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The C3 GRID

The C3 GRID. An investment in the future of Canadian R&D Infrastructure. What is a GRID System. Cooperative network of shared resources Scaleable wide area network that supports resource sharing and distribution Composed of geographically distributed, autonomous resource providers

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The C3 GRID

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  1. The C3 GRID An investment in the future of Canadian R&D Infrastructure

  2. What is a GRID System • Cooperative network of shared resources • Scaleable wide area network that supports resource sharing and distribution • Composed of geographically distributed, autonomous resource providers • Includes computers, network links, human resources and databases • Exploits the heterogeneous characteristics of the participating resource providers • Generalized data handling, computing and client support system • Supports the development of advanced R&D applications in Science, Engineering and Technology Development, Finance and the Arts.

  3. GRID Applications • Large scale and resource intensive frontier applications • R&D applications that go beyond current technological capabilities • Technology development applications in multi-media, finance, production arts, hard sciences and engineering. • Advanced telecommunications protocol and services development • Require specialized facilities and networks • Need for high bandwidth, high priority access to bandwidth • Need for access to HPC sites • Need for access to more than one of a set of heterogeneous, geographically distributed resources • Have large computational or data requirements • Need high performance visualization facilities at remote locations.

  4. Some Application Areas • Geo-Data processing in Meteorology, Remote Sensing, Oceanography, Space Science. • Computational Chemistry, Biology, Medical Science and Services • Simulation Modeling for Transportation,Telecommunications and Policy Analysis • Financial modeling • Multi-media applications such as embedded video, digital video servers and video conferencing.

  5. Who Benefits • R&D workers in Academia, Industry and Government • Shared access to expensive and remote facilities throughout the country • Technology based industries in Canada • Access to advanced development platforms enabling the proving of new designs • Resource Provider facilities in Canada • Broader client base and enhanced service capabilities supporting local clients • Government programs aimed at stimulating technological development in Canada • Canadian Public • Job opportunity and quality of life

  6. The Target GRID Community • Canadian researchers, potentially members of the C3 Network • Beyond the current 50 + sites • CANARIE/Ca.Net III • CANARIE partners include major Canadian telecommunications industry players and regional networks • C3.ca • University, Industry and Government members • Regional Canadian HPC/GRID organizations • MACI, HPCnet, RQCHP, AC3 and other emerging consortia • National Research Council • Industrial Organizations • Companies working on advanced applications in telecommunications, multi-media, finance, the arts, engineering and the sciences

  7. Current Canadian Situation • Extensive network infrastructure • Wide penetration of the Internet throughout the country. • Widening deployment of leading edge telecommunications infrastructure • CaNet III backbone and “Last Mile” efforts • Individual isolated experiments with foreign GRID systems • GLOBUS and foreign GRIDS being tested • Emergence of Regional GRID systems • CFI funding is stimulating the formation of regional GRID like networks • Ad Hoc arrangements between users and existing specialty resources • No current true GRID operations

  8. Current Global Situation • National GRID Effort in the US • GLOBUS - Distributed access and scheduling for several NSF HPC facilities • Several varieties of GRID experiments in the US • PUNCH - Shared university facilities GRID • IPG - An aerospace production GRID • Initial efforts to develop a European GRID • Informal arrangements between provider sites • Several European National GRID efforts • MOL - A meta-computing GRID design • International Effort INET2000 • An effort to form a global meta-GRID

  9. Environmental Trends • Increasing computing and telecommunications requirements of advanced applications in R&D needing access to costly, specialized shared facilities • Smaller institutions and individual research workers becoming disadvantaged in the global marketplace. • Worldwide development of GRID infrastructures supporting National R&D goals • Technological competitiveness is now a nationally supported initiative in developed countries. • Eventual Global integration of GRID networks for use in multi-national projects • Ultimately GRID systems will emerge as the foundations of the technology based economy

  10. Why a Canadian GRID? • Difficult access to foreign GRID systems by Canadian R&D workers • Residency and citizenship requirements • Security requirements • Scale of R&D projects limited by a nuclear system of installations in Canada • Resource sharing is not readily feasible • Resource distribution is site centered • Resource management is fragmented • Economies of resource sharing unrealized in today’s environment • Smaller institutions and individual workers seek support on an ad hoc basis • Many small installations, few world scale facilities

  11. Strategic Options • Status Quo • Loss of opportunities due to lack of adequate infrastructure • Foster a negative Canadian/Foreign R&D gap • Join the US/European/Asia GRID Effort • Conditional access will limit participation • Augment the ”Brain Drain” to the host countries • Loss of national control over R&D priorities • Construct a Canadian GRID System • Incorporate successful, proven, international components • Stimulate R&D and the development of new technologies • Enable support Canadian priorities in technology development • Enable discovery of new “hot area” applications • Enable sharing of expensive and scarce resources.

  12. Current C3 Network

  13. The Proposed C3 GRID

  14. Canadian GRID Design I • Peer network of providers and users • Resource providers are autonomous installations located at Canadian universities distributed throughout the country • Distributed access to all facilities and support resources of the GRID • Any client with an Internet connection can access the Canadian GRID • Uniform WEB based user interface • Common support software available to all clients • Secure access to resources and data • Single point of entry to GRID services • GRID wide monitoring of resource consumption and distribution • GRID wide scheduling and management of shared resources

  15. Canadian GRID Design II • Shared access to heterogeneous facilities • Standard user interface to GRID resources • Shared training and support resources • Standard training tools and resource information databases • Common development and support tools • GRID application development and debugging environments • Resource brokering amongst facilities • Easy discovery of available GRID resources • Integration with other GRID systems either Regional or International • C3 GRID is scaleable to a meta-GRID • Canadian interface to the emerging global meta-GRID

  16. Canadian GRID Road Map • Strategic Plan • Resource and Technology Inventory • Interim GRID deployment using GLOBUS • Core Software Base • Administrative Arrangements • Prototype Demonstration • Initial Deployment • Resource Discovery Mechanisms • Advanced Feature Deployment

  17. Initial C3 Grid Configuration

  18. C3 GRID Implementation • Stage 0 Features • GLOBUS Base Adapted to Canada • Uniform Client Interface via WWW • Integrated Monitoring via WWW • Administrative arrangements • Remote Data Access • Secure Access through GRID accounts

  19. C3 GRID Evolution I

  20. C3 GRID Implementation I • Stage I Features • Core GRID software • Administrative arrangements • Ad Hoc local process control • Native application environments • Existing standard networks • Existing facilities

  21. C3 GRID Evolution II

  22. C3 GRID Implementation II • Stage II Features • Automated resource discovery • Automated scheduling • Automated process control • Access to specialized resources (Experimental networks, developmental technologies, single user facilities)

  23. C3 GRID Evolution III

  24. C3 GRID Implementation III • Stage III Features • Application development environments • Automated process recovery • Integration with external GRID systems

  25. Summary Cost Estimates • Stage 0 - $460K 37 PM • Per site infrastructure not included. • Stage I - $960K 60 PM • Per site HW/SW not included • Stage II - $1010 66 PM • Assumes 15 Sites involved. • Stage III - $720K 53 PM • Ongoing incremental costs • Project - $3000K 13-18 PY • Ongoing operations 3-5 PY • Per Site incremental costs of 0.75-1.0 PY

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