INDIGO-Datacloud: foundations and architectural description of a Platform as a Service oriented to scientific computing

D. Salomoni, I. Campos, L. Gaido, G. Donvito, P. Fuhrman, J. Marco, A. Lopez-Garcia, P. Orviz, I. Blanquer, G. Molto, M. Plociennik, M. Owsiak, M. Urbaniak, M. Hardt, A. Ceccanti, B. Wegh, J. Gomes, M. David, C. Aiftimiei, L. Dutka, S. Fiore, G. Aloisio, R. Barbera, R. Bruno, M. Fargetta, E. Giorgio, S. Reynaud, and L. Schwarz. INDIGO-Datacloud: foundations and architectural description of a Platform as a Service oriented to scientific computing. Technical Report INDIGO-DataCloud, 2016.

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Abstract

In this paper we describe the architecture of a Platform as a Service (PaaS) oriented to computing and data analysis. In order to clarify the choices we made, we explain the features using practical examples, applied to several known usage patterns in the area of HEP computing. The proposed architecture is devised to provide researchers with a unified view of distributed computing infrastructures, focusing in facilitating seamless access. In this respect the Platform is able to profit from the most recent developments for computing and processing large amounts of data, and to exploit current storage and preservation technologies, with the appropriate mechanisms to ensure security and privacy.

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@techReport{Salomoni2016,
   abstract = {In this paper we describe the architecture of a Platform as a Service (PaaS) oriented to computing and data analysis. In order to clarify the choices we made, we explain the features using practical examples, applied to several known usage patterns in the area of HEP computing. The proposed architecture is devised to provide researchers with a unified view of distributed computing infrastructures, focusing in facilitating seamless access. In this respect the Platform is able to profit from the most recent developments for computing and processing large amounts of data, and to exploit current storage and preservation technologies, with the appropriate mechanisms to ensure security and privacy.},
   author = {D. Salomoni and I. Campos and L. Gaido and G. Donvito and P. Fuhrman and J. Marco and A. Lopez-Garcia and P. Orviz and I. Blanquer and G. Molto and M. Plociennik and M. Owsiak and M. Urbaniak and M. Hardt and A. Ceccanti and B. Wegh and J. Gomes and M. David and C. Aiftimiei and L. Dutka and S. Fiore and G. Aloisio and R. Barbera and R. Bruno and M. Fargetta and E. Giorgio and S. Reynaud and L. Schwarz},
   institution = {INDIGO-DataCloud},
   keywords = {cloud computing,scientific computing},
   month = {3},
   pages = {30},
   title = {INDIGO-Datacloud: foundations and architectural description of a Platform as a Service oriented to scientific computing},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.09536},
   year = {2016}
}