Queensland, IBM and what's next for Spectrum Scale
Please register for catering purposes. A light lunch will be provided following the workshop.
IBM technical leader Andrew Beattie will provide an overview of the future of the IBM Spectrum Scale technology currently being used by UQ to underpin MeDiCI, the university’s data storage fabric. Andrew will discuss how this IBM technology can help researchers better understand their unstructured data and how that data can be safely and securely moved across tiers.
UQ Associate Director of Research Computing Jake Carroll will present how the technology is currently being used at the university.
This workshop will be an opportunity to discuss ways IBM Spectrum Scale technology can be leveraged for future needs in Queensland.
About the speakers:
Andrew Beattie is an IBM Systems Storage Technical Specialist, based at the company’s Brisbane office.
Andrew is a Technical Leader with a focus on unstructured data systems, high-performance file systems, and data at scale.
He has experience in a range of unstructured data solutions, but focuses on IBM's Software Defined Storage Solutions for unstructured data, specifically Spectrum Scale, Spectrum NAS and Cloud Object Storage.
Jake Carroll is the Associate Director of Research Computing for UQ’s three large scientifically -intensive research institutes: the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) and the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI).
Jake has spent the last 12 years in scientific computing, working on everything from building supercomputers to managing the strategy and complexity that comes with scientific endeavour.
Jake spends his time working to make scientific computing platforms, technology and infrastructure as good as it can be, such that world-class research can be conducted, unencumbered.