Driving Status of N*Grid Project in Korea August 27, 2003 Jongsuk Ruth Lee KISTI Supercomputing Center

Table of Contents  Definition of Grid  Status of Resources & Grid Necessity  N*Grid Project  Plans for Activating N*Grid Project  Implementation of Grid Testbed  Development of Grid System  Research on Grid Applications  Strategy for N*Grid Project  Milestones  Summary

Definition of Grid

 Research Infrastructure for dynamically collecting & integrated sharing Research Resources connected by high-speed network Large Scale Data Scientific Research Instrument Experts Problem Solving GRID Supercomputer

Status of Resources & Grid Necessity

Status of Research Resources (1/2)  Status of Supercomputer usage ( KSCA, ) Organization Utilization KISTI 80% KMA 80% SNU 70% DIU 30% CNU 40% POSTECH 60% PNU 70% K-JIST 60% NameOrganization High Voltage Transmission Electron MicroscopyKBSI NMR SpectroscopyKBSI Hanbit Plasma EquipmentKBSI Electron Linear AcceleratorPOSTECH Research Reactor HanaroKAERI Wind tunnelKARI Flight SimulatorKARI  Status of the only Research Instruments Holding

Status of Research Resources (2/2)  Status of Research Networks  Domestic  KOREN : 30Gbps/1GbPS  KREONET2 : 10Gbps/1Gbps  International  APII Testbed (Korea – Japan) : 1Gbps etc  TEIN : ~ 30Mbps  STAR TAP LINK : ~155Mbps  Campus/Industry Network : Gbps

Necessity of Introducing Grid (1/2)  Demand of Domestic Computing Resources Rmax(TFlops) USAKOREADomestic Demand

Necessity of Introducing Grid (2/2)  Necessity of Research Infrastructure Implementation  Necessity of investing fund to implement Grid infrastructure for 6T researches to access any computing resources and data any time and any where * Status of 6T Research Fund ( IT News : ) AreasIT Research Fund billion BT billion ET billion ST billion NT 81.9 billion CT 32.3 billion Total billion

N*Grid Project

11  N*Grid includes  National Computational Grid  National Data Grid  National Access Grid  National Application Grid (Ex: Bio Grid, CFD Grid, Meteo Grid etc) including application testbed and portals  N*Grid is planned at the government level by MIC(Ministry of Information and Communication)  5 year project ( )  Total budget : ~ 32M USD N*Grid Project (1/6)

 History of N*Grid with KISTI  : Preceding research  Development of metacomputing technology on heterogeneous supercomputing resources(The result is published at PDPTA2000 conference)  Development of a portable computational steering package: CSP  2000: Initiation of Globus-related research and activity  Building of Globus-based metacomputing test-bed  Satoshi Sekiguchi(TACC, Japan) proposed Korea to join APGrid(Jun., Dec.)  2001: N*Grid start  KISTI Supercomputing Center suggest at MIC to carry out N*Grid(Feb.)  MIC announced to start N*Grid as a 5 year( ) national project(May.)  Korea Gird Forum will be launched in Oct., N*Grid Project (2/6)

 Major Contents of N*Grid ( )  Building and operation of Grid Network (using KOREN, APII Testbed, KREONet2, HPCNet, etc.)  Grid application project survey and support (Bio, CFD, Meteo, etc.)  Grid related R&D and standardization (Grid middleware & Grid browser, etc.)  Promotion for sharing of high performance computers and large-scaled research instruments (Supercomputer, Storage, etc.)  Construction of Grid Forum Korea (Include gov., univ., research inst., etc.) N*Grid Project (3/6)

14 Grid Middleware Internet 1 & 2 High Speed Network/ATM Supercomputers Large capacity Storages Research Instruments Creative Experts GRID Project Survey & Support (NGI Killer Appl.) Increase Research Power for fundamental Science and Industry Application → Activation of NGI Business Application Leap for World Top 5 Country in Knowledge Infrastructure (Enhancement of National Competitiveness) Execution of Grid Application Project Emerging Industry: IT, BT, NT, ET, etc. Industry: Semiconductor, Car, Steel, Machinery, etc. N*Grid N*Grid Project (4/6)

N*Grid Project (5/6)  KISTI is the leading edge institution  Selected research partners from academia, industry, and government lab through a public competition  13 partners in constructing Grid infrastructure (e.g., Construction of national supercomputer Grid)  8 partners in Grid middleware researches (e.g., Grid technology for high-end Grid environment)  10 partners in Grid applications R&D (e.g., Virtual Wind Tunnel using Grid)  2 partners in Grid standardization of Grid middleware technology (e.g., GridIR WG, DAIS WG)

N*Grid Project (6/6)  GFK (Grid Forum Korea)  The Grid organization in Korea (878 members from 254 organizations & 25 WGs as of Aug. 2003)  Its support is included in the N*Grid project  GFK 2002 Summer Workshop (July 11-12, 2002, 280 participants)  GFK 2002 Winter Workshop (Dec , 2002, 200 participants)  GFK 2003 Summer Workshop (Aug , 2003, 220 participants) Working Groups Application Area : 10 WGs Middleware Area : 6 WGs Network Area : 2 WGs Etc.: 7 WGs Participating Individuals Government Institution :41 University : 95 Research Institute : 475 Industry : 267

