Overview

iRODS is open source

data management software.

What is iRODS?

Storage Virtualization: iRODS is Middleware

User Application

"Logical" Layer

Storage Environment

"Physical" Layer

storagecluster.example.org:/managed

s3.amazonaws.com:/example/bitbucket

Storage Virtualization: iRODS Clients

• Web-based and Standalone GUIs

  - iRODS Cloud Browser, MetaLnx, Kanki, Cyberduck

• Portals, External Systems

  - iPlant Discovery Environment, Islandora, Fedora Commons

• WebDAV for drag-and-drop access built in to the OS

• APIs: Python, REST, Qt, Java, C++

• Command Line Interface

"Logical" Layer

"Physical" Layer

storagecluster.example.org:/managed/Vault/home/alice/training_jpgs/clown_fish.jpg

/tempZone/home/alice/training_jpgs/clown_fish.jpg

s3.amazonaws.com:/example/bitbucket/Vault/home/alice/training_jpgs/clown_fish.jpg

Storage Virtualization: Objects and Collections

Storage Virtualization: iRODS is Distributed

Storage Virtualization: Composable Resources

replResc

demoResc

s3Resc

archiveResc

cacheResc

Data Discovery

Attribute: filename      | Value: seal.jpg

Attribute: animal         | Value: seal

Attribute: photo_color | Value: gray and brown

Attribute: file_size        | Value: 362833                | Units: bytes

acPostProcForPut {
    if ($filePath like "*.jpg" || $filePath like "*.jpeg" || $filePath like "*.bmp" || $filePath like "*.tif" || $filePath like "*.tiff" || $filePath like "*.rif" || $filePath like "*.gif" || $filePath like "*.png" || $filePath like "*.svg" || $filePath like "*.xpm") { 
    msiget_image_meta($filePath, *meta);
    msiString2KeyValPair(*meta, *meta_kvp);
    msiAssociateKeyValuePairsToObj(*meta_kvp, $objPath, "-d"); 
    } # if 
} # acPostProcForPut 

Policy Enforcement Points = Triggers

Microservices = Actions

Workflow Automation: Rules

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Some History

The Team

Static Analysis and Continuous Integration

https://jenkins.irods.org