Mission
RDCCLS is charged with providing strategic direction, establishing guidelines and policies for ensuring efficient and effective utilization of existing data center facilities. RDCCLS is also changed with developing a roadmap and evaluating options for supporting the projected needs and demands for additional RDC capabilities to support UA research mission and goals.
Members
- Chair Nirav Merchant, AZ Rsch Labs-Interdisciplinary Director
- Michael Bruck, Staff Scientist
- Mike Barker, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Assistant Professor
- Leo Enfield, Engineering Administration Information Technology Manager
Deliverables
- Guidelines and Policies for current RDC usage
- Process and procedure for obtaining RDC allocation
- Duties and responsibilities (technical documentation) for RDC utilization
- Managing pre allocation, proposal requests
- Roadmap for managing RDC growth for next 3 to 5 years
- Survey of peer institutions (5 institutes)
- Cataloging growth area/disciplines/projects that will need additional RDC capacity
- Survey options for availability of space on and off campus
- Establish initial rubric for evaluating options for RDC growth
- Initial assessment of technology needs for future RDC needs (power, cooling, network, security etc.)