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European Grid InitiativeTowards a Sustainable Production Grid Infrastructure

NGI Status ReportDiana Cresti, INFN

EGI WorkshopMunich, 26-27 February 2007

Munich, 26-27 Feb 2007 EGI Workshop - NGI Status Report 2

Introduction

• Countries reported on the state of their NGI & views of an EGI

• NGI questionnaire conducted during summer 2006

• These are preliminary findings, and cannot replace

interactive exchange of information

• 30 countries replied; near unanimity on forming an EGI

• Full report is being published now:https://edms.cern.ch/document/804043/1/EGEE-II-NA5-DNA5.1-

804043-v3.doc


The status of the NGI in each

European country


Current coveragePart

A


Is there an NGI in your Country?Part

A

Yes: 25

No: 5


Is there a National Grid Projectin your Country?

Part

B

Yes: 21

No: 9


What Form does your NGI have?

A funded national project: 12

An entity appointed by an

official authority: 9

A memorandum of

understanding: 5

An informal group that meets

frequently: 4

Part

A

Aus Cro CzR Fr DE Gr

Lit NL Nor Pt Swe UK

Bel Est Fin DE Gr

Isr Pol Rus Ukr

Bul Gr Ser Tk Ukr

Est Fr Nor Ukr


NGI recognised by a Gov ministry?

Yes: 20

No, but plan toget recognition: 3

No; no plan toget recognition: 2

Part

A


Is NGI Separate Legal Entity?Part

A

National Institute: 7

National Research and Education Network (NREN): 5

Association / Consortium: 5

Supercomputing Centre (SCC): 2

University: 2

NREN / SCC: 3

University / SCC: 3

• Bulgaria Yes; Italy under negotiation;

• Germany – not a legal entity but a Project

• Others are not separate legal entities, but are part of:

See handout Table 2


National Grid Project – Target AreasPart

B

Grid Infrastructures (computing, storage,…): 19

Grid Applications: 17

Grid Middleware: 15

Dissemination: 15

Training: 12

Operations, Professional service provisioning: 2

Grid Helpdesk and user board: 1

Building a community: 1

Cooperation with industry: 1


Caution: please check data ahead…

• Online tool was not interactive, but this workshop is

• Some ambiguity in questions

opportunity here to clarify

• NGI status evolving rapidly

most data from July 2006, and not updated since then

These data are invaluable, well worth “getting it right”


NGI Financial Status

Have you guaranteed sustainable funding for the NGI?

Yes: 8

No: 13

No reply: 4

Any additional sources of funding for the NGI?

EGEE: 6

Other EC project: 4

Other national funding: 7

Regional support

European Structural Funds

Special grants for infrastructure provision

Part

C



How many people does the NGI employ (or is expected to employ)?

• 19 responses, ranging from 0 to 200+

• Mean 32, Median 10

• Some examples:

• Czech Republic: ~15 (but part time)

• Germany: about 200, and 200 more in 2007

• Greece: Around 80 all over the country (expected 100)

• Ireland: 4.5 FTE in Operations Centre

• Serbia: 0 - it is not expected to employ personnel

Part

C

If sustainable funding has not been guaranteed, why:

See handout Table 3



What is the total amount of local financing up to now (in M€)?

• 19 responses, ranging from 0.1 to 20+

• Mean 3.96, Median 1.00

• Some examples:• Bulgaria (NGI since Sep ‘02): < 1 Million

• Netherlands (NGI in steps, since ‘02): 1 going to >30

• Portugal (NGI since Apr ‘06): 3.5 M€, till now, plus 5M€ for the next 3 years

What is the annual budget (in M€ / year)?

• 9 responses, ranging from 0.3 to 16+

• Mean 4.56, Median 1.50

• Some examples:

• Finland: over 16 M€ turnover (excluding investments)

• Sweden: 1

Part

C


Users and Resources:

Number of Users with valid Grid Certificate

1 - 20 21 - 50

51 - 100

101 - 250 251 - 500 (501 – 1000) > 1000

N / A

Mean: 293

Median: 100

Part

B


1 - 5

6 - 10

10 - 20

21 - 30

31 - 40

41 - 50

N / A


Number of Sites (resource centres)

