TF-Storage

The storage task force (TF-Storage) is to provide a forum for exchanging and promoting ideas, experience and knowledge, as well as fostering collaborations among National Research and Education Networks and academic and research institutions on the topic of:
a) data centre technologies, storage protocols and platforms (e.g., FCoE, iRODS, dCache, etc.)
b) data management and service delivery models (e.g., SAN/NAS, cloud storage, peer-to-peer storage, etc.), and
c) storage applications and services (e.g., FileSender, Unhosted.org, Vrijheid.net, etc.) that make raw data storage more attractive to end-users.

TF-Storage continues the discussion on opportunities and areas for collaboration on data storage services which began with two meetings back in 2007, with the first two-year mandate between 2008-2010, and with the second two-year mandate between 2010-2012.

Secretarial support for this task force is provided by TERENA with funding from the GN3 project.

Experimental service pilots

FileSender project website

TERENA Trusted Cloud Drive pilot website

The aims of TF-Storage are:

a. to provide a forum for gathering expertise, exchanging and promoting ideas, experience and knowledge related to next-generation/augmented data storage technology, delivery models and services;
b. to identify, and promote the use of common techniques, technology, procedures and best practices in the field of data storage and data management that are relevant to the research and education community;
c. to coordinate and - where possible - collaborate on the development of storage services and applications that make raw data storage more attractive to end-users;
d. to address the security issues in storage systems (especially in cloud storage) by liaising with TF-EMC2 on access federations and with TF-CSIRT on in-depth data security;
e. to accommodate the technical discussions on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) related initiatives taken up by NRENs interested in computing, storage and network resource virtualisation and management;
f. to liaise with TF-Media on multimedia content repositories (i.e. archiving) and distribution, including meta-data stores and CDN (Content Distribution Networks);
g. to liaise with SNIA and other industrial stakeholders and communities such as GEANT, Internet2, APAN, EGI as well as individual developers and researchers.

Task Force Co-Chairs: Maciej Brzezniak, PSNC and Peter Stefan, NIIF
Task Force Secretary: Peter Szegedi, TERENA

Running period: April 2012 - March 2014

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