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EU HEP GRID ProjectEU HEP GRID Project

Fabrizio GagliardiFabrizio Gagliardi

CERNCERN

F.Gagliardi@cern.chF.Gagliardi@cern.ch

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BackgroundBackground

EU-NSF discussions on transatlantic EU-NSF discussions on transatlantic collaboration on IT subjectscollaboration on IT subjects

EU-US workshop on large scientific data EU-US workshop on large scientific data bases and archives in USA last Septemberbases and archives in USA last September

Meeting between EU and HEPCCC last Meeting between EU and HEPCCC last NovemberNovember

Project proposal initiated and led by Project proposal initiated and led by HEPCCCHEPCCC

Kick-off meeting at CERN on Jan 11, 2000Kick-off meeting at CERN on Jan 11, 2000 Encouraged by the EU to submit a proposal Encouraged by the EU to submit a proposal

by May 10thby May 10th

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OrganizationOrganization

Two task forces established (see Two task forces established (see http://nicewww.cern.ch/~les/grid/welcome.hhttp://nicewww.cern.ch/~les/grid/welcome.html)tml)

Technical task force coordinated by Les Technical task force coordinated by Les RobertsonRobertson

Proposal task force coordinated by Fab Proposal task force coordinated by Fab GagliardiGagliardi

Participation by institutional Participation by institutional representativesrepresentatives

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Task forces missionTask forces mission

Technical Task Force:Technical Task Force: Concentrates on understanding available technology

and define technical workprogramme

Proposal Task Force:Proposal Task Force: Build a consortium and use input from TTF to define a

project proposal (on a very short time…)

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Current StatusCurrent Status

HEP active participants:HEP active participants: CERN, Hungary, IFAE, IN2P3, INFN, RAL

Interested “observes”:Interested “observes”: NIKHEF, DESY, GSI, other German institutes

Links:Links: Monarc, European Research Network, LHC computing

management, CERN computing management

Potential candidates: Potential candidates: Sweden (medical)

Project outline reviewed during CHEP2000Project outline reviewed during CHEP2000 Comments/corrections by tomorrow Comments/corrections by tomorrow

midnightmidnight

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Industrial participationIndustrial participation

Preliminary contacts with GRIDware, Preliminary contacts with GRIDware, Siemens, StorageTEKSiemens, StorageTEK

National institutions to propose industrial National institutions to propose industrial candidates by mid Marchcandidates by mid March

Equipment provider and middleware Equipment provider and middleware developer rolesdeveloper roles

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Other sciencesOther sciences

Contacts being established with:Contacts being established with:

BiologyBiology Life scienceLife science Earth ObservationEarth Observation MeteorologyMeteorology

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Project OutlineProject Outline

Focus on:Focus on:

management of large amount of data high throughput computing automated management of both local computing

fabrics and wide-area GRID

Middleware developmentMiddleware development

Testbed demonstratorsTestbed demonstrators

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WorkprogrammeWorkprogramme

R&D required on:R&D required on: Adaptability Scalability Wide-area distribution of resources

Tentative Workpackages:Tentative Workpackages: computing fabric management mass storage management wide area data management wide-area workload management wide-area application monitoring application development/adaptation

Develop in the light of today’s workshopDevelop in the light of today’s workshop

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ResourcesResources

National/regional part of the GRID funded by national agencies

High performance bandwidth across sites to be provided by other initiatives (Geant?)

EU financial support for development of midddleware, overall integration and operation of testbeds

Support for exchange of staff and dissemination of information (workshops, conferences etc)

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Next actionsNext actions

Outline to the EU for information/feedback on Outline to the EU for information/feedback on 14/2/200014/2/2000

Project technical programme to be defined at Project technical programme to be defined at TTF workshop at CERN on March 7TTF workshop at CERN on March 7

Consortium and programme of work by end Consortium and programme of work by end of March 2000of March 2000

EU Proposal to be finalized by end of AprilEU Proposal to be finalized by end of April Process approval/negotiation for the rest of Process approval/negotiation for the rest of

this yearthis year Possible project start early 2001 Possible project start early 2001 Foreseen project duration till 2003-4Foreseen project duration till 2003-4 Second phase 2004-6???Second phase 2004-6???

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Main issuesMain issues

Define a valid and credible technical Define a valid and credible technical programme of work in a very short time programme of work in a very short time

US participation (approval process and US participation (approval process and funding)funding)

HEP and other sciences priorities and HEP and other sciences priorities and workscheduleworkschedule

HEP and industry priorities and HEP and industry priorities and workscheduleworkschedule

Relations to other similar initiatives in EU Relations to other similar initiatives in EU and USand US

Project managementProject management Politics...Politics...