Talk Title: Getting Started with the Open Storage Network

Talk Abstract: The Open Storage Network (OSN), funded by the NSF, the Schmidt Futures Foundation and Dalio Philanthropies, developed a storage platform to support scientific and scholarly production using cost effective, performant systems connected at high speeds via Internet2. The OSN provides an industry-standard cyberinfrastructure service to address specific data storage, transfer, sharing, and access challenges. In this talk, we will summarize the current status of the OSN, review how to get an allocation on the storage network of up to 50 TB, and demonstrate common workflows and usage models using the S3 API.

Bio: Dr. Christopher S. Simmons is the Deputy Director of the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center. He serves as the Engagement Coordinator for the Northeast Research Cloud and on the leadership team for the Open Storage Network. He is a developer and maintainer of several open-source projects including OpenHPC, where he also serves as the Project Lead. Simmons holds a Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry from the University of Texas.