Infrastructure & System Support (ISS)
ISS is responsible for architecting, deploying and managing the supporting the data-centric HPC platforms using common shared infrastructure. The department manages three main research computing resources at the lab with a shared set of redundant core services: the SLAC Science Shared Data Facility (S3DF), the US Data Facility for the Rubin’s Observatory (USDF), and the Controls & Data IT System for LCLS (CDS).
S3DF is a heterogeneous compute, storage and network system designed to support the massive scale analytics required for a diverse range of experiments such as LSST-Rubin LCLS-II, CryoEM, and Fermi. S3DF also serves as a greenfield for modern technologies: storage, containerization, interactive workflows, data management, identity and access. The S3DF infrastructure is optimized for data analytics and is characterized by large, massive throughput, high concurrency storage systems.
Key Competencies
Computing Infrastructure and the management of a mid-range heterogeneous system
Data-center networking
Experimental systems
Core system services and cybersecurity
