Jetstream: On-Demand Cloud Computing for Life Sciences Research and Education

The Jetstream¹ cloud is a collaboration between Cyverse² partners TACC and University of Arizona, University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins University, and Indiana University to bring the flexibility and ease-of-use of CyVerse Atmosphere to the entire community of science, at a much larger scale. Jetstream is a cloud resource operated as part of XSEDE³, and built from two independent OpenStack⁴ clusters, each capable of supporting thousands of virtual machines and data volumes. The clusters are integrated via the user-friendly "Atmosphere" interface developed by CyVerse, with authentication enabled by Globus⁵, and, unlike the CyVerse cloud also offer full access to Openstack web service APIs. Jetstream features a diverse catalog virtual machine templates. One can launch a personal Galaxy⁶ server, do advanced biostatistics, use Matlab, or experiment with new technologies like Docker, all on Jetstream. This session will demonstrate the unique capabilities of Jetstream and provide information about how researchers from all over can access it.

1. http://www.jetstream-cloud.org/
2. http://cyverse.org/
3. http://www.xsede.org/
4. https://www.openstack.org/
5. https://www.globus.org/
6. https://usegalaxy.org/