Monday, November 15, 2010

SRB - Storage Resource Broker

http://www.sdsc.edu/srb/index.php/Main_Page

This page doesn't give a definition.  I believe that the definition came from the iRODS primer book.


Thursday, November 11, 2010

Jargon - a Java Client API for the iRODS DataGrid

http://www.sdsc.edu/srb/index.php/Jargon


Reading the iRODS Primer



The Integrated Rule-Oriented Data System (iRODS) Data Grid.

data grid - assembles data into a logical collection.

Data Intensive Cyber Environments (DICE).

Storage Resource Broker (SRB) Data Grid.

DICE SRB Data Grid.

metadata catalog (iCAT).

Adaptive Middleware Architecture (AMA).

Rule-Oriented Programming (ROP).

Rule for deferred execution.

ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) database properties.

Rule Execution Infrastructure (REI).


Deep Archive - ?

Seems to be related to compression or with age.


It could also be related to not being able to be cataloged with web spiders.

SHAMON - Sustaining Heritage Access Through Multivalent Archiving

http://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en80/special/shaman

This took a little work to find.  A search of SHAMAN get lost in all the WOW (World of Warcraft) results.


Slide show.


ACM article.

A digital archive preservation environment.


Taverna - Open Source and Domain Independent Workflow Management

http://www.taverna.org.uk/

Comes out of UK and its API is supported in iRODS.

Kepler - an API for analyzing and modeling scientific data

https://kepler-project.org/users/faq

Supported by iRODS.