12th Discussion-21 May 2012

Brief Description and Continuing Discussion:

This discussion will have one main topic for discussion, followed by an open floor where people can raise other topics of interest.

Topic 1: Managing Storage in a Core Facility (Led by Simon Andrews)

With ever larger datasets being produced the management of data storage in a core facility is a constant concern for many people. This topic will aim to cover all aspects of storage, from looking at the the physical systems people use to how data is managed, shared with users and charged for.

Preliminary Information

Questions which would be relevant to this topic might include:

• Are core facilities the right people to be managing storage

• What systems are people using to store and back up their data

• What data are people storing?

• How are you managing your storage? How do you ensure you're only storing what you need and making sure data which is no longer useful is deleted?

• How do you make stored data available to users? What access controls do you require? How do you allow users to share data both internally and externally?

• Do you charge for storage, and if so how?

• How do you integrate local storage with large public datasets?

Topic 2: Open Floor

After the main discussion there will be an opportunity to raise other topics which might be of interest to the community. These can be suggested in advance below, or raised on the call itself.

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Transcript of Minutes

Topic 1 Managing Storage in a Core Facility

Charlie Whittaker kindly provided some information about his facility to help answer some of the questions posed.