A Resource Infrastructure Provider An opportunity for VRCs GISELA: A Resource Infrastructure Provider An opportunity for VRCs Philippe Gavillet (Deputy Project Coordinator) EGI User Forum, 11th-14th April 2011 Vilnius (Lithuania)

Outline GISELA interests GISELA concerns GISELA as Resource Infrastructure Provider: General is much experienced in Grid computing has a powerful Infrastructure complies with EGI policies & recommendations Specificities Both Service (gLite) and Opportunistic Computing (OurGrid) supported GISELA: an opportunity for VRCs Platform for all kinds of Applications Offers a series of new, well-supported Services (e.g. DIRAC) VRC Training & Support Collaborates with EGI and Regional Initiatives GISELA interests Welcome international VRCs Interest in VRCs collaborating with LA Create emulation process in LA GISELA concerns Efficient communication scheme between VRCs and GISELA Efficient collaboration with EGI on VRC support EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

GISELA as Resource Infrastructure Provider EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

Long record in e-Science support Fruit of 5-6 year experience of successful e-Science EU-LA Collaboration, through EU funded projects (EELA, EELA-2, GISELA) Present in almost all LA countries Most encompassing e-Infrastructure for scientific collaborations between Latin America and Europe Sound long-term sustainability approach rooted on CLARA, NRENs, LA NGIs EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

Powerful e-Infrastructure in Latin America Summary of committed Computing and Storage Resources (DoW) Country CPUs TBs RCs Argentina 130 5 Mexico 198 2 8 Brazil 1212 25 9 Peru 110 7 Colombia 200 6 Panama 100 1 Cuba 50 Portugal 3 Ecuador Spain 20 France 40 Uruguay 10 Italy 30 Venezuela 120 CPUs TBs RCs Total 2660 105 56 EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

EGI compliant Infrastructure EGI - GISELA Resource Infrastructure Provider MoU signed EGI compliance is based on the adoption of common services and practices The Operational Level Agreement (OLA) (http://documents.gisela-grid.eu/record/87?ln=en) Monitoring System (Nagios) Ticket System (GGUS) Accounting System (APEL) Middleware (gLite) Resource database (GOCDB) Operations Dashboard EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

Specificity: gLite <-> OurGrid interoperability Latin American context: Large Universities (UFRJ, USP,…) in International collaborations thus complying with the corresponding computing model and middlewares (gLite, OSG,..) Several small Universities naturally adopting the Desktop-based opportunistic Grid approach and using the OurGrid middleware EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

GISELA: an opportunity for VRCs EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

Platform for all kinds of Applications / VRCs VRC initial situation: EELA-2 ended up supporting 61 Applications from 78 Institutions Emerging VRCs Legacy: EELA-2 User Communities, typically 1-2 Institution group(s), largely located in Latin America, alone or collaborating with a few Institutions. A few large VRCs from Life Sciences (e.g. WeNMR, Biomed), Earth Sciences (WRF4G, Seismic simulations) and HEP (Auger, LHC expts) More than 200 scientific contacts in LA e.g. CLARA surveyed communities Promising connection with Mexican Industry Others VRCs as from this meeting EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

Comprehensive framework for VRC support LA Site running HEP, Life Sciences and Industry VRCs EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

Rich portfolio of new, well supported Services Broad range of services, covering both Application and Infrastructure support Examples of services for which support is available are: Application-related Services Job, Catalogue, File and Data Management Digital archives, Secure storage, WatchDog, lcg-rec toolkit Infrastructure-related Services Support for opportunistic resources (OurGrid middleware) Support for infrastructure bridging (OurGrid and gLite) Support for Storage Accounting (SAGE) Data processing and distributed user analysis services DIRAC: workload and data management system EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

DIRAC as a complete VRC solution DIRAC is a complete VRC Grid solution Already used by several large VRCs: HEP (LHCb, Belle, ILC, Magic) BIOMED(VIP) Development coordinated by CPPM (Marseille), a GISELA Partner Fully supported within WP6 EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

Comprehensive VRC Training & Support (1) Tailorable to VRCs needs EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

Comprehensive VRC Training & Support (2) Adaptable to VRCs EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

Collaboration with EGI & Regional projects EGEE, EGI EGEE: Long, outstanding interaction (MoU) in collaboration with other related projects (EUMedGrid, EU-IndiaGrid, EUAsiaGrid, SEE-Grid-2, BalticGrid, BELIEF,..) EGI: Natural follow up of the EGEE cooperation Infrastructure Providers MoU, signed with EGI-eu Project MoU (Dissemination, Training, Support tools & Services), signed with EGI-InSPIRE EGI-related projects / Regional Initiatives DEGISCO (UFCG-Brazil also partner) Volunteer computing support (gLite <-> OurGrid bridge) CHAIN (CLARA, INFN, CIEMAT also partners) (MoU under preparation) Focus on VRC support EPIKH (Brazil: CEFET/RJ, UFRJ, Chile: UTFSM, Mexico: UNAM) Joint sponsoring /organisation of Tutorials & Workshops (MoU signed) EU-IndiaGrid2 (MoU signed) EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

GISELA specific interests EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

GISELA interests Welcome international VRCs A few large VRCs already on board such as from Life Sciences (e.g. WeNMR, Biomed), Earth Sciences (WRF4G, Seismic simulations) and HEP (Auger, LHC experiments) Other production from (Academia Sinica), Astrophysics team (UFRJ-BR), Solid state physics team (UFRJ-BR) DoW: “GISELA is open to collaboration with institutions / projects, public or private, whose activities are compatible with its Objectives Collaborate means using the GISELA infrastructure, submitting applications and benefiting from technical support Terms of the collaboration to be discussed” Interest in VRCs collaborating with Latin America GISELA is naturally (but not exclusively) looking for existing or foreseen collaborations with Latin America Create emulation process in Latin America Not enough intensive productions from LA VRCs Wish to stimulate LA Institutions to move on from small tests to evaluate the Grid technology to mass production as exemplified by the large VRCs. Hope to stimulate new collaborations. EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

GISELA concerns EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

GISELA concerns (1) GISELA <-> VRC: Simple, albeit efficient communication scheme At an early stage have a concise Technical document defining the characteristics of VO, Applications, WE, SE, batch queues, support aspects,… One point-to-point interface covering all matters (VO-related, training,...) Definition of a simple follow-up scheme, monitoring of activities based on standard tools (e.g. NAGIOS screen…) EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

GISELA concerns (2) GISELA – EGI: Efficient cooperation via the User Community Support Team (UCST) and the User Communities Board (UCB): EGI-InSPIRE – GISELA Project MoU as instrument for VRC coordination: “GISELA to provide EGI-InSPIRE for regular communication about active or potential VRCs GISELA User Communities are able to search and discover related communities in Europe through the EGI User Community services GISELA User Communities become connected to the EGI user communities working in the same discipline (the connection points will include UCB at the user level) Connect the GISELA research groups with their local Resource Infrastructure Providers” From Monday 11th April Session: “User Support Services: Applications and Communities” VO Services through VO Service Team EGI Application data base with the possibility to include GISELA Applications. NGI-based User Support (UCST) evolving towards VO-based support EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

GISELA concerns (3) Common (RIPs – VRCs – EGI) dissemination / outreach activities Common participation in UCST, UCB GISELA – e-ScienceTalk MoU (signed) as instrument of coordinated dissemination Use channels as the GridCafé, GridCast, iSGTW and GridGuide Cross participation in Forum, Conferences,… EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)

(WP4): Infrastructure Support Conclusions GISELA: is much experienced in Grid computing (EELA, EELA-2) has a powerful Infrastructure complies with EGI policies & recommendations provides a comprehensive DCI environment collaborates with EGI related Initiatives e.g. VRC support provides a platform for all kinds of Applications offers a series of new, well-supported Services (e.g. DIRAC) supports opportunistic computing (OurGrid) ensures standard and customised VRC Training & Support B.Marechal: The Boss Hence, don’t hesitate anymore to become a GISELA User Ph.Gavillet (WP1): Deputy Boss D.Carvalho (WP3): VRC Support R.Diacovo (WP4): Infrastructure Support F.Brasileiro (WP6): New Services A.Tsaregorodtsev (WP6): DIRAC EGI User Forum (11-14 April 2011 - Vilnius / Lithuania)