APGrid Core Meeting Phuket Asia Pacific BioGRID initiative A/P Tan Tin Wee, Mark De Silva, Lim Kuan Siong – Bioinformatics Centre, National Univ of Singapore Ong Guan Sin Singapore Management University Raj Buyya – Monash University Raj Godhia – Cray Inc This presentation will probably involve audience discussion, which will create action items. Use PowerPoint to keep track of these action items during your presentation In Slide Show, click on the right mouse button Select “Meeting Minder” Select the “Action Items” tab Type in action items as they come up Click OK to dismiss this box This will automatically create an Action Item slide at the end of your presentation with your points entered.

APGrid Core Meeting Phuket Background APBioNet project created a distributed database mirror which was to evolve into the basis for a DataGrid Progress was slow – until Oct 2001, the first BioGRID meeting was organised in Singapore by BIC-NUS and APBioNet In Dec 2001, Cray Inc was involved in partnering us in setting up a SuperBioGRID'02 symposium Momentum was set and first GRID was created before Christmas 2001!

APGrid Core Meeting Phuket BioGRID Components OS Globus Globus-aware Scheduler (Nimrod-G) Bio Applications (MBOSS, PHYLIB) CPU OS Globus Globus-aware Scheduler (Nimrod-G) Bio Applications (MBOSS, PHYLIB) CPU BioGRID Web Interface

APGrid Core Meeting Phuket Linux cluster – 14xP-III 800MHz GRID Host (Sun GridEngine) Linux cluster – 14xP-III 800MHz GRID Host (Sun GridEngine) SGI 3200 Irix GRID Host Linux – P-III 800MHz GRID Host/GIIS/MDS CRAY SV1 – 8 x CPUs GRID Host Sun UltraSPARC Solaris GRID Host BioGRID Architecture

APGrid Core Meeting Phuket Software Components Currently Globus 1.1.3/1.1.4 is the building block to the BioGRID, on the following OS platforms: –Cray Unicos SV1 –SGI IRIX 6.5 –Sun Solaris 7 –Linux 2.4.x (Redhat 7.2 and Slackware 8) Various scheduling systems are studied and deployed, including Nimrod/G from Monash University, LSF and Sun GridEngine.

APGrid Core Meeting Phuket Software Components (cont.) Various bioinformatics and biological applications with high computation and suitable for GRID will be/are deployed: EMBOSS, EMBASSY, PHYLIB, etc.

APGrid Core Meeting Phuket Collaboration and Projects The BioGRID is being expanded to collaborate with GRID resources of Monash University in their VLAB project. WE ARE LOOKING FOR COLLABORATION PARTNERS TO EXCHANGE RESOURCES.

APGrid Core Meeting Phuket Operations and Support We run our own CA: –Signing and issuance of both host and user certificates. –Shorter turn-around time for APBioGRID participants Support cert requests administrative requests/support

APGrid Core Meeting Phuket In the Pipeline Globus self-installer with customisations for APBioGRID: –Well tested installation scripts for a defined set of OS platforms –Automate configuration steps with BioGRID specifics –No need to deal with “Globus nightmare” - even a biologist can do it.

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APGrid Core Meeting Phuket In the Pipeline (cont.) Regional support forum for BioGRID participants, bioinformaticians and biologists.

APGrid Core Meeting Phuket Contacts Human: –Ong Guan Sin –Assoc Prof Tan Tin Wee