1 / 11

UK-Ireland-France Regional Participation in NA4

UK-Ireland-France Regional Participation in NA4. Dr Abdeslem DJAOUI Coordinator UKIF region STFC RAL UK. Purpose of Regional Participation Activity?. Ensure effective communication between users from national/regional Grid activities and NA4

jerod
Download Presentation

UK-Ireland-France Regional Participation in NA4

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. UK-Ireland-France Regional Participation in NA4 Dr Abdeslem DJAOUI Coordinator UKIF region STFC RAL UK

  2. Purpose of Regional Participation Activity? Ensure effective communication between users from national/regional Grid activities and NA4 Coordinate and provide some support within the region User and application porting support where appropriate. Liaise with central EGEE support personnel. Coordinate EGEE support activities in the region with support provided by regional ROC.

  3. Regional Participation in NA4 3

  4. Expanded Application support in EGEE-III Regional team targeting more than the 7 existing strategic disciplines Reach and attract new scientific disciplines Finance and Economics Multimedia applications (Video & Image Processing, etc.) Social Science and Humanities Material Science IC design Aerospace Engineering Mechanical Engineering …

  5. Centralized Support in EGEE-III Direct User Support Deal with GGUS tickets, Manage/update end user documentation 232 PM: GRNET, VUB, CNRS, INFN, SIGMA, TAU, IFAE, UNIMELB, ASGC, CNU Application Porting Support Technical analysis of problem and recommendations for methods and tools Help build prototype solution, but not complete porting 261PM: KFKI RKMI, CNRS, INFN, IFAE, UNIMELB, ASGC Virtual Organization Support VO management tools and Documentation Support new and established VO’s 70 PM: CNRS, GRNET, UNIMELB

  6. Working with users and existing support groups Complement but distinct from centralized EGEE support teams Help new users acquire basic use of the Grid in a short time Make sure regional users get effective support from the EGEE groups Direct involvement with local application gridification when appropriate Complement but distinct from local support initiatives Focus particularly on EGEE services and tools International collaborations – using more than local resources Multidisciplinary applications coupled scientific models workflows Some overlap is unavoidable

  7. On going tasks Maintain Web Site/Wiki about support opportunities from EGEE Collection and review of existing local documentation DUS should ensure consistency and consolidate knowledge centrally First Line Application porting and support Legacy and new applications Use GGUS as a formal procedure for further EGEE support Identify and collaborate with local support teams NA2, NA3, SA1, NGS, … Build a Local Application Registry Identify driving disciplines and their requirements in EGEE Support for RESPECT (Recommended External Software Packages for EGEE CommuniTies) program Provide functionality that is needed by local users on EGEE Expanded to include grid services and application-related, user-level APIs and tools. Communication to local regional scientific communities Reporting to NA4

  8. UKIF federation in NA4 UK, Ireland and France (UKIF) as one of 10 regions 0.5 FTE for Coordination Up to 1 FTE for administration and technical support Split between STFC and Glasgow University Biweekly meetings Currently promoting activity Posters, Advertisements in Research Council newsletters, … Activity Working well in ScotGrid Well integrated local and EGEE team New “Institut des Grilles” in France Coordinating body of Grid activities in France

  9. Regional Participation and EGI Some Local Initiatives integrating well in EGEE NA4 Usually using gLite middleware Some funding from EGEE for user/application support UKIF working with local Grid initiatives with various level of success NGS seems to have good user support Still need mutual awareness and cooperation with NGS, GridIreland, LondonGrid, NorthGrid, SouthGrid local support teams As well as EGEE NA2, NA3, SA1 NA4 interaction coordination = Benefits to Users Avoid double effort Act as a coherent team from users perspective Without regard to which resources or middleware they use Maximise any EGEE benefits to users RP feeds the NGI/EGI model for the size and type of Local Application Support that will be needed in the near future RP and local support need to be more integrated in EGI

  10. Some User benefits and incentives in NA4 Available funding for regional users • Bringing Communities Together • Expenses for the UF invited speaker (non-EGEE-funded) • New Community Bootstrapping • Travel for identified “Key persons” to EGEE conferences and UF • Help members of new communities to travel to application porting teams. Dedicated seed resources for new users • limited pool of start-up resources for new Virtual Organizations or new users • Time limit of 6 months for usage • Users should join existing VOs or provision their own resources for a new VO after. 10

  11. Further Information Regional Participation Web site/Wiki: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/EGEE/RegionalSupport UKIF regional participation team Email contact: project-eu-egee-na4-ukif@cern.ch NA4 in EGEE-III http://project.eu-egee.org/index.php?id=285

More Related