KeystoneREN Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Research Hub (ARCH)
The KeystoneREN Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Research Hub (ARCH) is a service being developed by KeystoneREN in response to the research needs of our client community.
KeystoneREN Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Research Hub (ARCH) will offer:
- Well designed, top tier cyberinfrastructure services meeting diverse needs and application areas.
- Reduced/no overheard through mission driven non-profit.
- STORAGE – Hot Storage, Warm Storage, Cold Storage.
- Integrated and automated flow between tiers of storage.
- Automation keeps things off the fast storage.
- Not in cloud. On Prem, cost-effective solution. Consistent pricing.
- Well tuned data transfer solutions between collaborators and resources.
- Science engagement, requirements reviews, research infrastructure planning and consultation/professional services.
ARCH will connect directly to and provide the following:
- Research and Education Networks (RENs) like Internet2, Dept of Energy-ESnet, NOAA, USDA
- Cloud and additional peering through Internet2 I2PX
- PA Science DMZ architectures for high-speed, secure data transfer with both isolated, collaborative, or public network paths
- Campus clusters can join ARCH and develop hybrid workloads
- Federated storage and identity services for multi-institutional collaboration
KeystoneREN Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Research Hub (ARCH) solves several key challenges currently faced by Higher Education and Research Institutions in the region including:
- Campuses are seeking research cyberinfrastructure spanning diverse tiers of needs from colocation, GPU, compute HPC, AI.
- Campus needs are increasing for locations for storage of compute with increasing power requirements for AI and Quantum applications.
- Enterprise IT is constantly chasing a moving target.
- Campus facilities are scarce to host on-prem or are ill-equipped to handle the increasing power requirements.
- Sustainability and affordability of enterprise IT building appropriate cyberinfrastructure.
- Lack of operational efficiencies with cloud resources (including data egress fees moving data from the cloud).
- Need for robust yet flexible research solutions for collaborative grants.
- Who runs and owns what infrastructure when collaborating with multiple entities.
- Inconsistent data transfer speeds and applications. Example: A researcher cannot do processing jobs and needs MPI, and needs HPC.
- Increasing compliance needs including CMMC 2.0 requirements.
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