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European Middleware Initiative (EMI). Alberto Di Meglio (CERN) Project Director. Primary Objectives.
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European Middleware Initiative (EMI) Alberto Di Meglio (CERN) Project Director
Primary Objectives Consolidate the existing middleware distribution simplifyingservices and components to make them more sustainable (including use of off-the-shelf and commercial components whenever possible) Evolve the middleware services/functionality following the requirements of infrastructures and users, mainly focusing on operational, standardization and interoperability aspects Reactively and proactively maintain the middleware distribution to keep it in line with the growing infrastructure usage Consolidate Evolve Support EMI Overview - DECIDE Launch Event, Rome
Project Partners EMI Overview - DECIDE Launch Event, Rome
Compute Services Technical Areas Data Services Product Teams Dedicate teams of experts Fully responsible for development, maintenance and unit/system testing A-REX, UAS-Compute, WMS, CREAM, MPI, etc Security Services dCache, StoRM, UAS-Data, DPM, LFC, FTS, Hydra, AMGA, etc Infrastructure Services UNICORE Gateway, UVOS/VOMS/VOMS-Admin, ARGUS, SLCS, glExec, Gridsite, Proxyrenewal, etc Logging and Bookkeeping, Messaging, accounting, monitoring, virtualization/clouds support, information systems and providers Support via the GGUS application EMI Overview - DECIDE Launch Event, Rome
Main Technical Objectives • Simplify security, hiding the use of certificates and using common methods across all supported middleware • Develop a set of common clients and libraries and programming interfaces • Introduce new services and technologies, like messaging, service management interfaces and dynamic resource and service provision (clouds) • Implement standards and work actively on interoperability EMI Overview - DECIDE Launch Event, Rome
EMI Middleware Evolution Before EMI 3 years After EMI Applications Integrators, System Administrators Specialized services, professional support and customization EMI Reference Services Standards,New technologies (clouds) Users and Infrastructures Requirements EMI Overview - DECIDE Launch Event, Rome
Collaborations EGI, PRACE, WLCG,OSG SLAs & Support Requirements Releases Standards Industry EMI ESFRI, VRCs Collaborations Collaborations DCI collaborations StratusLab VENUS-C EDGI SIENA IGE EMI Overview - DECIDE Launch Event, Rome
Thank you EMI is partially funded by the European Commission under Grant Agreement INFSO-RI-261611 http://www.eu-emi.eu EMI Overview - DECIDE Launch Event, Rome