Terrell Russell - Executive Director
Kory Draughn - Chief Technologist
A long list of current and former team members as well as outside collaborators.
07 March, 2023
What is iRODS
- Distributed
- Runs on a laptop, a cluster, on premises or geographically distributed
- Open Source
- BSD-3 Licensed, install it today and try before you buy
- Data Centric & Metadata Driven
- Insulate both your user and your data from your infrastructure
iRODS as the Integration Layer
iRODS Core Competencies
iRODS Core Competencies
Data Virtualization
Combine various distributed storage technologies into a Unified Namespace
- Existing file systems
- Cloud storage
- On premises object storage
- Archival storage systems
iRODS provides a logical view into the complex physical representation of your data, distributed geographically, and at scale
Projection of the Physical into the Logical
Data Discovery
Attach metadata to any first class entity within the iRODS Zone
- Data Objects
- Collections
- Users
- Storage Resources
- The Namespace
iRODS supports automated and user-provided metadata which makes your data and infrastructure more discoverable, operational, and valuable
Metadata Everywhere
Workflow Automation
Policy Enforcement Points (PEPs) are triggered by every operation within the framework
- Authentication
- Storage
- Database Interaction
- Network Activity
- Extensible RPC API
The iRODS rule engine framework provides the ability to capture real world policy as computer actionable rules which may allow, deny, or add context to operations within the system.
Dynamic Policy Enforcement
The iRODS rule may:
- restrict access
- log for audit and reporting
- provide additional context
- send a notification
Secure Collaboration
iRODS allows for collaboration across administrative boundaries after deployment
- No need for common infrastructure
- No need for shared funding
- Affords temporary collaborations
iRODS provides the ability to federate namespaces across organizations without pre-coordinated funding or effort.
iRODS as a Service Interface
Federation
Policies
Data Lifecycle
iRODS policies
Definition: A set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agree to officially by a group of people …
iRODS solution: The reflection of real world data management decisions in computer actionable code.
Capabilities
Capabilities
- Packaged and supported solutions
- Require configuration not code
- Derived from popular use cases
Deployment patterns
Thanks for listening!