Quick Start¶

Brief description¶

Arrhenius SENS, the next NAISS SENS system and the first EuroHPC system designed for sensitive data from the ground up, will provide high-performance computing resources in Sweden and for EuroHPC for the secure analysis of sensitive data, especially sensitive personal data such as whole human genomes. Users will have access to a secure virtual environment that behaves like an ordinary HPC cluster, with additional security mechanisms.

Migration from UPPMAX/Bianca¶

NAISS is in the process of setting up Arrhenius SENS, the next system to continue the NAISS SENS service for sensitive data. There are a few aspects for current NAISS SENS users to consider before moving to Arrhenius.

Data Processing Agreements¶

Arrhenius SENS is operated by Linköping University. If your workplace is not on the list of organisations with a general Data Processing Agreement, then you will need a new Data Processing Agreement. Please contact NAISS support for assistance, or turn to your local data protection officer for help with this.

Ethical approval¶

Some users’ ethical approvals specifically mention Bianca or UPPMAX, and will therefore need to be amended. Arrhenius SENS will be at least as secure as Bianca, so you may judge that changing the system is not a “substantial” amendment. We suggest that you state that you write that you will use NAISS SENS, which would cover both Bianca and Arrhenius SENS. Applying for an amendment at EPM should take less than 35 days.

Backup¶

Unlike Bianca, Arrhenius SENS will not provide any automatic off-site backup. The storage system is robust, with safeguards in place to prevent data loss from common technical failures, but a misplaced delete command or a disaster in the computer hall can have permanent consequences. Because of the inherent limitations of the backup, NAISS SENS has always held that primary data should be replicated elsewhere, but on Arrhenius this is even more important. The NAISS staff hereby exhorts you to make a local copy of your important data.

To that end, consider using the FEGA Sweden repository.  Not only is your most important data safe, but you also make it more FAIR and thereby increase the impact of your work.

Timeline¶

The timeline for Arrhenius SENS is slower than for the other parts of Arrhenius. We expect to be able to start moving data from Bianca to Arrhenius SENS before the summer. An email will be sent out in May with a link to a form that will let you approve this initial data migration.

We will start to allocate new NAISS SENS projects on Arrhenius SENS in September. Existing NAISS SENS projects will be migrated to Arrhenius SENS during the autumn, and you will receive much more detailed information about this after the summer break.