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CANFAR: the Canadian Advanced Network for Astronomical Research

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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
FormatText, Article
ConferenceSPIE 7740, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy, June 27th 2010, San Diego CA, USA
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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  • Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy (19 July 2010).
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  • Proceedings of SPIE, no. 7740.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NPARC number21275864
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