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EARNEST and the e-IRG Lajos BÁLINT <lajos.balint@niif.hu>. About this presentation. Basic goal: input to the EARNEST study wrt. e-IRG from RN viewpoint basic issues rather than history somewhat subjective (provoking?) advise EARNEST directly (+ e-IRG indirectly) Why e-IRG?
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EARNEST and the e-IRG Lajos BÁLINT <lajos.balint@niif.hu> EARNEST WS, 23-24.05.2006
About this presentation Basic goal: input to the EARNEST study wrt. e-IRG • from RN viewpoint • basic issues rather than history • somewhat subjective (provoking?) • advise EARNEST directly (+ e-IRG indirectly) Why e-IRG? • influential advisory role assumed ! ( + coordination ? ) EARNEST WS, 23-24.05.2006
Outline • EARNEST background • what is e-IRG • e-IRG coverage • e-IRG and EARNEST • corollaries / suggestions EARNEST WS, 23-24.05.2006
EARNEST – considerable background • SERENATE (NRENs / TERENA) • GN2 JRA1...5 (NRENs / Consortium + DANTE) • ENPG (delegated govt. + NREN representatives) • e-IRG (delegated govt. + NREN + project reps.) • others (EC invites NREN + project reps./individuals) • (ESFRI – the wider embedding [served by e-IRG]) Common goal: e-Infrastructures e-Science ERA Briefly outlined here: EARNEST WS, 23-24.05.2006
Parallel efforts – different roles EARNEST: a project within GN2 for investigating research networking and preparing the next RN generation ( NRENs, ...) - bottom-up, more technical-organisational - looking mainly for what is possible e-IRG: an advisory body in the area of building the future e-Infrastructure ( EC, ...) - top-down, more political-strategic - looking mainly for what is desirable EARNEST + e-IRG: possibilities vs. desires realities (?) Practice: work is/will be done by the NRENs + DANTE (NGIs + ...)! Role of the EC (priorities): catalysis + orchestration + balancing EARNEST WS, 23-24.05.2006
What is e-IRG? • Definition (web, 2005): High level coordination of e-Infrastructure development for eScience • Mission (10 December 2003, Rome): Monitoring & advising (political/administrative) in shared use of e-resources • Objectives: • identification of resources • recommendation of policies • focusing on applications (users / domains) • increasing awareness of opportunities • addressing governance issues in resource deployment • drawing on NREN community experiences EARNEST WS, 23-24.05.2006
What is e-IRG? (cont’d) ”... support on the political, advisory, and monitoring level, the creation of a policy and administrative framework for the easy and cost-effective shared use of electronic resources” ”... develop a roadmap for the e-Infrastructures for FP7 and beyond and support the ESFRI in the process of the development of a priority list and a roadmap for new Research Infrastructures” Structure / operation: • Delegated members – troika • Closed meetings and open workshops • White papers – Opportunities lists – Roadmaps + Sustainability ... EARNEST WS, 23-24.05.2006
The e-IRG coverage • Past: emphasis on grids (coordination ...) • Present: widening scope (network – Grid – archives) • Future: balanced coverage of e-Infrastructure issues (?) EARNEST WS, 23-24.05.2006
The e-IRG coverage (cont’d) Covered topics (revisit?): • The network: national/European/global (connectivity – QoS IP & BoD) • The e-Infrastructure resources (availability, accessibility + coord/mgmt) [sense – process/compute (incl.HPC) – store – actuate ( + data)] • Applications and users (technical / admin / usage support / ease of use) [grids (Grid framework) – coord/mgmt – helping/advising/training] • Federated AAAI (security for dependability + accountability for fairness) • AUP (acceptability of use – key of integrated/shared usage) • Virtual repositories – digital archives (collections of curated resources) • An organisation (?) (oriented to the application framework?) (consortium + coord/QoS operational unit?) [NGIs vs. NRENs ...?] • Involvement of the industry (integrated user & partner) + Sustainability (political – legal – technical – financial – operational ...) EARNEST WS, 23-24.05.2006
