Mission Statement
The Data Transfer Services (DTS) group facilitates data movement and management for the community by maintaining and continuously evolving XSEDE data services and resources.
Goals, Metrics & KPIs
Metrics
Metric | Target | Subgoal |
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Performance (Gbps) of instrumented, intra-XSEDE transfers > 1GB | 3.0 Gbps | Sustain - Provide reliable, efficient, and secure infrastructure |
XSEDEnet peak bandwidth used (Gbps) | Sustain - Provide reliable, efficient, and secure infrastructure | |
New services added | Evolve - Create an open and evolving e-infrastructure | |
Services retired | Evolve - Create an open and evolving e-infrastructure | |
Total Globus Online users | Sustain - Provide reliable, efficient, and secure infrastructure | |
Total new Globus Online users | Sustain - Provide reliable, efficient, and secure infrastructure | |
Total transfers (Million) inbound | Sustain - Provide reliable, efficient, and secure infrastructure | |
Total transfers (Million) outbound | Sustain - Provide reliable, efficient, and secure infrastructure | |
Size of transfers (TBs) inbound | Sustain - Provide reliable, efficient, and secure infrastructure | |
Size of transfers (TBs) outbound | Sustain - Provide reliable, efficient, and secure infrastructure | |
Total number of days in which any Network Interface error occurred | Sustain - Provide reliable, efficient, and secure infrastructure |
KPI
Data Transfer Services does not have a KPI metric.
Team Members
Name | Institution | Position | |
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Dave Wheeler | National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) | Manager | dwheeler@illinois.edu |
Tabitha Samuel | University of Tennessee - NICS | DeputyDeputy manager | tsamuel@utk.edu |
Adam Howard | University of Tennessee - NICS | Data/network engineer | ahoward@utk.edu |
Rick MohrTom Krobatsch | University of Tennessee - NICS | DataData/network engineer | rmohr@utktkrobats@utk.edu |
Richard Angeletti | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) | Data/Network engineer | |
Kathy Benninger | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) | Data/Network engineer | |
Tom Hutton | San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) | Data/Network engineer | |
Chris Jordan | Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) | Data/Network engineer | ctjordan@tacc.utexas.edu |
Matt Kollross | National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) | Data/Network engineer | kollross@illinois.edu |
Michael Lambert | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) | Data/Network engineer | lambert@psc.edu |
Communication & Meetings
The Data Transfer Services team holds the following two meetings on a recurring basis:
- DTS Team Meeting (Biweekly)
- DTS Community Call (Monthly) (currently in hiatus)
- DTS Google Drive
New Staff Orientation
Projects/Activity Areas
- Maintain DNS
- Maintain Internet2 relationship
- Investigate New Data transport methods
- Maintain Monitoring tools
- Monitor and Maintain DTS Services
- Maintain XSEDENet architecture and onboard new sites
- Performance tuning
- Engage community
Documentation