Atlantic Cloud
The Atlantic Cloud is a transatlantic computation network created, developed and operated by the AIRCentre associates. The nodes contribute to the pool of resources.
The Cloud counts with data storage, HPC (high-performance computing) and web servers and it increases the efficiency and effectiveness of scientific collaborationacross the Atlantic.
Currently, there are resources at the following partner institutions:
- Instituto Politécnico da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (IPRJ-UERJ).
- Laboratory of Computational Methods for Engineering (LAMCE), from the Federal Univeristy of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).
- Atlantic International Research Centre, at the AIRData Centre, Azores.
with more associates contributing to the pool of resources soon.
Architecture
The Atlantic Cloud is a hybrid cloud solution that combines the benefits of on-premises infrastructure with public cloud services, offering a flexible and scalable IT environment for associates. It leverages an API-first approach and microservices-based architecture to provide seamless integration and modular functionality. This architecture allows for efficient resource allocation, improved scalability, and enhanced security by enabling organisations to keep sensitive data on-premises while utilising resources from associates and public cloud services for less critical workloads. Additionally, it allows for seamless data sharing across associates.
Infrastructure
Atlantic Cloud’s infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offering is hosted in state-of-the-art facilities and managed by skilled IT experts across the associate nodes, providing all associates with customisation and control over their IT resources while allowing them to focus on core operations, while sharing the resources with their own associate networks.
Services include:
- IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
- SaaS (Software as a Service)
- Earth Observation (EO) data
- API acess
- Ocean modelling at supercomputer Escola de Sagres at IPRJ
Technologies include:
- Software-defined Object Storage (MinIO)
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Virtual Machines (KVM)
- Containers (LXC and Docker)
- 100 Gbps network core (data centre Azores)
- 355 Gbps network real speed within data centre in Azores
- Serial processing
- Parallel processing
- X86
- CUDA