iRODS - An Overview
Jason Coposky
@jason_coposky
Executive Director, iRODS Consortium
iRODS - An Overview
Annual Scientific Computing Workshop
Public Health England
Colindale, England
Jason Coposky
@jason_coposky
Executive Director, iRODS Consortium
What is iRODS
iRODS is
A flexible framework for the abstraction of infrastructure
iRODS as the Integration Layer
Data Virtualization
Combine various distributed storage technologies into a Unified Namespace
iRODS provides a logical view into the complex physical representation of your data, distributed geographically, and at scale.
Data Virtualization
Logical Path
Physical Paths(s)
Data Virtualization
$ ils -L /tempZone/home/rods/thefile.txt rods 0 demoResc 29606 2016-10-05.09:05 & thefile.txt generic /var/lib/irods/iRODS/Vault/home/rods/thefile.txt rods 1 repl;u2 29606 2016-10-05.09:06 & thefile.txt generic /tmp/u2vault/home/rods/thefile.txt rods 2 repl;u1 29606 2016-10-05.09:06 & thefile.txt generic /tmp/u1vault/home/rods/thefile.txt
Logical Path | /tempZone/home/rods/thefile.txt |
Physical Paths | /var/lib/irods/iRODS/Vault/home/rods/thefile.txt /tmp/u2vault/home/rods/thefile.txt /tmp/u1vault/home/rods/thefile.txt |
Data Discovery
Attach metadata to any first class entity within the iRODS Zone
iRODS provides automated and user-provided metadata which makes your data and infrastructure more discoverable, operational and valuable.
Metadata Everywhere
Workflow Automation
Integrated scripting language which is triggered by any operation within the framework
The iRODS rule engine provides the ability to capture real world policy as computer actionable rules which may allow, deny, or add context to operations within the system.
Dynamic Policy Enforcement
The iRODS rule may:
Dynamic Policy Enforcement
A single API call expands to many plugin operations all of which may invoke policy enforcement
Plugin Interfaces:
Secure Collaboration
iRODS allows for collaboration across administrative boundaries after deployment
iRODS provides the ability to federate namespaces across organizations without pre-coordinated funding or effort.
iRODS Service Interface
Federation - Shared Data and Services
Institutional repositories
As data matures and reaches a broader community, data management policy must also evolve to meet these additional requirements.
Use Cases
iRODS
On Premises to Any Cloud Infrastructure
Data to Compute Use Case
Compute to Data Use Case
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Sanger - Replication
Sanger - Metadata
attribute: library
attribute: total_reads
attribute: type
attribute: lane
attribute: is_paired_read
attribute: study_accession_number
attribute: library_id
attribute: sample_accession_number
attribute: sample_public_name
attribute: manual_qc
attribute: tag
attribute: sample_common_name
attribute: md5
attribute: tag_index
attribute: study_title
attribute: study_id
attribute: reference
attribute: sample
attribute: target
attribute: sample_id
attribute: id_run
attribute: study
attribute: alignment
Sanger - Federation
University College London
Roadmap
iRODS Software
The Roadmap
The Roadmap - iRODS 4.3
Packaged iRODS Capabilities
Multipart Transfer
Provide reliable transfer with restart - object parts tracked in the catalog
Later versions will provide fast, first class access to object storage
iRODS 4.2 and Beyond - The Scatter
Next Generation Query Interface
iRODS 4.3 and Beyond - The Gather
Shared Data - Shared Infrastructure
Metadata Templates
Business Model
iRODS Consortium
The iRODS Consortium
Our Mission
Why Open Source
Our Membership
Our Business Model
Consortium Membership
Our Business Model
Service & Support Contracts
Membership Committees
Technology Working Group
Membership Committees
Planning Committee
Membership Committees
Executive Board
Additional working groups are formed as required
Our Consortium Participation