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Computing Liaisons Orientation January 23, 2009 8-9:30am 2203 Social Sciences and Humanities

Computing Liaisons Orientation January 23, 2009 8-9:30am 2203 Social Sciences and Humanities. Overview of campus process for addressing needs Pete Siegel Vice Provost and CIO Information and Educational Technology. Overview of campus process for addressing needs.

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Computing Liaisons Orientation January 23, 2009 8-9:30am 2203 Social Sciences and Humanities

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  1. Computing Liaisons OrientationJanuary 23, 20098-9:30am2203 Social Sciences and Humanities

  2. Overview of campus process for addressing needsPete SiegelVice Provost and CIOInformation and Educational Technology

  3. Overview of campus process for addressing needs • Message from Interim Provost Horwitz: “As a campus, we face dramatic increases in the costs for facilities and supporting utilities; at the same time, we face serious resource constraints and expectations that we will increase our efforts to reduce energy consumption and promote conservation. … In addition, there is a growing need to ensure that our data and data services are maintained in secure, reliable, and safe facilities.”

  4. Strategic Approach to Investments in Computing Facilities (SAICF) Committee • John Meyer, Co-Chair, Office of Resource Management and Planning • Pete Siegel, Co-Chair, Information and Educational Technology • Zhi Ding, Professor, Electrical and Computing Engineering • Maurice Hollman, Office of Resource Management and Planning • Barry Klein, Office of Research • Enrique Lavernia, College of Engineering (thru September 2008) • Morna Mellor, Information and Educational Technology • Michael Minear, University of California Health System • Karl Mohr, Office of Resource Management and Planning • Stan Nosek, Office of Administration • Dave Shelby, Information and Educational Technology • Bruce White, College of Engineering (beginning January 2009)

  5. Committee’s charge • Develop a sound campus-wide (Davis and Sacramento) strategy that will guide and inform investments in computing facilities. • Establish a common, central process to review and coordinate new construction, renovations, and “ad-hoc” requests for increased utility services for space used as computer (server) rooms.

  6. Accomplishments to date • Server Room Space Evaluation Committee (SRSEC) • Collocation space for computing equipment and facilities • Computing facilities liaisons • Technical options: • Virtualization • Grid and cluster computing • Longer-term planning

  7. Server Room Space Evaluation CommitteeDave Zavatson, SRSEC ChairInformation and Educational Technology

  8. SRSEC charge • Propose, review, and evaluate requests for space or space renovations, and make recommendations • Advise the SAICF on opportunities to leverage projects and capacity planning

  9. Space evaluation process • Submit request for facilities to SRSEC through Computing Liaisons via Dean/Vice Chancellor • SRSEC consults with Computing Liaison and Dean to determine the collocation facility that would meet the needs of each request. • SRSEC makes recommendation to SAICF; fast track process available

  10. VirtualizationDave Zavatson, DCCSInformation and Educational Technology

  11. Benefits • Space savings • Lifecycle management • Disaster recovery partnering • Critical departmental services are more available • Reduce campus power utilization, need to build out server rooms, electronics waste • Overall cost savings due to economies of scale not available to individual departments

  12. Grid and cluster computing Russ Hobby, DCCSInformation and Educational Technology

  13. Cluster Computing • Multiple computers (units) tied together by fast network connections. • Compute power is determined by the number of units, number of processors per unit and speed of the processors

  14. Grid Computing • Similar in concept to cluster except the units are spread over a larger geographic area • Grids can include specialized resources (instruments, visualization tools, storage repositories)

  15. Campus progressMorna Mellor, Director, DCCSInformation and Educational Technology

  16. Campus progress to date • Establishment of the SAICF Committee • Research computing (HPC) accommodations and initiatives • Campus Data Center improvements (power, cooling) to support HPC (Phase I) • Establishment of Server Room Space Evaluation subcommittee to the SAICF: • oversee collocation facilities i.e. Watershed, Academic Surge, Hoagland (Phase II) • establish a website for information and process for submitting requests.

  17. Long-term strategyDave Shelby, Assist. Vice ProvostInformation and Educational Technology

  18. Long-term strategy • IET and UCDHS IT groups initiate a capital project to accommodate both campuses • Systemwide planning – centers at San Diego and Oakland • Joint project with campus/health system • Cost of alternatives – loss of research programs, recognition of hidden expenses such as power • Importance of liaisons • Vulnerabilities for important systems that aren’t adequately provided for now

  19. Campus resources • Computing liaisons listserv: computingliaison@ucdavis.edu • Web pages: http://vpiet.ucdavis.edu/saicf.cfm • Contact information: • Morna Mellor (mwmellor@ucdavis.edu ) • Dave Zavatson (dhzavatson@ucdavis.edu ) • Russ Hobby (rdhobby@ucdavis.edu )

  20. Questions and Answers

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