Plans for Activating N*Grid

Plans – Implementation of Grid Testbed (1/2)  Implementation of Computing Grid Testbed  Public supercomputer: 8  HPC PC Cluster: 8 KMA KOREN, APII, TEIN, STARTAP KREONET2, HPCNET KAIST POSTECH KISTI CNU KJIST DIU SNU KIAS SAIT KIST KISTI UOS PNU Supercomputer Cluster

CNU SAIT Plans – Implementation of Grid Testbed (2/2)  Implementation of Access Grid Testbed  Large Scale Storage: 8  VR System: 3  Access Grid System: 3 KOREN, APII, TEIN, STARTAP KREONET2, HPCNET Grid Middleware SNU KMA KISTI EVL KISTI KJIST KNU PNU KMA KRIBB KIST NCSA KISTI Storage VR System Access Grid System

Plans – Development of Grid System (1/4)  Development of N*Grid Portal System  Providing Grid log-in, distributed file transfer, collection and integration of results, monitoring of Grid resources & jobs, etc

Plans – Development of Grid System (2/4)  Development of Grid Advanced Information Service System  Providing the integration function of multiple resources query interfaces, dynamic state information, dynamic virtual organization information, etc

Plans – Development of Grid System (3/4)  Development of MoreDream Resource Management  Supporting the functions of the Resource discovery, co-allocation, job submission, job monitoring, etc.

Plans – Development of Grid System(4/4)  Development of N*Grid CA System  Supporting the functions of the Web-interface, PKI, key automatic generation/management/search, etc.

Plans – Research on Grid Applications  Application Researches on IT+IT, IT+BT, IT+NT, … based on Grid  Applications for the large-volume and repeated computation  Applications for massively parallel environment which are can divided and analyzed  Bio, new drug, ST, NT, ET, Computer Graphic (Rendering), etc.  Construction of bio-informatics portal grid  Computational chemistry and Nano materials  Molecule simulation of Bio/Nano materials  Electronic structure computational Grid  Nano materials computational Grid  Comprehensive environmental flow model  Large-scale finite element analysis technique on GRID environment  Design shape optimization technology using virtual wind tunnel based on Grid  Realization of virtual design & development Grid system  Heat exchanger design under the Grid environment Examples

Plans – Implementation of Grid NOC  Construction of Logical Grid Network and Technical Support using National & International Network A : Requirement of common use of national/international R&D network / Support of scientific technology application resources B : Requirement of scientific technology application resources / support & sharing of R&D network resources C: Control of user connection (providing connection channel between domestic R&D network) MIC Supercomputer/Cluster, Visualization System (SeeMore) Science Technology Information DB User Group Resources Establish Policies Implementation & Operation GRID Forum - Korea-Japan, Korea- Singapore Link - Korea-USA Link(via Japan) - National Size (Backbone over 15 areas) - Joining Institute: about 300 R&D Institutes - R&D Exclusive Korea-Japan and Korea-USA Links - Backbone over 5 areas - Joining Institute: 32 R&D Institutes KREONet/HPCNet/KREONet2 KORENAPII-Testbed - Bandwidth Allocation - User Connecting Control/Management - Network Facility Management/Operation - Network Security/Engineering GRID-NOC Interconnection BA A B User Group Domestic R&D Research Network CC

Plans – Strategy for N*Grid Project (1/2)  Phased implementation of N*Grid infrastructure  Exhibitory implementation from computing Grid  Phased plans  Year  Implementation of Computing Grid  Implementation of Grid mobile access environment  Research on exhibitory applications  Year  Implementation of Data Grid  Implementation of Virtual Realization Grid  Research on specific applications  Year  Implementation of scientific research equipment Grid  Implementation of open Grid

Virtual wind tunnel equipment Integration of Data Grid Integration of Access Grid Supporting mobile Grid III ( ) Electron liner accelerator DB centric Virtual realization system centric Including medium and small size computer II ( ) Electron microscopyStorage centric Access Grid system centric Medium and large size computing centric I ( ) Scientific Research Equipment Grid Data GridAccess GridComputing GridPhase Phase III ( ) Phase II ( ) Phase I ( ) Computing Grid Access Grid Data Grid Access Grid Computing Grid Scientific Research Equipment Grid Computing Grid Access Grid Data Grid Plans – Strategy for N*Grid Project (2/2)

Plans – Milestones Main Contents Phase Phase Phase Computing Grid Testbed. Medium and large size computer centric. Medium and small size computer inclusion. Supporting mobile Grid - Latest Access Grid Testbed. VR Grid. Access Grid. Data Grid - Scientific Research Equipment Grid Testbed. Electron microscopy. Liner accelerator. Virtual wind tunnel equipment Testbed - Research on Grid Applications. Research on exhibitory applications. Research on specific applications - Development of Grid System. Grid Portal. GNOC system. Collaborative VR System. Mobile Grid Access System Applications and System Development

Summary  The goal of the N*Grid project is to build a national Grid infra as a high performance research cyber infra.  The N*Grid project is to enhance research productivity in the fields of science and technology.  The future direction of N*Grid project will be emphasized on the activation of Grid technology research - by participating in GGF WG/RGs for the international Grid technology standardization, - by implementing international standard Grid testbeds, and - by developing of Grid Middleware and applications.

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