HEPIX - HEPNT, 1 Nov Milos Lokajicek, IP AS CR, Prague1 Status Report - Czech Republic HEP Groups and experiments Networking and Computing Grid activities Summary

HEPIX - HEPNT, 1 Nov Milos Lokajicek, IP AS CR, Prague2 HEP Groups and experiments HEP Groups: –Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Institute of Physics –Research Center for Particle Physics Nuclear Physics Institute Institute of Computer Science –Charles University in Prague Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics –Czech Technical University in Prague Faculty of Nuclear Science and Physical Engineering Faculty of Electric Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

HEPIX - HEPNT, 1 Nov Milos Lokajicek, IP AS CR, Prague3 HEP Groups and experiments (cont.) Brno, Masaryk University, Faculty of Natural Sciences Plzeň, University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Electric Engineering Liberec, Technical University of Liberec Olomouc, Palacky University, Faculty of Natural Sciences Opava, Silesian University České Budějovice, University of South Bohemia

HEPIX - HEPNT, 1 Nov Milos Lokajicek, IP AS CR, Prague4 HEP Groups and experiments (cont.) Experiments –ATLAS, ALICE, CERES, DELPHI, DIRAC, H1, ISOLDE, NA57 –Auger, D0, STAR –Theory, Hadron Therapy

HEPIX - HEPNT, 1 Nov Milos Lokajicek, IP AS CR, Prague5 Networking CESNET - national research network operator –member of Quantum –member of Geant –Internet2 International Partner External connection –TEN Mbps to Europe 45 Mbps to New York (via Frankfurt) –EBONE 68 Mbps to USA Internal infrastructure –2.5 Gbps backbone –by end 2000, Gb infrastructure in place ~ 500 km 113 Mbps to USA

HEPIX - HEPNT, 1 Nov Milos Lokajicek, IP AS CR, Prague6 Computing Independent smaller HEP groups - share university/institutes infrastructure with local HEP installation Research Centre for Particle Physics and Elementary particle physics department of IP - 40 physicists –basic unix/linux infrastructure available (servers, users’ home directories, automatic back-up/restore service, project disk space, CERN ASIS software, hepix scripts, b/w and color printing, exchange DLT units,...), end 2000 new 1TB file server upgrade user access via PCs with X-emulation (Exceed) Main platforms –unix - HP, SUN, DEC, SGi, growing linux (young generation and production), W95/98/NT/2000 independent nodes

HEPIX - HEPNT, 1 Nov Milos Lokajicek, IP AS CR, Prague7 Grid activities Associated contractor to DATAGRID in collaboration with –METACENTER project in CESNET (grid-like project between Czech supercomputing centers) middleware, testbed, networking –HEP groups testbed, HEP applications –Target is Tier2 centre Testbed by end 2000 Linux farm, 64 processors (Prague and Brno, 2.5 Gb network), 1 TB disk space First application - simulation for D0 on part of the farm

HEPIX - HEPNT, 1 Nov Milos Lokajicek, IP AS CR, Prague8 Summary HEP community in the Czech Republic gets new impulses - founded Research Center for particle physics Contributions to important HEP experiments Good quality of internal networking, external networking depends on availability of financial resources Computing follows standard HEP evolution Starting involvement with DATAGRID project