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MCNC Grid Computing and Networking Services ( GCNS )

MCNC Grid Computing and Networking Services ( GCNS ). StateNets 2005. North Carolina Statewide Grid. John Killebrew Director - NCREN. Internet Internet 2 NLR. Internet. Our Foundation for Grid: NCREN. 4-7 MCNC-owned Clusters distributed throughout the state

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MCNC Grid Computing and Networking Services ( GCNS )

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  1. MCNC Grid Computing and Networking Services (GCNS) StateNets 2005 North Carolina Statewide Grid John Killebrew Director - NCREN

  2. Internet Internet 2 NLR Internet Our Foundation for Grid: NCREN 4-7 MCNC-owned Clusters distributed throughout the state Locations still under evaluation Cisco EPA Existing: Blend of owned and leased fiber and circuits moving toward resilient rings powered by Cisco routers Planned: Strong focus on owned and leased fiber, Lambda, and few circuits, in resilient rings powered by Cisco routers and Wave Division Multiplexers

  3. The GridThe next IT Infrastructure of North Carolina • Proving ground for Grid • Successful prototype apps • Catalyst for collaboration • International recognition NC BioGrid 2002 2003 2004 2005

  4. The Grid The next IT Infrastructure of North Carolina • Cluster and SMP resources • Research platform for GTEC • Core component in NCGrid • Revenue generation MCNC Enterprise Grid NC BioGrid 2002 2003 2004 2005

  5. The Grid The next IT Infrastructure of North Carolina • State-wide partnership • Leverage lessons learned • Grid education & training resource • Enable first mover applications NC Grid Initiative MCNC Enterprise Grid NC BioGrid 2002 2003 2004 2005

  6. MCNC & The Grid Infrastructure for North Carolina NC Statewide Grid Initiative MCNC Enterprise Grid • MCNC • Microelectronics Center of North Carolina • Founded in 1980 • Independent, private, non-profit organization • Operates NCREN since 1984 • Past: Supercomputer Center for universities • Now: Grid Service Provider, offering Video, • Network, Grid, and Datacenter Services • 50+ employees NC BioGrid NCREN North Carolina Research & Education Network

  7. MCNC-GCNS Roadmap Grid Service Provider Easy Access Awareness Creation

  8. Our Vision : The Three Waves of Grid Computing The Research Wave The Industry Wave The Consumer Wave Technology, Prototypes Grid-Enabled Products Commodity Virtual Organizations Enterprise Solutions IT Utility Standards Interoperability Integration GGF, IETF, OASIS GGF, EGA, IETF, OASIS Legal, Ethical, Political Orgs GCNS: “Awareness Creation” GCNS: “Easy Access” GCNS: “Grid Service Provider”

  9. GCNS UNIVERSE Universities UNC-OP RENCI SURA Services and Relationships Internet2 NLR General Assembly DukeNet MCNC GCNS ERCWC SERNet e-NC WinstonNet RTI RDI ITS Industry

  10. Time Machines The Innovation Engine Thank You ! jtk@mcnc.org http://www.mcnc.org

  11. NCREN Duke (GbE) NCSU (GbE) NCCU RTP Raleigh 7609 7609 Level3 (GbE) Qwest Internet (Oc12 PoS) Abilene (Internet2 OC48 PoS) Greenville Greensboro UNC-CH (GbE) ECU ECSU CMST UNC-G NCAT ASU Winston-Salem OC48 SRP Ring counter-rotating ring <=50ms reroute Fully active redundancy Fayetteville FSU UNCP WFU WSSU NCSA OC12 SRP Ring counter-rotating ring <=50ms reroute Fully active redundancy Hickory UNC-C Wilmington Charlotte UNCW Asheville Qwest (OC12 PoS) OC12 SRP Ring counter-rotating ring <=50ms reroute Fully active redundancy UNCA WCU ERC Level3 (GbE) Greenville

  12. This is a Grid ! An IT Utility A Grid Middleware (the glue) And Networked Distributed Resources

  13. Grid Technology Evaluation CenterThe Epicenter for Accelerating Grid Adoption Influential Network of Key-Players From Innovation to Deployment Socio-Economical Mission Joint BizDev, PR & Marketing Independent Lab: Eval & Testing Grid Training & Education Customer Briefing Center

  14. So, are there really any working Grids out there? • Yes!…. In North Carolina even… + Wachovia + NC BioGrid + SCOOP + EPA

  15. NC BioGrid One of the nation’s first grid test beds for computing, data storage and networking resources for life sciences research Established to research and implement new grid computing technologies that will enable researchers and educators throughout North Carolina to take full advantage of the genomic revolution . • Installed in Summer 2002, heterogeneous hardware and OS platforms • More than 80 organizations • Dedicated systems for testing grid middleware and developing grid applications for bioinformatics • Spans multiple administrative domains with systems located at MCNC, NC State, UNC-CH & Duke • Established a Certificate Authority

  16. SURA SCOOP South-eastern Coastal Ocean Observing Program The Challenge: - More than half of the nation's tidal shores home to 80 million people - coastal zone is undergoing environmental and ecological changes - threaten the sustainability of the region's economies and marine resources The Solution: - develop a Grid of sensors and linked computers - fully integrating several observing systems in the southern region - provide data, in real-time and at high speed, for more reliable, accurate and timely information To help guide effective coastal stewardship, plan for extreme events, facilitate safe maritime operations, and support coastal military security.

