Pleasant encounters of the VM kind: leveraging on NeCTAR VMs to achieve research outcomes
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Paper/Presentation Title | Pleasant encounters of the VM kind: leveraging on NeCTAR VMs to achieve research outcomes |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Gacenga, Francis (Author), Kelly, Nick (Author) and Rayment, Erin (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | eResearch Australasia 2014 Conference |
Number of Pages | 3 |
Year | 2014 |
Place of Publication | Sydney, Australia |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://eresearchau.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/eresau2014_submission_73.pdf |
Conference/Event | eResearch Australasia 2014 Conference: Towards Unified Global Research |
Event Details | eResearch Australasia 2014 Conference: Towards Unified Global Research Event Date 27 to end of 31 Oct 2014 Event Location Melbourne, Australia |
Abstract | This paper presents the journey taken by researchers at Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF) member universities in achieving research outcomes using QCIF eResearch services. Researchers at University of Southern Queensland (USQ) who need to host web services on tight research budgets encounter the challenge of competing priorities on scarce ICT resources. The process of either setting up a physical server or accessing locally hosted Virtual Machines (VM)s can be time consuming and expensive. This paper provides a study of the journeys of two researchers working on different projects requiring web hosting, detailing their experiences and how use of National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources (NeCTAR) VMs is enhancing their research outcomes. Through USQ's QCIF membership, the researchers were able to access NeCTAR VMs and eResearch service support that reduced the time, effort and cost of webhosting services for their research. The key value of the QCIF eResearch service delivered to the researchers was the integrated service model that was responsive to each researcher's unique requirements. The researchers were able to get questions answered and issues resolved in a timely way that allowed for a quick turnaround of their web server implementation. The collaborative approach to providing eResearch services offered by QCIF meant that the researchers in each of QCIF's member universities can draw on the resources, skills and expertise from a larger pool, thus enabling responsiveness, scalability and the agility required to respond to each researchers unique requirements. The eResearch analysts work in a close network and provide mutual support and collaboration in facilitating researcher outcomes. |
Keywords | VM; virtual machine; eResearch; collaboration |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 460908. Information systems organisation and management |
500107. Professional ethics | |
460799. Graphics, augmented reality and games not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | This publication is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in part for the purposes of study, research, or review, but is subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source. |
Byline Affiliations | Office of Research |
Australian Digital Futures Institute | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2x65/pleasant-encounters-of-the-vm-kind-leveraging-on-nectar-vms-to-achieve-research-outcomes
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