1. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 1 The State of DOSAR Outline What Exactly is DOSAR (for the new folks) Brief History Goals, Accomplishments, & Strategy Developments Since Last Workshop On the Horizon … Conclusions

2. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 2 –Community and campus based grid organization –Its primary goal is spreading/enabling grid use DOSAR in Korean is the God of Martial Arts DOSAR evolved from the DØ Remote Analysis effort –Coordinated group efforts in DØ simulation/reconstruction/production One goal is to work closely with other disciplines Each group should play a leadership role in realization of computing grids in corresponding campuses and states What Exactly is DOSAR ? Distributed Organization for Scientific & Academic Research (nucleation points …)

3. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 3 History Ancient times: DØ Remote Computing Era –SAM, DØ data management system, in place: pre-2001 –DØ Remote Analysis Model Proposed: Nov. 2001 –Proposal for RAC accepted and endorsed by DØ: Aug. 2002 –UTA awarded MRI for RAC: June 2002 –Formation of DØ Southern Analysis Region (D0SAR 1.0) : Apr. 2003 D0SAR DØ MC Production begins –Activation of 1 st US (Regional Analysis Center) RAC at UTA: Nov. 2003 –Formation and activation of DOSAR Grid for MC: Apr. 2004

4. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 4 Desktop Analysis Stations Institutional Analysis Centers Regional Analysis Centers Normal Interaction Communication Path Occasional Interaction Communication Path Central Analysis Center (CAC) DAS …. DAS …. IAC... IAC … RAC …. RAC DØ Remote Analysis Model (DØRAM) Fermilab Data and Resource hub MC Production Data processing Data analysis

5. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 5 History –Transition to Distributed Organization for Scientific and Academic Research, DOSAR: Apr. 2005 (DOSAR 2.0) Active engagements with LHC experiments began –DOSAR VOMS installed at UTA: May 2005 –DOSAR registered as a VO in OSG: July 2005 –ATLAS distributed production and analysis system, Panda, implemented at OU and UTA: Jan. 2006 –All groups engaged in LHC experiments Modern times: beyond DØ

6. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 6 Who is DOSAR ?  First Generation IAC’s University of Texas at Arlington Louisiana Tech University Langston University University of Oklahoma Tata Institute (India) Second Generation IAC’s –Cinvestav, Mexico  SPRACE - São Paulo Regional Analysis Center, Universidade Estadual Paulista; Brazil  University of Kansas  Kansas State University Third Generation IAC’s –University of Arizona, Tucson –Rice University  Ole Miss, University of Mississippi  Iowa State University  Louisiana State University  Oklahoma State University  …

7. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 7 Goals (preamble) Many branches of science routinely reside at the boundaries of computing technology With projects which span many institutions, computing resources must be pooled (GRID) As with many resources, the needs often exceed what is available (even when carefully pooled) The projections for many current & future projects fall in this category (esp LHC computing) At the same time, we realize that at most institutions, the vast majority of computing cycles are idle a large fraction of the time

8. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 8 Goals DOSAR seeks to bring together institutions which can/must use GRID technology to solve their computing problems (esp smaller institutions) As needs increase faster than funding, the scientific community will need to tap into these un(under)-used resources but, there are many barriers to utilizing these resources (technical, financial, manpower, …) DOSAR should, as necessary, serve as a representative/liason for these institutions to the greater GRID community DOSAR should help enable maximal use of available resources at the member institutions (all institutions ?) (strength in collaboration) (member institutions should serve as nucleation points for regional/statewide GRIDS)

9. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 9 Accomplishments → LTU brought in Super-Mike and additional resources for DØ & ATLAS → UTA plays leadership role in HiPCAT, Texas Grid community; Leading BioTex grid, working with chemists, geologists and medical professionals → LTU Working as a leading institution in LONI, Louisiana Grid community → OU and LU have been working toward creating “The Oklahoma state grid”, working closely with OSCER → SPRACE leads Brazilian national grid effort w/ funds!!!

10. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 10 DØ Production

11. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 11 Breakdown of DOSAR Contribution to DØ Production

12. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 12 DOSAR Weekly Production by site (common scale)

13. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 13 DOSAR Weekly Production by site

14. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 14 DØ Data Reprocessing Substantial DOSAR contribution ?

15. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 15 Some Successes in DOSAR Funding Funds from NSF MRI for UTA – RAC: 2002 –C–Construction of the first U.S. university based RAC EPSCoR + University funds for LTU – IAC: 2003 –I–Increase IAC compute resources Brazilian National Funds for SPRACE: 2003 & 5 –C–Construction of an extensive RAC for EPSCoR funds for OSU, OU & LU: 2004 –C–Compute resources for IAC –H–Human resource for further development –R–Renewal submitted LTU at part of LONI wins support from State of LA: 2005 OU, LU and UTA, together with UNM, won a joint ATLAS Tier 2 site: 2005 LTU won a joint MRI funds: 2006

16. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 16 DOSAR Strategy Maximally exploit existing software and utilities to enable as many sites to contribute to the DØ and LHC experiments –Continue to participate in DØ MC and Reco activities in opportunistic manner –Focus on LHC experiments –Support OSG move into the global grid framework –Engage in and contribute significantly in OSG Engage in realization of computing grid beyond HEP –Work closely with campus and state computing people to bring grid onto campuses Bring DOSAR specific computing jobs to the grid Want to make grid usage more commonplace

17. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 17 Working with OSG We accomplished virtually everything we wanted in DØ –J. Snow (LU) is the leader in MC production Bring fresh expertise to OSG Expertise in monitoring solutions such as Ganglia and MonALISA  UTA working on Panda ATLAS monitoring together with CMS experiment LTU working on first implementation of HAOSCAR (High Availability Open Source Cluster Application Resources) w/ OSG stack

18. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 18 Contributions to OSG Testing of framework, middleware, and user interfaces. Active participation in OSG integration and deployment activities. Partner with high-speed optical network initiatives Help implement and utilize grid computing technology for educational use. Participate and test grid-based HEP data analysis and disseminate the experience to OSG

19. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 19 Developments Since Last Workshop Potential expansion of DOSAR “in to Africa” … Participation of DOSAR in NSF SUCCEED Proposal to develop GRID Outreach and Educational Opportunities Representation of DOSAR on the OSG Council On the Horizon … Imminent expansion of OSG(+ATLAS) to MS Windows platform - this is an extremely significant development (congrats to OU group!) ATLAS testing on DOSAR sites - use of Tier3 sites in ATLAS prod

20. DOSAR Workshop Sept. 27-28, 2007 J. Cochran 20 Conclusions DOSAR is an example of a successful grid organization –Critically important asset to DØ All groups actively engaged in LHC experiments Using DOSAR resources for DØ and LHC data analyses and production Closely engaged in OSG activities Continue Desktop Cluster deployment, CONDOR pools Provide leadership role in state-wide grid efforts Expanding membership and scope