FINKI cloud

Openstack cloud deployed at the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, UKIM.


Openstack cloud deployed at the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, UKIM.  Cloud infrastructure based on Openstack and is hosted on 15 Huawei servers, each with 128GB RAM and 20 HT CPU cores, totaling in 300 vCPU cores and 37TB SSD and 32 TB SAS storage. The system is in production from 2017 as a National cloud system. The connectivity to Internet is 1Gbit through MARNET provided link to GEANT. Currently the system hosts templates for all popular Linux distributions, and Windows variations. The primary target communities are the ones from the long tail of science. 

The infrastructure if fully integrated with the eduGAIN / NI4OS AAI, enablig seamles access to virtulizes computing, network and storage resources. 

Resource organization

Resource providers

ON-BOARDED 
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University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering

Rudjer Boskovic 16, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia (MK)

ON-BOARDED 
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University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering

Rudjer Boskovic 16, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia (MK)

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ON-BOARDED 

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Website

https://openstack.finki.ukim.mk/

Readiness

TRL9

Domain

Natural Sciences Engineering & Technology

Subdomain

Electrical, Electronic & Information Engineering Other Engineering & Technology Sciences Computer & Information Sciences

Category

Compute

Subcategory

Virtual Machine Management

Target users

Research Groups Students Research Projects Researchers Research Communities

Access type

Virtual

Access mode

Free

Tags

clud openstack long tail of science VM

Contact

Boro Jakimovski, Head of CC
email: boro.jakimovski@finki.ukim.mk
phone: 0038970302396

Helpdesk e-mail

fcc@finki.ukim.mk

Security contact e-mail

cirt@finki.ukim.mk

The NI4OS-Europe project is funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 European research infrastructures grant agreement no. 857645.