CANFAR: the Canadian Advanced Network for Astronomical Research

Séverin Gaudet; Norman Hill; Patrick Armstrong; Nick Ball; Jeff Burke; Brian Chapel; Ed Chapin; Adrian Damian; Pat Dowler; Ian Gable; Sharon Goliath; Isabella Ghiurea; Sébastien Fabbro; Stephen Gwyn; Dustin Jenkins; JJ Kavelaars; Brian Major; John Ouellette; Mike Paterson; Michael Peddle; Duncan Penfold-Brown; Chris Pritchet; David Schade; Randall Sobie; David Woods; Alinga Yeung; Yuehai Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.858026

19 July 2010 CANFAR: the Canadian Advanced Network for Astronomical Research

Séverin Gaudet, Norman Hill, Patrick Armstrong, Nick Ball, Jeff Burke, Brian Chapel, Ed Chapin, Adrian Damian, Pat Dowler, Ian Gable, Sharon Goliath, Isabella Ghiurea, Sébastien Fabbro, Stephen Gwyn, Dustin Jenkins, JJ Kavelaars, Brian Major, John Ouellette, Mike Paterson, Michael Peddle, Duncan Penfold-Brown, Chris Pritchet, David Schade, Randall Sobie, David Woods, Alinga Yeung, Yuehai Zhang

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Proceedings Volume 7740, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy; 77401I (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858026
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Canadian Advanced Network For Astronomical Research (CANFAR) is a 2 1/2-year project that is delivering a network-enabled platform for the accessing, processing, storage, analysis, and distribution of very large astronomical datasets. The CANFAR infrastructure is being implemented as an International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA) compliant web service infrastructure. A challenging feature of the project is to channel all survey data through Canadian research cyberinfrastructure. Sitting behind the portal service, the internal architecture makes use of high-speed networking, cloud computing, cloud storage, meta-scheduling, provisioning and virtualisation. This paper describes the high-level architecture and the current state of the project.

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Séverin Gaudet, Norman Hill, Patrick Armstrong, Nick Ball, Jeff Burke, Brian Chapel, Ed Chapin, Adrian Damian, Pat Dowler, Ian Gable, Sharon Goliath, Isabella Ghiurea, Sébastien Fabbro, Stephen Gwyn, Dustin Jenkins, JJ Kavelaars, Brian Major, John Ouellette, Mike Paterson, Michael Peddle, Duncan Penfold-Brown, Chris Pritchet, David Schade, Randall Sobie, David Woods, Alinga Yeung, and Yuehai Zhang "CANFAR: the Canadian Advanced Network for Astronomical Research", Proc. SPIE 7740, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy, 77401I (19 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858026

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