Exploitation Models

 

As-a-User
Description	You need a workspace where you can store, access, and optionally share files and datasets. You wish to follow the activities performed by the other users of a large  community and to join one of the existing applications offered by the existing VREs.
Reserved Resources	Zero. Storage and computational jobs queues are shared with other users.
Resources Highlights	Your data is kept private until you share it. However, the computational resources are shared with other users and assigned to you only when needed.
How	Register on one of the available Gateways and join one of the existing public gCubeApps.
Type of engagement	You are a single user requiring immediate access to data and tailored applications.
Cost	Free to use according to the Terms of Use.

As-a-Group
Description	You need to create a dedicated environment with specific applications and manage the users by authorizing them to join. Only authorized users will have access to the data used and generated by the newly created applications. You may exploit any of the capabilities and you may add your specific applications and data.
Reserved Resources	From Zero to the resources assigned to manage your private applications.
Resources Highlights	Your data is kept private until you share it with other user of the newly created application. However, the computational resources are shared with other users and assigned to you only when needed.
How	Register on one of the available Gateways, join the gCubeApps community and ask the gCubeApps VO Manager to become a VRE Designer. Then, design your specific new VRE that will be subject to approval by the VO Manager. On average, a new application is created in less than 24 hours.
Type of engagement	You manage a small set (up to hundreds) of users focusing on a specific scientific topic requiring a common infrastructure to store, maintain, and process data.
Cost	Free to use according to the Terms of Use and without installing any custom and private service.

As-a-Community
Description	You need to manage a community for a medium/long period and you want to offer members an integrated storage and computational platform for the execution of daily tasks. You may exploit any of the available capabilities and you may add your specific applications and data. Data and applications are kept private to your community and confidentiality and security are guaranteed by encryption.
Reserved Resources	A minimum equivalent Amazon m3.xlarge – 15 GiB of memory, 13 EC2 Compute Units (4 virtual cores with 3.25 EC2 Compute Units each), EBS storage only, 64-bit platform - is assigned to the community. According to the applications selected in the Application Bundles that have to be offered to the community, the minimum configuration can grow up to 2 m3.2xlarge – 30 GiB of memory, 26 EC2 Compute Units (8 virtual cores with 3.25 EC2 Compute Units each), EBS storage only, 64-bit platform – resources that are reserved to the community. Additional resources can be assigned on-demand to scale up distributed computations and up to the negotiated quota as established in the negotiated phase between the Community Manager and the iMarine Infrastructure Manager.
Resources Highlights	Your data is kept private until you or any other authorized user shares it with either other users of the newly created applications or with the wider community. Only the members of the community use the computational resources assigned to it and the data is moved and stored according to an encryption key that is specific to the community.
How	Contact D4Science through the contact-point and report the description of the community, the average number of users, the scientific applications you wish to host in D4Science, and any additional information useful for a proper analysis of your request.
Type of engagement	You manage a medium/large set of users focusing on many scientific topics ranging from the analysis of statistical and biodiversity data to the management of geo-referenced data. The community needs a common infrastructure to store, maintain, and process data through the creation of focused applications (VREs), each of which is focusing on a specific scientific goal.
Cost	Negotiated. It depends on the QoS and the number of users of the community.