  17. And, how about other states? • Grid Development efforts announced in • Colorado • West Virginia • Louisiana • Texas • Virginia Plus….the following are also working….

  18. Access Gridfor Education and Training • Builds on our proven and advanced video infrastructure • Utilizes Multicast Backbone • Real time, continuous presence audio, video, data • Purpose-built sites encourage natural, seamless interaction • Desktop implementation available • Multi-Platform: including Win X, Linux/Unix • Mac OS X support coming soon • H.323 • Voice & Video Over IP (V2oIP), Ubiquitous • 352 x 288 @ 128 kbps - 2 Mbps, Multipoint • capable • H.320 • Multipoint via third-party • MPEG-2 • 720 x 480 @ 5.5 Mbps NCREN Video Network • supports multipoint

  19. Earth System Grid Goal: address technical obstacles to the sharing & analysis of high-volume data from advanced earth system models

  20. Network for Earthquake Eng. Simulation Global Connections Remote Users Instrumented Structures and Sites (Faculty, Students, Practitioners) Simulation Tools Repository Laboratory Equipment Field Equipment Curated Data Repository Leading Edge Computation Remote Users: (K-12 Faculty and Students) Laboratory Equipment www.neesgrid.org

  21. Butterfly.net: Enterprise Optimization • A scalable, resilient infrastructure for creating & running massive multiplayer games • Developers avoid upfront costs • Improved end-user experience • Demonstrated 8x increase in profitability over centralized model • Dynamic provisioning & on demand capacity • Uses Globus Toolkit & runs on IBM Global Services hosting environment

  22. Metropolitan Grid across the Universities • Stable, well-managed HPC resources • Supporting multi-disiplinary research • And local industries (e.g. Rolls Royce) Slides: Courtesy James Coomer

  23. Grid Collaboration MCNC - Universities 1 + 1 = 3 Common Interests Grid Computing Higher Education Economic Development Thought Leadership Universities MCNC Top Research Deployment Education Infrastructure Vertical Applications Horizontal Middleware Complementary Focus

  24. GCNS Enterprise Grid Avaki Data Grid Global Grid Resource DB (GIIS) Users Campus Grids Grid Gatekeeper / Interactive Nodes Data Grid Access Servers (8 total, i.e. 1 per 8 nodes) LSF Master Job Scheduler 32-CPU SGI Altix Linux SMP Server 128-CPU IBM Linux Cluster (64 nodes) 8-TB Storage

  25. Network, Grid and Data Center Services GTEC, NLR, ANR and other Innovation Initiatives DEPLOYMENT Self-serve Data Center Services Value-add Information Systems Services Enterprise Grid Services State-wide Grid Services Data Archival Services Information Security Services Hosting & Infrastructure Grid Computing Information Assurance DATA CENTER NCREN

  26. Co-location Services • GCNS supplies server cabinets • 19” EIA, 42-RU, 4-post APC-brand enclosures • Perforated, lockable doors • 84” high x 24” wide x 40” deep • Additional APC cabinet accessories available • $1,200 per cabinet one-time setup fee • Base monthly rate of $500* per cabinet • Includes two 20-Amp, 110-VAC power circuits • One 100-Mbps network uplink • Four public IP addresses • 30-day average network utilization of up to 0.5-Mbps • Additional network utilization options are available • *20% discount available for educational customers

  27. Data Mirroring and Archival Virtual Filers Customer 1 Grid Users Data Grid Interface NCREN Customer 2 Linux Servers NetApp SnapVault Customer 3 NetApp Servers NetApp SnapMirror Customer 4 NetApp Servers NetApp SnapMirror Network Appliance R200 Nearstore Filer 8-TB initially (scales up to 96-TB)

  28. GTEC Projects Driving Grid Adoption MCNC Grid SP Grid ColLab Kids Grids Gaming Grid School Grids Grid-Info Grid Download-The-Grid AAAA Project Grid Training Courses Startup Grid Grid Appliance Grid Portal GGF & EGA NC Statewide Grid MCNC Enterprise Grid NC BioGrid MCNC Supercomputing 2000 20004 2008

  29. What is a Grid ? I don’t know, but… “Context, Not Products, Defines Grid Computing” Gartner, 2004 “Resource sharing & coordinated problem solving in dynamic, multi-institutional virtual organizations” Ian Foster & Carl Kesselman, 2002

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