Tools

Implementing eScience technologies and methods requires a sophisticated toolkit. The eScience Institute and the eScience SIG are here to help you find the right tool for your job.

Developer Tools

These include compilers, debuggers, and profilers. We will provide links to the best-of-breed and advocate for volume pricing or site licenses for commercial products to meet the demand.

Data Transfer and Management Tools

The seeming simple task of moving your data form a super computer center back to your lab for analysis can be a frustrating experience. We will provide assistance with Grid tools, such as GridFTP, and hpnssh. Aside from the transfer problem, there are huge issues associate with the management of these multi-TB data sets. Look here for help with archiving and data organization tools.

Systems Management Tools

Deploying and managing parallel compute clusters and large-scale data storage systems can be daunting. Fortunately, many of the thorniest problems have well-established solutions. We can help you navigate the maze of acronyms from ROCKS, through IPMI, through GPFS.