Research Data Facility As A Service

我们建议为代表EPSRC在EPCC运营的研究数据设施（RDF）提供一个替代品，作为2020年5月起为期12个月的服务。最初的RDF于2011年首次购买，并于2013年进行了扩建。它最老的部件已经使用了8年以上，无法维修。为了降低用户数据的风险，并为复杂的数据管理挑战提供低成本的解决方案，EPCC建议运营新的RDF即服务（RDFaaS），我们自己提供前期资金。作为项目的一部分，EPSRC数据将从旧系统复制到新系统。EPCC提议运营一项为期一年的服务，为EPSRC ARCHER 2提供5pb的存储空间，并在第一个实例中连接二级科学社区。服务本身将具有与原始服务完全相同的目标。即：1。为来自英国各地的EPSRC国家高性能计算服务用户提供安全、管理良好、强大、高性能的研究数据存储库；支持团队内部和外部合作伙伴（包括国际合作伙伴）的协作工作；说谎。确保数据可以根据需要简单地复制到国家高性能计算服务和用户的家庭机构。

We propose to provide a replacement to the Research Data Facility (RDF), operated at EPCC on behalf of EPSRC, as a service from May 2020 for a period of 12 months. The original RDF was first purchased in 2011 and expanded in 2013. Its oldest parts are over 8 years old and no longer maintainable. To reduce risk to users' data and to provide a low-cost solution to a complex data management challenge, EPCC proposes to operate the new RDF as a Service (RDFaaS), providing the upfront capital funding ourselves. EPSRC data will be copied from the old to the new system as part of the project. EPCC proposes to operate a one-year service providing 5 Petabytes of storage to the EPSRC ARCHER 2 and link Tier 2 scientific communities in the first instance.The service itself will have exactly the same goals as the original service. Namely to: 1. Provide a secure, well-managed, robust, high-performance research data repository for EPSRC National HPC service users from across the UK;2. Support collaborative working within consortia and with external collaborators including international collaborators; and3. Ensure data can be copied on and off the service simply both to the National HPC service and to the users' home institutions as required.