1. 7 March 2000EU GRID Project Proposal Meeting CERN, M. Lokajicek 1 Proposal for Participation of the Czech Republic in the EU HEP GRID Project Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic –participation to the HEP experiments CESNET - association of Czech Universities and of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic –MetaCenter project –TEN-155 CZ network

2. 7 March 2000EU GRID Project Proposal Meeting CERN, M. Lokajicek 2 Institute of Physics AS CR Contribution to HEP experiments in close collaboration with Charles University, Czech Technical University –ATLAS, ALICE, H1, D0, Auger –DELPHI, DIRAC, WA97,... Computing equipment - unix servers, building PC LINUX batch farm in collaboration with IN2P3 CC (bqs) SW - Implementation of standard CERN environment Network - MBS service to CERN (6 Mbps) - Quantum Mass simulation for D0 Plans for Tier2 Center for the Czech Republic

3. 7 March 2000EU GRID Project Proposal Meeting CERN, M. Lokajicek 3 CESNET - TEN-155 CZ National research network TEN-155 CZ operated by CESNET member of Quantum member of Geant –Europe (TEN-155) 21 Mbps –World (TEN-155) 24 Mbps –World (Ebone) 34 Mbps –Prague - Brno 2.5 Gbps (packet over Sonet) from February 2000 http://www.ten.cz/english/

4. 7 March 2000EU GRID Project Proposal Meeting CERN, M. Lokajicek 4 CESNET - TEN-155 CZ National research network TEN-155 CZ operated by CESNET member of Quantum member of Geant –Europe (TEN-155) 21 Mbps –World (TEN-155) 24 Mbps –World (Ebone) 34 Mbps –Prague - Brno 2.5 Gbps (packet over Sonet) from February 2000 http://www.ten.cz/english/

5. 7 March 2000EU GRID Project Proposal Meeting CERN, M. Lokajicek 5 CESNET - MetaCenter project responsible L. Matyska West Bohemia University (Plzen) –Digital AlphaServer 8400 8 CPU Alpha 61024A/300 MHz 2 GB RAM –Compaq/Digital GS140 8 CPU Alpha 61224/525 MHz 8 GB RAM approx 100 GB disk space Charles University (Prague) –SGI Power Challenge XL 12 CPU MIPS R10000/195 MHz 2 GB RAM approx 100 GB disk space Masaryk University (Brno) –SGI Power Challenge XL 12 CPU MIPS R10000/195 MHz 2 GB RAM –SGI Origin 2000 40 CPU MIPS R10000/195 MHz 16 GB RAM 2 Infinity Reality Graphics engines approx 500 GB dosk space Tape robot X200 –200 Mamoth II tapes –6 Mamoth II drives –total 12 TB on-line capacity w/o compression

6. 7 March 2000EU GRID Project Proposal Meeting CERN, M. Lokajicek 6 CESNET - MetaCenter (cont) Network –external: Prague - Brno 2.5 Gbps, Prague - Plzen 34 Mbps –internal: Prague, Brno 155 Mbps ATM, Plzen Fast Ethernet Transparent end user environment Authentication: Kerberos 5 Distributed File System: AFS Batch queue: LSF (primary), NQE (Origin 2000) One of founding members of the EGRID initiative MetaCenter http://www.ics.muni.cz/scb/index.en.html

7. 7 March 2000EU GRID Project Proposal Meeting CERN, M. Lokajicek 7 Participation to EU HEP GRID Project –planned upgrades 1 TB of disk space tape library increase of CPU capacity CESNET - network –delivery of network connection Anticipated from EU HEP GRID project –support of 2 SW persons, participation to meetings and abroad tests –share on special HW for the project –share of network cost for special project applications Two SW persons working on the project middleware (esp. scheduling and security) Part of MetaCenter capacity devoted to project –planned upgrades 2 new PC farms (each 32 CPUs) new tape library more disk space Institute of Physics - Tier 2 Center –data applications in ATLAS, ALICE, D0 –testbed Tier 1/Tier 2 centers

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