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OxGrid, University of Oxford Campus Grid. David Wallom UK Campus Grids SIG 16th April 2007. System Overview. Single entry point for users Seamless access to NGS and OSC Common Middleware to the NGS Globus 2/VDT Condor-G resource broker. Resources. Compute All Users
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OxGrid, University of Oxford Campus Grid David Wallom UK Campus Grids SIG 16th April 2007
System Overview • Single entry point for users • Seamless access to NGS and OSC • Common Middleware to the NGS • Globus 2/VDT • Condor-G resource broker
Resources • Compute • All Users • Computing Services (Condor) • Oxford NGS node (PBS) • Condensed Matter Physics (Condor) • Theoretical Physics (Rocks SGE) • OeRC Cluster (Rocks SGE) • Registered users • OSC (SGE) • NGS (Various) • OeRC Microsoft CCS • Biochemistry (SGE) • GridPP nodes supporting NGS VO (Various) • Materials Science (PBS Pro) • Data • All Users • 1TB SRB Vault • Registered users • NGS-1 SRB Vault • 30TB NGS-2 • 10TB Microsoft NFS disk
Users • ~30 users currently registered • Statistics • Materials Science • Inorganic Chemistry • Theoretical Chemistry • Biochemistry • Computational Biology • Astrophysics • Medical Imaging • Using university username though independent of main university single sign-on
Key Issues • Resource owner engagement • Maintaining user engagement • University HPC competition • Support • Staffing • Publicity • Software upgrade path • Globus 4, OMII, WS++ ?? • Storage