Replicated file service on the PR-NETS ScienceDMZ

Introduction

Many projects produce valuable digital data that should be preserved. In the PR-NETS project we have deployed a fault-tolerant distributed filesystem called Tahoe-LAFS to store project files.

The Tahoe-LAFS system consists of an introducer, a kind of directory for storage servers, and multiple storage servers. The introducer and storage …

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PR-NETS Case Study: Next Generation Sequencing data

Introduction

The PR-NETS project is a NSF-funded activity to construct a ScienceDMZ in the UPR-RP campus to expedite the transmission of science data across and off-campus.

UPR-RP has a sequencing facility. Prior to the CC-NIE award, Riccardo Papa contacted me to transfer 500 GB sequencing data from an external drive …

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