Status of the NorduGrid project

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Status of the NorduGrid project

• Oxana Smirnova
• 2nd NorduGrid Workshop
• November 1, 2001, Oslo, Norway

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Overview

• http//www.quark.lu.se/grid
• Aim to create a Grid infrastructure in Nordic
  countries
• Triggered by needs of future particle physics
  experiments
• Collaboration with other sciences (e.g. biology,
  astronomy)
• Start May 2001, end October 2002
• Part of the EU DataGrid Testbed

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Participants
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NorduGrid connectivity map
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Hardware Resources
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Software Middleware

• OS Linux RedHat, Mandrake, Slackware, Debian
• Resource manager OpenPBS
• Some sites plan upgrade to PBS Pro
• Grid middleware Globus 1.1.3b14, upgrade to
  Globus2 in progress
• DataGrid Testbed1 tools to be released on
  November 15 (?)

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Enabled Grid Services

• Nordic Certification Authority
• Run by NBI, Copenhagen
• Issues Globus certificates for Nordic counries
  (NorduGrid, DKGRID, DataGrid)
• VO, not affiliated with any country
• Recognized by EU DataGrid
• Information Service
• Database of resources on a computational grid
  current configuration, capabilities, and status
• Runs at NBI browsable index accessible via WWW

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Applications

• Existing middleware allows only simplified tasks
• Temporary solutions available DataGrid tools
  release anticipated
• Particle physics tasks remote submission tested
• Biology tasks work in progress (Uppsala, Lyon)
• GridFTP evaluated for large file transfers

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Things done

• The underlying structure of a trans-Nordic
  computational grid is set up, with some basic
  services enabled
• Active working group Web site, mailing lists,
  regular meetings
• Strong ties with EU DataGrid, participate in
• Testbed
• Integration team
• Applications

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To do

• Installation and evaluation of the DataGrid
  Testbed1 tools
• Definition of the NorduGrid User Policy,
  including mandatory user agreement signing
• Definition of Site Requirements, e.g.
• Accepted certificates
• Naming schemes
• Software/middleware requirements

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To do (continued)

• Other VO attributes LDAP server, resource
  broker, replica catalog manager
• Expansion to more active sites (Stockholm,
  Bergen, Helsinki)
• Adaptation of more use-cases to be used as test
  applications, physics and other sciences alike
• Education of future users hands-on tutorial -
  January 2002 ?