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This work has been funded by the EGEE project
European Grid InitiativeTowards a Sustainable Production Grid Infrastructure
NGI Status ReportDiana Cresti, INFN
EGI WorkshopMunich, 26-27 February 2007
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Introduction
• Countries reported on the state of their NGI & views of an EGI
• NGI questionnaire conducted during summer 2006
• These are preliminary findings, and cannot replace
interactive exchange of information
• 30 countries replied; near unanimity on forming an EGI
• Full report is being published now:https://edms.cern.ch/document/804043/1/EGEE-II-NA5-DNA5.1-
804043-v3.doc
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The status of the NGI in each
European country
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Current coveragePart
A
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Is there an NGI in your Country?Part
A
Yes: 25
No: 5
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Is there a National Grid Projectin your Country?
Part
B
Yes: 21
No: 9
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What Form does your NGI have?
A funded national project: 12
An entity appointed by an
official authority: 9
A memorandum of
understanding: 5
An informal group that meets
frequently: 4
Part
A
Aus Cro CzR Fr DE Gr
Lit NL Nor Pt Swe UK
Bel Est Fin DE Gr
Isr Pol Rus Ukr
Bul Gr Ser Tk Ukr
Est Fr Nor Ukr
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NGI recognised by a Gov ministry?
Yes: 20
No, but plan toget recognition: 3
No; no plan toget recognition: 2
Part
A
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Is NGI Separate Legal Entity?Part
A
National Institute: 7
National Research and Education Network (NREN): 5
Association / Consortium: 5
Supercomputing Centre (SCC): 2
University: 2
NREN / SCC: 3
University / SCC: 3
• Bulgaria Yes; Italy under negotiation;
• Germany – not a legal entity but a Project
• Others are not separate legal entities, but are part of:
See handout Table 2
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National Grid Project – Target AreasPart
B
Grid Infrastructures (computing, storage,…): 19
Grid Applications: 17
Grid Middleware: 15
Dissemination: 15
Training: 12
Operations, Professional service provisioning: 2
Grid Helpdesk and user board: 1
Building a community: 1
Cooperation with industry: 1
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Caution: please check data ahead…
• Online tool was not interactive, but this workshop is
• Some ambiguity in questions
opportunity here to clarify
• NGI status evolving rapidly
most data from July 2006, and not updated since then
These data are invaluable, well worth “getting it right”
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NGI Financial Status
Have you guaranteed sustainable funding for the NGI?
Yes: 8
No: 13
No reply: 4
Any additional sources of funding for the NGI?
EGEE: 6
Other EC project: 4
Other national funding: 7
Regional support
European Structural Funds
Special grants for infrastructure provision
Part
C
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NGI Financial Status
How many people does the NGI employ (or is expected to employ)?
• 19 responses, ranging from 0 to 200+
• Mean 32, Median 10
• Some examples:
• Czech Republic: ~15 (but part time)
• Germany: about 200, and 200 more in 2007
• Greece: Around 80 all over the country (expected 100)
• Ireland: 4.5 FTE in Operations Centre
• Serbia: 0 - it is not expected to employ personnel
Part
C
If sustainable funding has not been guaranteed, why:
See handout Table 3
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NGI Financial Status
What is the total amount of local financing up to now (in M€)?
• 19 responses, ranging from 0.1 to 20+
• Mean 3.96, Median 1.00
• Some examples:• Bulgaria (NGI since Sep ‘02): < 1 Million
• Netherlands (NGI in steps, since ‘02): 1 going to >30
• Portugal (NGI since Apr ‘06): 3.5 M€, till now, plus 5M€ for the next 3 years
What is the annual budget (in M€ / year)?