The e-IRG Roadmap • EC request (2004): Strategic Roadmap for e-Infrastructure (10-20 years) • Goal: e-Infrastructure to well support the ERA (in parallel: ESFRI Roadmaps) • Method: Opportunities List Roadmap 2005 (2006/07) e-IRG Roadmap v0.9: main points (RN + MW + resources + co-op): • global end to end hybrid networking • supercomputers ----------------------------------------------------- • storage facilities • AAI • data for the grid • middleware repositories • sensors • SW life cycle management • grid-enabled instruments • open standards • new technologies • training and support -------------------------------------------------- • grid resource provision • collaboration tools ----------------------------------------------------- • co-operation with industry EARNEST WS, 23-24.05.2006
e-IRG as related to EARNEST • Different role / framework • Overlapping coverage • Possibility of separating the coverage + co-operating: • EARNEST: – e-IRG: • network technology • e-resources • network architecture • repositories/archives • geographic coverage • disciplinary coverage • org.structure (network) • org.structure (applications) • network user communities • appl.user communities • application demand analysis • network supply analysis • involvement of telcos • involvement of industry • sustainability (network level) • sustainability (appl.level) EARNEST WS, 23-24.05.2006
The dilemmas for both EARNEST and e-IRG • Several failed earlier foresights (X.25, ATM, early 100 Gbps ...) • Timeframe of foresight / roadmapping (vs. FP7 calendar) • Widening spectrum of options (technology, architecture...) • Revolution (new gen.) vs. evolution (consolidation) periods • Sustainability (multiple conditions – digital divide) • EC (FP7) budget (late decisions – how to adapt) • Necessity of EC support (motivating co-operation and national funding) • Different views on EC financing (arguments for both minor and major increase) • FP6 RN budget: 0,5 % of total FP6 budget goes to GN2 – what in FP7? (cf. 50% rule + rule of only international connectivity) EARNEST WS, 23-24.05.2006
The timeframe Timings of the RNs 6,7,8. generations (GEANT-1,2,3): GEANT-1 GEANT-2 GEANT-3 • Preparing GN-i starts: early 99 late 02 fall 06 (?) • Proposal submitted: late 99 fall 03 fall 07 (?) • Tendering starts: early 00 early 04 early 07 (?) • Project officially starts: fall 00 fall 04 fall 08 (?) • New network completed: fall 01 mid-06 late 10 (??) Full time from start to finish: 2,5 years 3,5 years 4,5 years (?) • Final e-IRG Roadmap is due in 2007 (?) • EARNEST final report is due in 2007 (late Summer) EARNEST WS, 23-24.05.2006
EARNEST and e-IRG: a summary • Lessons learnt: • overlapping requires co-operation (coverage to be agreed) • lack of integrating the efforts lower efficiency (efforts to be joined) • lack of matching approaches mess of messages (approaches to be harmonised) • lack of balanced emphasis distorted view of needs (balanced view to be attained) • lack of elevated EC funding (FP7 wrt. FP6) losing impetus (annual FP7 funds to be considerably elevated) Sustainability is a common key goal! EARNEST WS, 23-24.05.2006
EARNEST and e-IRG: a summary (cont’d) • EC funding (FP6 FP7): some important aspects: • new topics in e-Infrastructure (RN, Grid, testbeds, libraries, research...) • general political importance of the field increases • seamless pan-European end-to-end connectivity needed • geographical coverage of the pan-European network widening • digital divide to be narrowed • testing, piloting and introducing new technologies/services needed • access and campus networks to be developed • development of global connectivity to be intensified • increase of national funding to be motivated by the level of EC support • cohesive role of EU funding to be kept/strengthened EARNEST WS, 23-24.05.2006
EARNEST and e-IRG: a summary (cont’d) • Summary – suggestions to EARNEST: (also a message to e-IRG + a model for other EARNEST ”backgrounds”) • Complementarity and collaboration (+ Competition?) (keep contact, exchange ideas, share coverage + keep key role) • Different roles: deliver differently: - EARNEST NRENs (+ EC) - e-IRG EC (+ NRENs) • Don’t waste time – deliver asap! • Put emphasis on: - role of NRENs / TERENA / DANTE (NIGs / ...) - importance of demand-supply balance - necessity of bidirectional flow of information - significance of handling complex sustainability • Increase of annual EC (FP7) support (>50%) to be well reasoned! EARNEST WS, 23-24.05.2006