1. OpenCluster Planning
Sverre Jarp
IT Division
CERN
October 2002

2. Phase 1 Local Cluster 32 nodes + development nodes
Rack-mounted DP Itanium-2 systems
RedHat 7.3 Advanced Server
OpenAFS, LSF
GNU, Intel Compilers (ORC?)
Database software (Oracle?)
CERN Applications
Porting, Benchmarking, Performance improvements
CLHEP, GEANT4, ROOT, Anaphe, (CERNLIB?)
Cluster benchmarks
1  10 Gigabit interfaces
Estimated time scale:
6 months
Prerequisite:
1 system administrator
October 2002

3. Phase 2 European Data Grid Integrate OpenCluster into EDG
Porting, Verification
Relevant software packages
Hundreds of rpm’s
Interoperability with existing EDG nodes
Integration into existing security
GRID benchmarks
Do they exist?
Estimated time scale:
9 months
Prerequisite:
1 system programmer
October 2002

4. Phase 3 LHC Computing Grid Need to understand Possibly more porting
Hardware architectural directions
Software architectural choices
Possibly more porting
Estimated time scale:
nn months
Prerequisite:
nn system programmer
October 2002