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Welcome to '''UABgrid'''.
The introduction to UAB Research Computing resources has been moved to https://docs.rc.uab.edu .


UABgrid is a technology platform designed to support sharing data, accessing compute power, and collaborating on campus and around the globe.  It is an information network that supports the exchange of services between trusted providers and users.
The obsolete content of the original page can be found at [[Obsolete: Welcome]] for historical reference.
 
UABgrid is a pilot project of UAB IT that was launched in September 2007.  The pilot is focused on demonstrating the utility of this technology platform in three key areas:
 
* '''High-Performance Computing''' (HPC)
* '''Data Sharing'''
* '''Collaboration'''
 
UABgrid is being built on technologies that are the foundation of many national and international initiatives like  [https://cabig.nci.nih.gov caBIG], the [http://opensciencegrid.org/ Open Science Grid], [http://www.teragrid.org/ TeraGrid], and the [http://lcg.web.cern.ch/LCG/ LHC Computing Grid].
 
UABgrid construction is being lead by UAB IT in collaboration with a growing list of collaborators on campus, including Computer Science, Engineering, CCC, CCTS, and HSIS.  UABgrid follows the open source development model, and its construction is managed via the [http://dev.uabgrid.uab.edu development portal]. 
 
== Current Initiatives ==
 
* High-Performance Computing
** [[Cheaha]] is a shared resource for powering compute intensive research work loads. Cheaha provides 3Teraflops of dedicated compute power and can leverage additional grid-connected compute resources on campus and regionally via [http://www.suragrid.org SURAgrid].
** In March 2009 we [http://vo.uabgrid.uab.edu/sympa/arc/ug-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html successfully completed a demonstration] of the power available through grid-computing by running a 1000 compute-hour bio-statistics workload in 4 hours on using [http://www.opensciencegrid.org Open Science Grid].
 
* Data Sharing
** [https://cabig.nci.nih.gov caBIG] is an initiative of the National Cancer Institute to share data between cancer centers across the country. Two UAB data services have been connected to the national network.  The
** A [http://dev.uabgrid.uab.edu/wiki/ResearchStorageSystem Research Storage System is being constructed to facilitate the execution of demanding computations and simplify the management of user data collections.
 
* Collaboration
** The UABgrid pilot includes several popular web collaboration tools (wiki, email, and project management) that are being actively used in the development of UABgrid itself and
** Additional tools will be added as time allows and interests evolve.

Latest revision as of 20:11, 31 August 2022

The introduction to UAB Research Computing resources has been moved to https://docs.rc.uab.edu .

The obsolete content of the original page can be found at Obsolete: Welcome for historical reference.

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