Mean: 11

Median: 6

Part

B


1 - 100

101 - 200

201 - 500

501 - 1000

1001 - 3000

> 3000

N / A


Number of Available CPUs

Mean: 1022

Median: 500

Part

B


0.1 - 10

10.1 - 20

20.1 - 50

50.1 - 100

100.1 - 1000

> 1000

N / A


Available Storage Space (TBs)

Mean: 361.3

Median: 32.5

Part

B


NGI Operational Information:

Application Areas

High Energy Physics: 15 Physics of Natural Phenomena,

Marine Science

Bioinformatics: 13 Energy

Chemistry: 12 Computational Mechanics

Earth Sciences: 9 Virtual laboratory – Support for

labour equipment App Independent / All Apps: 8 Engineering

Astronomy, Cosmology, Astrophysics, Space Res.: 6 Materials

(Bio)medicine, Health Sciences Nanotechnology

Fusion Robotics

Graphic Modeling; Modeling, Simulation & Optimisation Knowledge Representation

Optimisation of Traffic Routing Web Search Engine

Geophysics Humanities

Part

C


What NGIs would like to see

in an EGI


Proposed Functions of EGI

Very Important Quite Important No Opinion Not Important Unhelpful

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Representation of European Grid effortswith similar bodies from other continents

Representation of European Grid efforts onstandards bodies

Coordination of dissemination and trainingefforts

Coordination of user and applicationsupport

Managed resource centers to provide initialresources for new user communities

Testing, certification and validation serviceincluding middleware

Coordination of infrastructure operations




Very Important

Quite Important

No Opinion

Not Important

Unhelpful

Part

A

13

10

6

1




Very Important

Quite Important

No Opinion

Not Important

Unhelpful

Part

A


Very Important

Quite Important

No Opinion

Not Important

Unhelpful

Testing, cert and validation service including middleware

Part

AProposed Functions of EGI

12

13

4

1


Very Important

Quite Important

No Opinion

Not Important

Unhelpful

Testing, cert and validation service including middleware

Part



Managed resource ctrs initial resources new user communities

Very Important

Quite Important

No Opinion

Not Important

Unhelpful

Part


6

11

9

31


Managed resource ctrs initial resources new user communities

Very Important

Quite Important

No Opinion

Not Important

Unhelpful

Part



Coordination of user and application support

Very Important

Quite Important

No Opinion

Not Important

Unhelpful

Part


6

106

7

1


Coordination of user and application support

Very Important

Quite Important

No Opinion

Not Important

Unhelpful

Part



Coordination of dissemination and training efforts

Very Important

Quite Important

No Opinion

Not Important

Unhelpful

Part


8

13

6

21


Coordination of dissemination and training efforts

Very Important

Quite Important

No Opinion

Not Important

Unhelpful

Part



Rep European Grid efforts on standards bodies

Very Important

Quite Important

No Opinion

Not Important

Unhelpful

Part


13

8

7

1 1


Rep European Grid efforts on standards bodies

Very Important

Quite Important

No Opinion

Not Important

Unhelpful

Part



Rep European Grid efforts with similar bodies from other continents

Very Important

Quite Important

No Opinion

Not Important

Unhelpful

Part


15

10

5


Rep European Grid efforts with similar bodies from other continents

Very Important

Quite Important

No Opinion

Not Important

Unhelpful

Part



Other Functions / Stakeholders

Other proposed functions of EGI - some brief quotes:• Cross country efforts / collaboration between NGIs;

• Service for major new infrastructures (ESFRI);

• Relationship with e.g. GEANT/DANTE;

• Provision of guidelines / specification of cleaner & more atomic interfaces

• Political support for NGIs / unified interface to EU bodies;

• Establish a “business” scheme (tokens to use facilities);

See handout Table 4

Other stakeholders besides proposed set (NGIs, user communities, EC) - some brief quotes:

• The research community;

• e-IRG; possibly CERN;

• National funding agencies / Ministries

See handout Table 5

Part

A


Conclusions & Next Steps

• Commonality of vision with respect to EGI

• Move beyond questionnaire format

Interactive knowledge base

• NGI definition vs. actual status

• Sustainability: a work in progress

• 22 application areas (at least)

• NGIs are coming together as we speak

the time is right for EGI


Thank you!

Please contact me for corrections and follow up:

Diana Cresti

[email protected]

Tel: +39.049.8277348

Fax: +39.049.8277208

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