1. LHCb(UK) Computing Status Glenn Patrick 05.07.00
Prototype (Tier 1) UK national computing centre
Bid to Joint Infrastructure Fund (JIF) for £5.9M.
Submitted in Feb 2000, outcome known in ~ Nov.
Sited at RAL.
Shared between ALICE/ATLAS/CMS/LHCb.
All UK LHC institutes signed bid.
Integrated Resources
Processors (PC99-450MHz)
Disk (TB)
Tape (TB)
05/07/00
LHCb Computing Model Meeting (CERN)

2. UK Tier 2 Centres? Liverpool MAP/COMPASS (LHCb/ATLAS)
Funded by Joint Research Equipment Initiative (JREI) 1998.
300 PCs (400MHz,PII) and 3*1TB disk nodes.
Operational since December 1999.
Prototype Scottish Computing Centre (LHCb/ATLAS)
Bid to Joint Research Equipment Initiative (JREI) May Outcome known in ~ December.
MC prod.facility (128 cpus+1TB RAID) at Glasgow.
5TB RAID disk array + server at Edinburgh.

3. Other Initiatives Long Term Science Review (PPARC)
LHC computing/Grid identified as priority.
Government Spending Review - indication in July, details known in October/November?
EU Data Grid Proposal
UK (PPARC) is one of the lead partners.
IBM(UK) is industrial partner.
Committees and “teams” evolving.
Preliminary answer in July?

4. Which Grid Topology for LHCb(UK)? Flexibility important.
CERN
Tier 0
INFN
IN2P3
Tier 1
etc….
RAL
etc….
etc….
Tier 2
Liverpool
Glasgow
etc….
Edinburgh   
Department
Desktop users
From UK Town Meeting