The Storage Resource Broker Project

"Enabling the Australian data grid"

SRB Deployment and Support

While the Storage Resource Broker (SRB) is open-source and available, it is non-trivial to deploy and support. We are currently deploying and supporting the SRB for a number of scientific communities on behalf of QCIF.

» UQ data archive

In mid 2004 UQ, with QCIF support, upgraded its data storage capacity from 20TB to 120TB of tape archives, with 6TB of disc storage now installed. One year later, more than half of the capacity was consumed by Queensland researchers. We are currently deploying the SRB on the data storage infrastructure.

Past and Current Projects Using the SRB

» SensorNet

SRB enables the integration with NSF's Common Instrument Middleware Architecture (CIMA) developed at Indiana University and the Object Ring Buffers (ORB) to support tele-science. We are currently integrating the SRB with wireless networked sensors that will be deployed in the Great Barrier Reef. This project is a collaboration between UQ VisLab, JCU, AIMS and Indiana University.

» Read about the SensorNet project

» Digital Archaeology

The central goal of this project is the development and implementation of an Australian archaeological digital collection platform based on existing High Performance Computing (HPC) techniques and infrastructure. This digital collection will facilitate the dissemination and interchange of archaeological and cultural data both across disciplines and institutions and across the public and private sectors; enhance the ability of archaeological research to reach its full potential; and contribute to discourses about Australian cultural heritage and identity. This initiative builds on existing developments made overseas and through strategic collaborations between UQ and ANU and the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego.

» Read about e-archaeology

» Access Grid Shared Filesystem

We are looking at the SRB as a distributed filesystem for the AccessGrid.

» Read about the AccessGrid Shared FS project