What Is iRODS

Getting Started with iRODS 4.1

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1. What is iRODS?

Overview

Four Pillars

An iRODS Zone

Photo: "Organized" by Uwe Hermann, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Overview

iRODS is open source data management software. It...

...makes data findable.

...maintains data integrity.

...manages backup replicas.

...makes data sharable.

Photo: "Jefferson Memorial Pillars Inside" by Belal Khan, licensed under CC BY 2.0

The four pillars:

• Virtualization

• Data Discovery

• Workflow Automation

• Secure Collaboration

The Four Pillars

iRODS is Middleware

User Application

"Logical" Layer

Storage Environment

"Physical" Layer

storagecluster.example.org:/managed

s3.amazonaws.com:/example/bitbucket

iRODS Zones

Virtualization: Composable Resources

"Logical" Layer

"Physical" Layer

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

/tempZone/home/alice/training_jpgs/seal.jpg

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

Virtualization: Objects and Collections

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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