1. March, 20001 The C3 GRID An investment in the future of Canadian R&D Infrastructure

2. March 20002 What is a GRID System l Cooperative network of shared resources n Scaleable wide area network that supports resource sharing and distribution n Composed of geographically distributed, autonomous resource providers l Includes computers, network links, human resources and databases n Exploits the heterogeneous characteristics of the participating resource providers n Generalized data handling, computing and client support system l Supports the development of advanced R&D applications in Science, Engineering and Technology Development, Finance and the Arts.

3. March 20003 GRID Applications l Large scale and resource intensive frontier applications n R&D applications that go beyond current technological capabilities n Technology development applications in multi-media, finance, production arts, hard sciences and engineering. n Advanced telecommunications protocol and services development l Require specialized facilities and networks n Need for high bandwidth, high priority access to bandwidth n Need for access to HPC sites n Need for access to more than one of a set of heterogeneous, geographically distributed resources n Have large computational or data requirements n Need high performance visualization facilities at remote locations.

4. March 20004 Some Application Areas l Geo-Data processing in Meteorology, Remote Sensing, Oceanography, Space Science. l Computational Chemistry, Biology, Medical Science and Services l Simulation Modeling for Transportation,Telecommunications and Policy Analysis l Financial modeling l Multi-media applications such as embedded video, digital video servers and video conferencing.

5. March 20005 Who Benefits l R&D workers in Academia, Industry and Government n Shared access to expensive and remote facilities throughout the country l Technology based industries in Canada n Access to advanced development platforms enabling the proving of new designs l Resource Provider facilities in Canada n Broader client base and enhanced service capabilities supporting local clients l Government programs aimed at stimulating technological development in Canada l Canadian Public n Job opportunity and quality of life

6. March 20006 The Target GRID Community l Canadian researchers, potentially members of the C3 Network n Beyond the current 50 + sites l CANARIE/Ca.Net III n CANARIE partners include major Canadian telecommunications industry players and regional networks l C3.ca n University, Industry and Government members l Regional Canadian HPC/GRID organizations n MACI, HPCnet, RQCHP, AC3 and other emerging consortia l National Research Council l Industrial Organizations n Companies working on advanced applications in telecommunications, multi-media, finance, the arts, engineering and the sciences

7. March 20007 Current Canadian Situation l Extensive network infrastructure n Wide penetration of the Internet throughout the country. l Widening deployment of leading edge telecommunications infrastructure n CaNet III backbone and “Last Mile” efforts l Individual isolated experiments with foreign GRID systems n GLOBUS and foreign GRIDS being tested l Emergence of Regional GRID systems n CFI funding is stimulating the formation of regional GRID like networks l Ad Hoc arrangements between users and existing specialty resources n No current true GRID operations

8. March 20008 Current Global Situation l National GRID Effort in the US n GLOBUS - Distributed access and scheduling for several NSF HPC facilities l Several varieties of GRID experiments in the US n PUNCH - Shared university facilities GRID n IPG - An aerospace production GRID l Initial efforts to develop a European GRID n Informal arrangements between provider sites l Several European National GRID efforts n MOL - A meta-computing GRID design l International Effort INET2000 n An effort to form a global meta-GRID

9. March 20009 Environmental Trends l Increasing computing and telecommunications requirements of advanced applications in R&D needing access to costly, specialized shared facilities n Smaller institutions and individual research workers becoming disadvantaged in the global marketplace. l Worldwide development of GRID infrastructures supporting National R&D goals n Technological competitiveness is now a nationally supported initiative in developed countries. l Eventual Global integration of GRID networks for use in multi- national projects n Ultimately GRID systems will emerge as the foundations of the technology based economy

10. March 200010 Why a Canadian GRID? l Difficult access to foreign GRID systems by Canadian R&D workers n Residency and citizenship requirements n Security requirements l Scale of R&D projects limited by a nuclear system of installations in Canada n Resource sharing is not readily feasible n Resource distribution is site centered n Resource management is fragmented l Economies of resource sharing unrealized in today’s environment n Smaller institutions and individual workers seek support on an ad hoc basis n Many small installations, few world scale facilities

11. March 200011 Strategic Options l Status Quo n Loss of opportunities due to lack of adequate infrastructure n Foster a negative Canadian/Foreign R&D gap l Join the US/European/Asia GRID Effort n Conditional access will limit participation n Augment the ”Brain Drain” to the host countries n Loss of national control over R&D priorities l Construct a Canadian GRID System n Incorporate successful, proven, international components n Stimulate R&D and the development of new technologies n Enable support Canadian priorities in technology development n Enable discovery of new “hot area” applications n Enable sharing of expensive and scarce resources.

12. March 200012 Current C3 Network

13. March 200013 The Proposed C3 GRID

14. March 200014 Canadian GRID Design I l Peer network of providers and users n Resource providers are autonomous installations located at Canadian universities distributed throughout the country l Distributed access to all facilities and support resources of the GRID n Any client with an Internet connection can access the Canadian GRID l Uniform WEB based user interface n Common support software available to all clients l Secure access to resources and data n Single point of entry to GRID services l GRID wide monitoring of resource consumption and distribution n GRID wide scheduling and management of shared resources

15. March 200015 Canadian GRID Design II l Shared access to heterogeneous facilities n Standard user interface to GRID resources l Shared training and support resources n Standard training tools and resource information databases l Common development and support tools n GRID application development and debugging environments l Resource brokering amongst facilities n Easy discovery of available GRID resources l Integration with other GRID systems either Regional or International n C3 GRID is scaleable to a meta-GRID n Canadian interface to the emerging global meta-GRID

16. March 200016 Canadian GRID Road Map l Strategic Plan l Resource and Technology Inventory l Interim GRID deployment using GLOBUS l Core Software Base l Administrative Arrangements l Prototype Demonstration l Initial Deployment l Resource Discovery Mechanisms l Advanced Feature Deployment

17. March 200017 Initial C3 Grid Configuration

18. March 200018 C3 GRID Implementation l Stage 0 Features n GLOBUS Base Adapted to Canada n Uniform Client Interface via WWW n Integrated Monitoring via WWW n Administrative arrangements n Remote Data Access n Secure Access through GRID accounts

19. March 200019 C3 GRID Evolution I

20. March 200020 C3 GRID Implementation I l Stage I Features n Core GRID software n Administrative arrangements n Ad Hoc local process control n Native application environments n Existing standard networks n Existing facilities

21. March 200021 C3 GRID Evolution II

22. March 200022 C3 GRID Implementation II l Stage II Features n Automated resource discovery n Automated scheduling n Automated process control n Access to specialized resources (Experimental networks, developmental technologies, single user facilities)

23. March 200023 C3 GRID Evolution III

24. March 200024 C3 GRID Implementation III l Stage III Features n Application development environments n Automated process recovery n Integration with external GRID systems

25. March 200025 Summary Cost Estimates l Stage 0 - $460K 37 PM n Per site infrastructure not included. l Stage I - $960K 60 PM n Per site HW/SW not included l Stage II - $1010 66 PM n Assumes 15 Sites involved. l Stage III - $720K 53 PM n Ongoing incremental costs l Project - $3000K 13-18 PY n Ongoing operations 3-5 PY n Per Site incremental costs of 0.75-1.0 PY