APGrid PMA: Stauts

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APGrid PMA Stauts

• Yoshio Tanaka (yoshio.tanaka_at_aist.go.jp)
• Grid Technology Research Center,
• AIST, Japan

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ApGrid Asia Pacific Partnership for Grid
Computing

• Open community for Grid researchers in Asia
  Pacific
• ApGrid can be
• A meeting point for all Grid researchers in
  Asia-Pacific
• A communication channel to the GGF, and other
  grid communities
• A pool for finding international project partners

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Pacific Rim Application and Grid Middleware
Assembly

• NSF-funded project lead by UCSD/SDSC.
• 1st workshop was held in March 2002.
• Establish sustained collaborations and advance
  the use of the Grid technologies for
  applications.
• Expected outcomes
• Advance scientific applications
• Increase productive and effective use of the grid
  by researchers and scientists in the Pacific Rim
• Increase interoperability of grid middleware in
  Pacific Rim and throughout the world

• Tightly collaborating with ApGrid.
• Having workshops 23 times a year.

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Testbed in Asia Pacific unique features

• Truly (naturally) multi national/political/institu
  tional VO beyond boundaries
• Not an application-dedicated testbed general
  platform
• Diversity of languages, culture, policy,
  interests,
• Grid BYO Grass roots approach
• Each institution contributes his resources for
  sharing
• Not a single source funded for the development
• Physical resources
• Most contributed resources are small-scale
  clusters
• Networking is there, however the bandwidth is not
  enough
• We can
• have experiences on running international VO
• verify the feasibility of this approach for the
  testbed development

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Grids in Asia Pacific

• Architecture, technology
• Based on GT2
• Allow multiple CAs
• Build MDS Tree
• Grid middleware/tools from Asia Pacific
• Ninf-G (GridRPC programming)
• Nimrod-G (parametric modeling system)
• SCMSWeb (resource monitoring)
• Grid Data Farm (Grid File System), etc.
• Status
• 22 organizations (10 countries)
• 23 clusters (1688 CPUs)

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Grass-roots Approach (strategy)
ApGrid GIIS

• Assumption
• Each institution has installed GT2
• Necessary steps
• Gather and exchange trusted CA info. and trust
  with each other
• Configure MDS to build an ApGrid MDS tree
• For application use
• Install additional software in project-basis

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Status and problems

• Most participating organizations have less
  interests in Security
• Many participants are application people
• Not enough human resources working on security
• Satisfy in using Globus Simple CA without
  providing CP/CPS
• This would be acceptable inside AP for
  experimental use.
• potential/ongoing collaboration with US and
  EUe.g.
• AIST/Japan TeraGrid
• KISTI/Korea PPDG and iVDGL
• ASCC/Taiwan LCG
• Need to launch production level CAs

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APGrid PMA Asia Pacific Grid PMA

• General Policy Management Authority in Asia
  Pacific
• Launched on June 1st, 2004
• Defines minimum CA requirements
• APGrid PMA approved that we accept two levels of
  CA
• Experimental-level CA
• Alternative of the Globus CA
• Can be trusted within A-P communities
• Production-level CA
• Strict management is necessary
• Expected to be trusted by international
  communities
• KISTI GRID CA and AIST GRID CA has been approved
  as a production level CA
• ASGC CA are under reviewing their CP/CPS
  (expected to be approved shortly)
• Australia has a plan to launch a new
  production-level CA

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Questions (examples)

• Can TeraGrid trust AIST GRID CA?
• How is the procedure for reviewing?
• Do AIST GRID CA need to be reviewed by individual
  organizations (NCSA, PSC, SDSC, )?
• If KISTI GRID CA wish to be trusted by TeraGrid,
  is separate review necessary?
• Can DOEGrid PMA be responsible?
• Can APGrid PMA help?
• Can ApGrid/PRAGMA trust TeraGrid CA?
• How is the procedure for reviewing?
• Do ApGrid/PRAGMA need to review all CAs (NCSA,
  PSC, SDSC, etc.)?
• Can APGrid PMA be responsible?
• Can DOEGrid PMA help?
• KEK/Japan may launch a new CA.
• Do the CA need to be reviewed by EUGrid PMA?
• Can APGrid PMA help?
• How do we keep consistency of CP/CPS?
• Recently, Academia Sinica revised the CP/CPS

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More Information

• APGrid PMA
• http//www.apgridpma.org/
• ApGrid
• http//www.apgrid.org/
• PRAGMA
• http//www.pragma-grid.net/
• NAREGI
• http//www.naregi.org/
• GTRC/AIST
• http//www.gtrc.aist.go.jp/
• My email address
• yoshio.tanaka_at_aist.go.jp