In this webinar, we will introduce the storage network, discuss joining the project, and address how the OSN can help meet NSF CC* programmatic requirements. We will look at how organizations use the OSN today, cover common workflows we support, and examine opportunities for how OSN can be leveraged for future proposals, focusing on AI/ML and generative AI workloads. We will then conclude with an open discussion to answer any questions.
The Open Storage Network (OSN), funded by the NSF, the Schmidt Futures Foundation, and Dalio Philanthropies, has developed a storage platform to support scientific and scholarly production using cost-effective, performant systems connected at high speeds via Internet2. The OSN provides an industry-standard cyberinfrastructure (CI) service using open-source software to address specific data storage, transfer, sharing, and access challenges by providing object storage as a service. While initially designed as “just” a low-friction data-sharing platform, projects and organizations are starting to deploy services on top of OSN as part of their more extensive CI plans. We now allow Universities, Non-Profit Organizations, and Government labs to purchase their own OSN appliance, which we then support. Over the last few years, six separate organizations have used OSN as the solution for their winning NSF CC* Data Storage proposals.