Scientific Data Management Laboratory

The Scientific Data Management Laboratory (SDML) is designed to meet the evolving data management demands of University faculty and researchers. The SDML provides access to software, computational, and storage resources necessary to develop and support high-profile research related data and database applications. This centralized data/database infrastructure is available for all applicable research projects.

The SDML currently houses three database server, a few specific application servers, a web server, an interactive login server for database and web interface development, and about 20 TB of disk. The available hardware will continue to evolve with demand.

The SDML provides users access to a variety of database management systems including MySQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server. Other database management systems and related software can be installed upon request; dependent on availability.

For more information on the Scientific Data Management Laboratory at the Supercomputing Institute, see:

www.msi.umn.edu/sdml

Access to these resources is available to all faculty members of the University of Minnesota for their own use and that of their research groups.

Requests for access to the Scientific Data Management Laboratory resources are peer reviewed by the Scientific Data Management Laboratory Steering Committee. The review criteria for this program are available on the World Wide Web at:

www.msi.umn.edu/general/Programs/review.html

or from Barbara Opal at (612) 625-0012 or projects@msi.umn.edu.

To expedite supercomputing research, there is no deadline for submission of laboratory access requests at this time. For continuing projects, a new or updated abstract and user group list are required every six months.

Technical and user support information regarding the Scientific Data Management Laboratory is available on the World Wide Web at:

www.msi.umn.edu/sdml/

In addition, you may obtain technical user support or additional technical information by contacting the laboratory's manager, Dr. Zheng Jin Tu, at (612) 624-9504 or ztu@msi.umn.edu or by contacting the Manager of the User Support, Dr. H. Birali Runesha, at (612) 614-8857 or runesha@msi.umn.edu.

Information regarding obtaining access to the Scientific Data Management Laboratory, adding new users to existing projects, and complying with reporting requirements for participants in the Supercomputing Institute research programs is available on the World Wide Web at:

www.msi.umn.edu/general/Programs/obtain/sdml.html

or from Barbara Opal at (612) 625-0012 or projects@msi.umn.edu.