filesender, tf-storage9, 4 februari 2011, budapest

Jan Meijer TF-Storage 9

3 February 2011

FileSenderhttp://www.filesender.org/

Update: Sept. 2010 – Jan. 2011

easy sharing arbitrarily large files

through a trusted intermediary

value proposition

basic function

Picture courtesy SRCE (Croatia)

invite person without account

Picture courtesy SRCE (Croatia)

http://cloudstor.uninett.no

200 MB

Health Sciences

• MRI files to Austria for conversion

• 1 compressed file (12 study participants = 1GB

• 300 study participants over 18 months

Marlene Fransen | Associate Professor PhysiotherapyFaculty of Health Sciences | Clinical and Rehabilitation Sciences Research Group THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

Geoscience

• Collaboration is common

• Cross-sector is typical

• Data formats varied

Wendy Mason | PhD Candidate, Computational Geodynamics | School of Geosciences and Mathematical Sciences | MONASH UNIVERSITY

*Quote citation: W. G. Mason, G. Aben, J. J. Meijer, C. Richter, C. P. Bonnington, L. Moresi & P. G. Betts, "Facilitating Research Collaboration in the Australian Geoscience Community using CloudStor", 2010 Sixth IEEE International Conference on e-Science, 2010 (In Press).

Underworld subduction model, in which the strain rate invariant is plotted on the slab particles (Wendy Mason, Louis Moresi and Peter Betts, Schools of Geosciences and Mathematical Sciences, Monash University)

audio book library

stiff horse syndrome

Why do this?

● > 2GB uploads● know where your data is● design for people with other things to do

● federated logon● no ads● no limitations● least clicks possible● fire&forget

target group

all lecturers, students, researchers, staff

Open Source project BSD license

NEW!

known installs

● AARNet● ARNES (soon)● BELnet● FCCN● HEAnet● SRCE● SURFnet● TERENA● UNINETT

History

07-2007: CSC presents ePoste Restante

09-2008: ePoste (.fi), Bitey (.ie), FileSender (.no), DocExchange (.ch)

04-2009: AARNet, HEAnet, Uninett start FileSender Project

xx-2009: FileSender x released

10-2009: AARnet pilot starts

09-2010: SRCE production

11-2010: HEAnet production

17-01-2010: after 19 betas: RC1 (beta-19 rebrand)!

31-01-2011: RELEASE 1.0!

Aug-Jan in detail

● 5 beta releases + one Release Candidate● packaging process automated and streamlined● source tree hammered in shape● blåbærsyltetøy bug found and fixed (beta-17)● download mechanism reworked● countless other things fixed● stable operations since Beta-17 (19 nov)● http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/file_sender

/Release_Schedule_until_v1-0

IEEE publication!

“Facilitating Research Collaboration in the Australian Geoscience Community Using CloudStor”

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/eScience.2010.31

after 2 years: what have we got?

● a solid release 1.0, ready for production● solid understanding of problem space● established a project!

● good documentation● working cross-org collab infrastructure ● funding for 2011

● a very dedicated group of people with a desire to make it happen!

● no reliance on one single NREN!

FileSender 2.0

● Priority 1: >2GB !Flash, !Gears● >2GB on Mac, Linux, mobile devices (movies!)● improved admin interface

After FileSender 2.0: more features!● integration with other apps:scientific workflows!● addressbook/federated group● timestamping● ...and more

focus on shipping for production services