1. NAREGI at KEK and GRID plans
Takashi Sasaki
KEK Computing Research Center

2. NAREGI status Beta-2 was released in October
Packaged by rpm
GRID interoperability package based on GIN is included
We have completed the set up of the environment recently
We are going to start the test soon

3. Future of NAREGI
NAREGI version 1 will be released in the Spring of 2008
NAREGI will be a sub project of the 10 peta flops computer project
They expect the budget cut, anyway
Future plan is not clear still
NII will operate NAREGI GOC as a part of their CSI

4. GRID interoperability
GIN realized file transfer, mutual job submission and information exchange
File catalogue is the issue still
We have started to work with Osami Tatebe of Tsukuba University

5. Resource Namespace Service Specification
Standardized in OGF
Middleware independent
No globus is required
Two implementations are going on
U. of Tsukuba
University of Virginia

6. RNS

7. Key issues
How to synchronize with local file catalogues, such as, LFC?
NAREGI has no built-in file catalogue and RNS will be their local catalogue, too
Performance and robustness should be tested well

8. J-PARC New facility will be commissioned in 2008
Peta-bytes of data a year are expected
HENP, material and biochemical science

9. KEK and J-PARC 60km Tokai Tsukuba Narita Airport J-PARC B-Factory
Photon-Factory
LC-Test Facility
Tsukuba
Narita Airport

10. J-PARC computing Data acquisition will be don at Tokai
Only temporally storage
Data will be sent to KEK and stored
Network bandwidth
How to automate ?
How to distribute outside?
SRB/iRODs
LCG/NAREGI

11. Things to be explored
Integration of the KEKB computer system with GRID
According to the users preference
Mass storage
HPPS or something else?
Virtual machine
VMware or XEN?
Load balancing
File transfer between Tokai and Tsukuba

12. Future direction gLite and NAREGI will be operated at the same time
Still worker nodes should be shared
Virtual machine will be used
SRB/iRODs would be a solution for smaller groups
The same file space should be shared among local, SRB/iRODs, gLite and NAREGI

13. Plan NAREGI File catalogue System replacement More tests on beta-2
GRID interoperability
File catalogue
Collaboration with U. of Tsukuba
System replacement
Jan Central computer system
GRID based system
2012 Central computer system also KEKB system
Unification of the systems to be considered

14. Application support should be provided
Not only HENP, but material and biochemical/life science
Hadron therapy simulation
University support will be continued and extended if funded
Nagoya, Kobe, Tohoku, Tsukuba and Hiroshima-IT are getting our support
They have the complete LCG installation
Remote installation and support
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