UC3 Dash Service Update: November 2014

December 15, 2014 Author: Carly StrasserCategories:

The UC3 Dash (http://dash.ucop.edu) service provides an easy-to-use solution for the effective curation of and access to research data. Dash is a centralized UC3-hosted service, with UC campus and DataONE branded instances.

Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities

Dash releases. Dash was fully released to the community on November 3rd. Live instances of Dash include
- UC Berkeley Dash: dash.berkeley.edu
- UC Irvine Dash: dash.lib.uci.edu
- UCLA Dash: dash.ucla.edu
- UC Merced Dash: dash.ucmerced.edu
- UCOP Dash: dash.ucop.edu
- DataONE Dash: oneshare.cdlib.org
New Dash instances. We are currently working to bring up three more instances of Dash: UCSC Dash, UCSF Dash, and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Dash.
Dash size limits. We have imposed size limits on datasets uploaded to Dash. Individual files have a 2 GB size limit, and total upload package sizes are limited to 10 GB.
Merritt Recharge Proposal. We continue to work towards obtaining approval for our Merritt Recharge Proposal, which also affects Dash costs. Read about the current status of charging for Dash usage at http://cdluc3.github.io/dash/costs.
Presentation. Carly Strasser, Dash Service Manager, presented Dash to attendees of the UC Berkeley Institute for Data Science Tea on Thursday, November 20th. Researchers were excited about Dash’s ease of use and its ownership by the UC.

Dash Service Description
Dash is a new, easy-to-use solution for the effective curation of and access to campus research data.

Connect with Dash

Service manager: Carly Strasser carly.strasser@ucop.edu
Please send any questions or general correspondence to uc3@ucop.edu
Read more about the code, the project, and contributing to development on the Dash GitHub site: http://cdluc3.github.io/dash
Log enhancements or bugs on the Dash GitHub Issues page: https://github.com/cdluc3/dash/issues
Check out our Dash Facebook, Google+ and Twitter accounts

Dash Origins

The Dash project began as DataShare, a collaboration among UC3, the University of California San Francisco Library and Center for Knowledge Management, and the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI).