S.L.LloydCNAPSlide 1 CNAP What is CNAP? CNAP Structure and Membership What does CNAP do? Interaction with Sysman What is the future of CNAP? S.L.Lloyd UK HEP Sysman Meeting 21 March 2000

S.L.LloydCNAPSlide 2 CNAP Terms of Reference Computing and Networking Advisory Panel for Particle Physics  Set up in 1995 by PPC  “To monitor and review the provision of computing and networking in the UK for particle physics research”  Interface between Institutes and providers of networking, data storage and computing power  Reports to PPC (Annual Report) and wider community (Town Meeting etc)

S.L.LloydCNAPSlide 3 CNAP Structure CNAP PPC/PPARC HEPCCC High Energy Physics Computing Coordination Committee PPNCG Particle Physics Network Coordinating Group RAL ITD Information Technology Department HTASC HEP Technical Advisory Sub-Committee Data Storage Sub-Group Sysman System Managers Sub-Group CUF Computer Users Forum ‘Grid’ Steering Committee?

S.L.LloydCNAPSlide 4 CNAP Membership  S.L.LloydQMWChairman2001  T.AdyeRALCentral Fac/CUF2002  P.ClarkeUCLChair PPNCG2000  R.CranfieldUCLChair Sysman2000  A.HalleyGlasgowComputing Coord2002  D.NewboldBristolCoopted (CMS)2002  P.RentonOxfordChair Data Store 2000  L.ThompsonSheffieldInstitutes2002 In attendance: A.CoatesPPARCP.JeffreysRALPPARC SLA S.FisherRALTrainingD.KelseyRALChair HTASC A.FlavellGlasgowUK HTASC RepR.MiddletonRALSecretary J.GordonRALITD

S.L.LloydCNAPSlide 5 What does CNAP do? Meets twice a year (this Thursday) Reports annually to Town Meeting (IoP Conference in Edinburgh) Writes an Annual Report for PPARC Reports to each PPC meeting via Chairman

S.L.LloydCNAPSlide 6 What does CNAP do? ‘Manages’ Central Computing Budget (£750k + 9SY at CLRC) Decides Central Computing Policy –Recently - Installed SUN for BaBar –Soon - Decide future of NT Farm Coordinates interactions with and between other computing resources –JIF/JREI etc –Grid…

S.L.LloydCNAPSlide 7 What does CNAP do? Reviews HEP Computing in UK –White books Tries to predict future demand –Grant request Form G –PPESP Review of experiments (Reviewing questions) Advises other HEP Committees –Soon - Advice to Grants Committee on purchase of VC and Linux Servers

S.L.LloydCNAPSlide 8 Interaction with Sysman Topics from Sysman brought to CNAP via Sysman Chairman e.g.Security –Concerns raised by System Managers –Discussed at CNAP –Raised at PPC and Town Meeting –Letter written to all Group Leaders

S.L.LloydCNAPSlide 9 Future of CNAP At moment Chairman of Grid Steering Committee is a member of CNAP However as Grid grows - not clear how relationship should develop Probably CNAP retains advisory role but management of resources moves to new Grid structure Clearly need to retain contact with users (Sysman and CUF now)