Jetstream: A Novel Cloud System for Science

Authors:
  • CSCraig A. Stewart
    Craig A. Stewart
  • DHDavid Y. Hancock
    David Y. Hancock
  • TMTherese Miller
    Therese Miller
  • RLR. Lee Liming
    R. Lee Liming
  • GTGeorge Turner
    George Turner
  • JLJohn Michael Lowe
    John Michael Lowe
  • SGSteven Gregory
    Steven Gregory
  • ESEdwin Skidmore
    Edwin Skidmore
  • MVMatthew Vaughn
    Matthew Vaughn
  • DSDan Stanzione
    Dan Stanzione
  • NMNirav Merchant
    Nirav Merchant
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Abstract
Jetstream 1 [45] is a first-of-a-kind cloud system funded by the National Science Foundation and by contributions from the several participants that created and now operate this system. It is a first-of-a-kind system in the sense that it is the first cloud system funded by the NSF accessible to and designed to be a resource for the national research community. Jetstream is also in a real sense a pilot project because the NSF has never before funded the creation of a cloud system. Proposing and implementing Jetstream was at times very much a process of putting a square peg into a round hole. Jetstream was funded through an NSF high performance computing (HPC) system acquisition solicitation, but the actual acquisition of the hardware from the vendor (Dell) was a small minority of the effort needed to put a cloud system into production.