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What is DAFNI?

DAFNI provides a high throughput computing resource (HTC) accessible through a web based front-end. The platform is aimed primarily at supporting infrastructure research projects.  

We provide a legacy space for research projects, with data, models and workflows, preserved in searchable catalogues for the future. 

Reasons to use DAFNI…

High Throughput Compute capability

DAFNI provides computing resources that enable users to get the most out of their models and data, allowing users to carry out large scale analyses.

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Docker Support and Workflow Building

DAFNI fully supports models as docker containers, providing legacy support for models. DAFNI also provides tools that allow users to construct workflows based on models that are available in the DAFNI ecosystem.

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Visualisation Support

DAFNI provides users with full notebook support, with R and Python, which allows flexible and easy access to data analysis tools and the straightforward visualisation of data on the platform.

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A Community of Infrastructure Research

One of DAFNI’s main goals is to build up a community of infrastructure researchers on the platform, providing users with a rich set of models that can be combined to maximise the utility of modelling on DAFNI.

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Read our success stories and how we have helped transform research

Read our Case Studies

How to learn to use DAFNI

If you are looking to become familiar with how DAFNI works, we recommend that you either work through our Quick-Start videos or register for one of our training events below.

We have produced dedicated videos and guides for your reference and our technical support team would be happy to assist you.

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Training Videos

Our videos outline various activities to help you get started, including how to upload and use data on DAFNI, building and running workflows, how to share your work with your colleagues and how to visualise data.

View our training videos

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Downloadable Guides

We have a dedicated resource of How To guides, reference and release notes to help support you.

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Training Events

Our training events are a great opportunity to get up to speed quickly on DAFNI and to ask our technical experts your burning questions. These events are also recommended if you are developing a research proposal and are thinking of including DAFNI as the platform of choice for the research.

See our training events

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