CERN openlab for DataGrid applications Programme of Work 2004 Overview F.Fluckiger Technical programme S.Jarp

What is it? A framework for sponsorship IT “R&D” in collaboration with Industry Sponsor commitments (Partner status) CHF2.5M over 3 years Contributions may be a mix of In kind (HW, SW, training, …) In cash (in general for fellows) openlab framework Sponsor commitments (Contributor status) CHF0.25M over 1 year

What are we doing? Evaluate and Integrate cutting edge solutions Focus: LCG needs in the medium/longer term Current Project: opencluster IA-64 Compute farm (Intel + HP) 10 GbE Networking (Enterasys + Intel) Storage (IBM) 10g database (Oracle) openlab framework opencluster project

Organization Transversal structure IT Groups Experiments, PH PH / SFT Sponsors Sponsor DI WvR FF FG MH DB JS EG MG ED Fell ADC BP SJ AH AU RT Stud Fell CS JMJ MC

Personnel Resources in 2004 Role Status Person Group % 04 FTE Administration 1 staff Jackie Franco DI 50% 0.5 TCO Sverre Jarp ADC 75% 0.75 opencluster 2 fellows (from HP grant) Andreas Hirstius Andreas Untekircher 100% 2 1 tech. student Glenn Hisdal (6 months) 10g Database 2 fellows (from Oracle grant) Eva Dafonte Perez Katarzyna Pokorska DB tbd 1 fellow (from M.Currie grant) xxx (Sept 04) 33% 0.3 Management François Fluckiger 6. 55 From other IT Units 10 GbE CS (Jean-Michel Jouanigot, Marc Collignon) Storage Tank ADC (Rainer Toebbicke, others) 10g Database DB (Maria Girone, others) Communication DI / S&C (François Grey, Matti Heikkurinen) Management DI (Wolfgang von Rüden)

2004 Programme Organization Sponsors Strengthen collaboration with Work with new Strategy & Communications unit Sponsors Implement Contributor Status (probably with Infiniband manufacturer) Strengthen collaboration with LCG (Grid SW, HP participation in LCG) EGEE (SW, Industry forum) IT groups PH/SFT team (ROOT, PROOF, GEANT4…) LHC collaborations (Data Challenges, CMS, Alice)

2004 Programme Interactions with sponsors Thematic Wokshops (Probably on Security and High Speed Networking) Board of Sponsor annual meeting Involvement in EGEE Industry Forum New projects, activities (e.g. security)? Will depend on outcome of this meeting, sponsor interest Challenges Be useful Choice of technology: strike right balance between conservatism and risks Deliver findings Meet sponsor expectations Maintain technical consistency; build something coherent

Annexes Additional information, not for show Is openlab something new? Elements of Timeline Technical highlights Annex

Is openlab something new? Is it really different from past (DD/CN/IT) joint projects? today’s field test with industry? Not totally, but definite differences A common "agreement" framework A common technical objective Building something out of individual contributions Collaborative work between sponsor engineers Annex

Timeline (elements of) Enterasys, Intel join 02 Enterasys switches delivered HP joins HP test dual processors systems delivered Intel increase their contribution to 348 processors Annex 03 32 HP Production dual processors systems delivered Fellows from HP grant join IBM joins IBM Storage Tank system delivered Oracle joins 04 Fellows from Oracle grant join 05

Annex 2004 Programme Technical (highlights|) see SJ's presentation Gridification Complete LCG2 porting/testing Join test Grid Software RedHat 3 Hardware Additional HP computers Networking 10GbE transition to new generation Infiniband LAN / WAN 10Gbps tests Storage Converge on StorageTank Database 10g Annex