filesender, tf-storage9, 4 februari 2011, budapest
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Update on FileSender development (http://www.filesender.org/) delivered at the 9. TF-Storage meeting in Budapest, 4 Februari 2011TRANSCRIPT
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