1. 15-Feb-02PvS Brunel Report, GridPP 3 Cambridge 1 Brunel University ECE Brunel Grid Activities Report Peter van Santen Distributed and Grid Computing Group peter.van.santen@brunel.ac.uk

2. 15-Feb-02PvS Brunel Report, GridPP 3 Cambridge 2 Brunel University ECE Background Dept. of Electronic and Computer Engineering –PP group (Detectors, CMS, BarBar, etc.) 7+ –DC group (parallel systems, cluster computing, etc.) 4+ ‘Grid computing interest group’ June 2001 (common interest, ad hoc) Unfunded Grid effort Applied for SRIF funding as part of the London eSience Consortium (£ 0.75m) BITlab to support collaborative projects for a range of disciplines. 48 (64) dual processor node cluster, 4 Tb storage, 1 Gbit network and 1 Gbit link.

3. 15-Feb-02PvS Brunel Report, GridPP 3 Cambridge 3 Brunel University ECE BITLab Brunel Information Technology Laboratory 1 Tbyte datastore 48-64 node 2(2 XEON) cluster 1 Gb Cu network 1 Gbit switch Elumens vision stn Evans & Sutherland 3D image gen Video wall server 1 Gbit Fibre to CC 100Mb ?1Gb/2.5Gb? switch Graphics workstations Video wall

4. 15-Feb-02PvS Brunel Report, GridPP 3 Cambridge 4 Brunel University ECE Resources Staff 5+ Academic (pt effort) 1 RFCMS 2 RA’sDataTAG, BarBar 2 PostgradDataGrid, Cluster Equipment (present) to support testbed 2 Athlon 700MHz VIA RH6.2 (2.2.19) 1 dual PIII 800MHz 440GX RH6.2 24 PIII 800MHz 815 370SSA RH6.2 (now) (teaching) ? P4 1.8GHz P4SBA 845 RH7.1 1 Dual P4 (2 Xeon/Die) 1.8GHz 0.5Gb P4CD6+ 860 RH7.1 2.4.2 (eng.rel.)

5. 15-Feb-02PvS Brunel Report, GridPP 3 Cambridge 5 Brunel University ECE Planning Testbed support –Testbed compliance (range over hw) May/July (supermicro/intel support) –Testbed active Dec (2001)  Feb. –Cluster prototyping May  June testbed –Cluster operational September  testbed Skill transfer Linux, Globus, Testbed, etc. 3 (pt)  3 (pt) + 4 (ft) May/June

6. 15-Feb-02PvS Brunel Report, GridPP 3 Cambridge 6 Brunel University ECE Progress Sept 2001 RH6.2 2.2.19 VIA and 815  Globus Developed infra-structure to support testbed Agreement for QoS at 100Mbs to ext. Agreement for subnet outside University CC firewall. Successful measurements on i860 dual prestonia (jackson) (see Richard Hughes-Jones DataGrid WP7). 2 Machines (athlon 800MHz 0.5Gb) testbed software being installed, housed with main switch. Main effort to date unfunded  2.5 funded posts

7. 15-Feb-02PvS Brunel Report, GridPP 3 Cambridge 7 Brunel University ECE Status Grid Computing Group 4 Academic staff active 5 Research staff active 2 Machines testbed ready 24 Machines compliant (available o/s teaching) Higher performance boards being evaluated End Feb RHJ and PvS 2 day evaluation of Plumus chipset (performance/compliance)

8. 15-Feb-02PvS Brunel Report, GridPP 3 Cambridge 8 Brunel University ECE Summary Overcome infrastructure problems re connectivity High learning curve for new staff August start up difficult mainly documentation Installation problems during Aug/Sept due to chipsets, etc. Lack on known publicised standards In house mainly RH 7.1, Mandrake 8.0 (SKYLD pvm cluster) RH6.2 compliance resolved (in most cases) Funding and funded posts Strategy HP motherboards (cluster, etc.) in parallel with testbed Support: DataGrid, DataTAG, CMS, BarBar, etc Collaborative effort improve technology information transfer