TF-Storage

The storage task force (TF-Storage) is to provide a forum for exchanging and promoting ideas, experience and knowledge and fostering collaborations among National Research and Education Networks and academic and research institutions on the topic of data storage, data management, and cloud storage.

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

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

The aims of TF-Storage are:

a. to provide a forum for exchanging and promoting ideas, experience and knowledge related to data storage, data management, and cloud storage;
b. to identify, and promote the use of, common standards, techniques, (new) technology and procedures in the field of data storage that are relevant to the educational and research community;
c. to be a focal point for (the gathering of) storage expertise within the European educational and research environment;
d. to identify, coordinate and where possible collaborate on the development of storage services;
e. to liaise with TF-EMC2 on the topic of using the NREN AAI federations with non-web storage services;
f. to liaise with SNIA;
g. to liaise with other communities such as the grid environment, HPC, the cloud environment, Internet2, APAN on storage and cloud activities.

Task Force Chair: Maciej Brzezniak, PSNC
Task Force Secretary: Peter Szegedi, TERENA

Running period: February 2008 - March 2012

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