1. WGISS #19 Plenary, CONAE, Cordoba, Argentina, March 2005 Cluster and Grid Project: Status & Update Pakorn Apaphant Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency

2. WGISS #19 Plenary, CONAE, Cordoba, Argentina, March 2005 Introduction A pilot project between GISTDA and Kasetsart University Started in May 2004 Objectives Explore the application of cluster technology for massive data storage and processing. Explore the use of Grid technology to build a secure computing infrastructure that support GISTDA operation

3. WGISS #19 Plenary, CONAE, Cordoba, Argentina, March 2005 6 node cluster (AMD Athlon 64) 1 Front-End 2 Compute Node 3 I/O Node 2 of 200 GB data disk 1 File server to be implemented at remote ground station Infrastructure

4. WGISS #19 Plenary, CONAE, Cordoba, Argentina, March 2005 Expected Benefits Reduce access time for large file using powerful cluster file server Strong secure infrastructure using grid security Building computing power for future applications

5. WGISS #19 Plenary, CONAE, Cordoba, Argentina, March 2005 Status & Update Software are being integrated and tested on a small test system in the lab. Some user interfaces such as web front-end are going to be implemented. Storage cluster hardware are going to be implemented (within 03/05)