17. Compute and storage platforms Shared investment Heterogeneous architectures Grid Middleware Common across compute and storage platforms Provides simplified & secure access to job queues & data sharing Applications and tools Collaboration, Sharing Managed, secure, stable, reliable ‘ Science as a service’ Research communities Deep engagement to map problems onto HPC and Grid Governance / Priorities Responsive, focused, consultative by member institutions

22. Architecture Diagram Virtual Gateway Machine 1 GT4, GRIDFTP, GridSphere etc…. Virtual Gateway Machine 2 GT4, GRIDFTP, Grisu Server. Virtual Gateway Machine 3 GLite etc…. Geo-Sciences Bio-Sciences Physics Institutional Setup: UoA, UC, MU (VMs same) Clusters Supercomputers Superclusters Certificate Authority (APAC CA) Or Shibbolised MyProxy LRM LRM LRM

25. Site admin Site admin Site admin Site admin Site admin Faculty IT Institution IT Technical Working Group Geoscience Leads eResearch Centres eResearch Centres eResearch Centres Bioscience Leads eResearch Centres Steering Committee Project Management

37. Making use of all that noise Each seismometer pair provides a seismic profile Seismographic Information Service Paul Grimwood

38. Tomography Sub-surface seismic velocity structure constructed from an analysis of the velocities at which waves of different pitches propagate

39. WS Data

42. NZ eResearch Infrastructure

45. 1-2 months Begin process of funding agreement with MoRST CEO and VC sign-off Sector MoRST & Govt e-Science Transition working group to agree and write a full investment case, business model and implementation plan. June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Morsties contribute advice to full business plan development Analyse and negotiate support from Treasury, TEC, FRST Financials formatted by Geoff Palmer, MoRST Cabinet Paper To Minister 6/10 Cabinet Office and Committee 20/10 Approval $ Cabinet sits 17/11 for decision 20/11 Iterations of final business plan ** Sign off by wider stakeholder group ** Contract $ Implementation Appropriation Cabinet Paper negotiated with govt agencies MoRST/Treasury Julie and Kathleen to prepare Cabinet Paper Preview to Minister

50. Where shall we go, from here? www.bestgrid.org @bestgrid Nick Jones Director, BeSTGRID Co-Director eResearch, Centre for eResearch University of Auckland [email_address]