• 9 responses, ranging from 0.3 to 16+
• Mean 4.56, Median 1.50
• Some examples:
• Finland: over 16 M€ turnover (excluding investments)
• Sweden: 1
Part
C
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Users and Resources:
Number of Users with valid Grid Certificate
1 - 20 21 - 50
51 - 100
101 - 250 251 - 500 (501 – 1000) > 1000
N / A
Mean: 293
Median: 100
Part
B
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1 - 5
6 - 10
10 - 20
21 - 30
31 - 40
41 - 50
N / A
Users and Resources:
Number of Sites (resource centres)
Mean: 11
Median: 6
Part
B
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1 - 100
101 - 200
201 - 500
501 - 1000
1001 - 3000
> 3000
N / A
Users and Resources:
Number of Available CPUs
Mean: 1022
Median: 500
Part
B
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0.1 - 10
10.1 - 20
20.1 - 50
50.1 - 100
100.1 - 1000
> 1000
N / A
Users and Resources:
Available Storage Space (TBs)
Mean: 361.3
Median: 32.5
Part
B
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NGI Operational Information:
Application Areas
High Energy Physics: 15 Physics of Natural Phenomena,
Marine Science
Bioinformatics: 13 Energy
Chemistry: 12 Computational Mechanics
Earth Sciences: 9 Virtual laboratory – Support for
labour equipment App Independent / All Apps: 8 Engineering
Astronomy, Cosmology, Astrophysics, Space Res.: 6 Materials
(Bio)medicine, Health Sciences Nanotechnology
Fusion Robotics
Graphic Modeling; Modeling, Simulation & Optimisation Knowledge Representation
Optimisation of Traffic Routing Web Search Engine
Geophysics Humanities
Part
C
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What NGIs would like to see
in an EGI
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Proposed Functions of EGI
Very Important Quite Important No Opinion Not Important Unhelpful
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Representation of European Grid effortswith similar bodies from other continents
Representation of European Grid efforts onstandards bodies
Coordination of dissemination and trainingefforts
Coordination of user and applicationsupport
Managed resource centers to provide initialresources for new user communities
Testing, certification and validation serviceincluding middleware
Coordination of infrastructure operations
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Proposed Functions of EGI
Coordination of infrastructure operations
Very Important
Quite Important
No Opinion
Not Important
Unhelpful
Part
A
13
10
6
1
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Proposed Functions of EGI
Coordination of infrastructure operations
Very Important
Quite Important
No Opinion
Not Important
Unhelpful
Part
A
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Very Important
Quite Important
No Opinion
Not Important
Unhelpful
Testing, cert and validation service including middleware
Part
AProposed Functions of EGI
12
13
4
1
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Very Important
Quite Important
No Opinion
Not Important
Unhelpful
Testing, cert and validation service including middleware
Part
AProposed Functions of EGI
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Managed resource ctrs initial resources new user communities
Very Important
Quite Important
No Opinion
Not Important
Unhelpful
Part
AProposed Functions of EGI
6
11
9
31
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Managed resource ctrs initial resources new user communities
Very Important
Quite Important
No Opinion
Not Important
Unhelpful
Part
AProposed Functions of EGI
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Coordination of user and application support
Very Important
Quite Important
No Opinion
Not Important
Unhelpful
Part
AProposed Functions of EGI
6
106
7
1
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Coordination of user and application support
Very Important
Quite Important
No Opinion
Not Important
Unhelpful
Part
AProposed Functions of EGI
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Coordination of dissemination and training efforts
Very Important
Quite Important
No Opinion
Not Important
Unhelpful
Part
AProposed Functions of EGI
8
13
6
21
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Coordination of dissemination and training efforts
Very Important
Quite Important
No Opinion
Not Important
Unhelpful
Part
AProposed Functions of EGI
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Rep European Grid efforts on standards bodies
Very Important
Quite Important
No Opinion
Not Important
Unhelpful
Part
AProposed Functions of EGI
13
8
7
1 1
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Rep European Grid efforts on standards bodies
Very Important
Quite Important
No Opinion
Not Important
Unhelpful
Part
AProposed Functions of EGI
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Rep European Grid efforts with similar bodies from other continents
Very Important
Quite Important
No Opinion
Not Important
Unhelpful
Part
AProposed Functions of EGI
15
10
5
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Rep European Grid efforts with similar bodies from other continents
Very Important
Quite Important
No Opinion
Not Important
Unhelpful
Part
AProposed Functions of EGI
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Other Functions / Stakeholders
Other proposed functions of EGI - some brief quotes:• Cross country efforts / collaboration between NGIs;
• Service for major new infrastructures (ESFRI);
• Relationship with e.g. GEANT/DANTE;
• Provision of guidelines / specification of cleaner & more atomic interfaces
• Political support for NGIs / unified interface to EU bodies;
• Establish a “business” scheme (tokens to use facilities);
See handout Table 4
Other stakeholders besides proposed set (NGIs, user communities, EC) - some brief quotes:
• The research community;
• e-IRG; possibly CERN;
• National funding agencies / Ministries
See handout Table 5
Part
A
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Conclusions & Next Steps
• Commonality of vision with respect to EGI
• Move beyond questionnaire format
Interactive knowledge base
• NGI definition vs. actual status
• Sustainability: a work in progress
• 22 application areas (at least)
• NGIs are coming together as we speak
the time is right for EGI
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Thank you!
Please contact me for corrections and follow up:
Diana Cresti
Tel: +39.049.8277348
Fax: +39.049.8277208