iRODS

• The integrated Rule-Oriented Data System (iRODS) is open source data management software.It virtualizes data storage resources, so users can take control of their data, regardless of where and on what device the data is stored.

Core Competencies

    iRODS implements data virtualization, allowing access to distributed storage assets under a unified namespace, and freeing organizations from getting locked in to single-vendor storage solutions.
    iRODS enables data discovery using a metadata catalog that describes every file, every directory, and every storage resource in the iRODS Zone.
    iRODS automates data workflows, with a rule engine that permits any action to be initiated by any trigger on any server or client in the Zone.
    iRODS enables secure collaboration, so users only need to log in to their home Zone to access data hosted on a remote Zone.

https://github.com/irods/irods

• Installation

iRODS is provided in binary form in a collection of interdependent packages. There are two types of iRODS server, iCAT and Resource:

    An iCAT server manages a Zone, handles the database connection to the iCAT metadata catalog (which could be either local or remote), and can provide Storage Resources. An iRODS Zone will have exactly one iCAT server.
    A Resource server connects to an existing Zone and can provide additional storage resource(s). An iRODS Zone can have zero or more Resource servers.

An iCAT server is just a Resource server that also provides the central point of coordination for the Zone and manages the metadata.
A single computer cannot have both an iCAT server and a Resource server installed.
The simplest iRODS installation consists of one iCAT server and zero Resource servers.
https://docs.irods.org/4.1.9/manual/installation/

• iRODS is open source data grid middleware for... 

•Data Discovery :metadata

•Workflow Automation :policies : any condition; any action

•Secure Collaboration :sharing without losing control

•Data Virtualization :file system flexibility

Using iRODS   for...

  Data Virtualiza1on with Workflow Automation

  Seamless data replication,

  automatic checksumming,

  policy-based data resource selection

Using iRODS for...

  Secure Collabora1on

  Selectively sharing data between workgroups;

  isolation for maintenance operations;

  options for defining policy on a per-group basis

  

Using iRODS for...   

Data Discovery and Workflow Automa1on

  Metadata automatically generated from original file system,

  used to enforce policy and verify integrity

Policy 1 – Validate,checksum,replicate, compress

Policy 2 – Users cannot delete files

Policy 3 – Purge files by expiration  

Using iRODS for...

Data Virtualization with Workflow Automation

  Automatically staging data for HPC and interpretation;

  using hardware from multiple vendors;

iRODS

•Metadata! 

•Vendor neutrality

–Not subject to storage vendor lock-in 

–Mitigates risk of vendor termination

•Open source 

–Mitigate risk of developer termination 

•Flexibility 

–Policy enforcement: any trigger, any action 

–Storage virtualization: layers-deep replication; local <> cloud

–User permissions 

•Sharing between workgroups

http://docplayer.net/7491516-Managing-next-generation-sequencing-data-with-irods.html