1. The EUMEDGRID-Support Infrastructure
Mario Reale
GARR - The Italian Research and Education Network, Rome, Italy
Technical Manager
EPIKH WorkShop
Algiers, July 15, 2010

2. Content Goals Short reminder on previous infrastructure
Overview of the current infrastructure
Middleware
Collective Tools and Services
Computing and Data Management Services
Monitoring
Next steps
Conclusions

3. Project goals for the Infrastructure
The EUMEDGRID-Support project wants to:
Resume and expand the previous EUMEDGRID infrastructure
Ensure its long-term sustainability
Foster the creation of NGIs in the MPCs
Expand and promote the usage of the existing security infrastructure based on digital certificates and Certification Authorities
Promote best-practices, share policies and disseminate on the benefits of e-Infrastructures
Ensure interoperability with the European Grid Initiative

4. Why do we want to build a Mediterranean e-Infrastructure
e-Infrastructures are the key element to enble e-Science and e-Research
They are gathering people, scientists around common goals well beyond what the bare internet does:
Boosting massively the computing and storage capacities available to everyone by optimizing the usage of the resources
Enabling the sharing of computing power and data
Thus, allowing collaboration among scientists to address problems requiring world scale engagement of researchers

5. EU-Med e-Infrastructural link
We want to better liaise the EU and the Mediterranean around e-Science
For the benefit of both
We feel we belong to an EuroMediterranean community of researchers
Plenty of examples of useful knowledge transfer, scientific exchanges between the EU and the Med
Large community of scientists demanding this e-Infrastructural EU-Med link

6. EUMEDGRID
The EUMEDGRID infrastructure provided 25 sites spanning 13 countries
2006
2007
2008

7. EUMEDGRID 2006-2008 EUMED 2006-08 Infrastructure data:
-1876 CPUs Deploying gL (LCG 2.7)
- 48 TB Storage Capacity supported applications

8. Current EUMEDGRID-Support infrastructure
RomaTre
TUBITAK
ULAKBIM
GARR
GRNET
COMETA
CCK
CYNET
CERIST
UoM
HIAST
CNRST
JUNET
EUN
PALESTINE
planned / in progress
currently operational site
/ included in top BD-II
ERI
U.A.E.
20 sites (15 operational today)
in 13 countries

9. Current Infrastructure Summary
20 sites in 13 countries
15 sites are currently operational
5 are in progress (CYNET, MAGRID n.2, IUGAZA, CCK, HIAST)
16 Computing Elements in 10 countries
Around 1000 CPUs available
9 Storage Elements in 7 countries (around 110 TB)
The infrastructure is still growing

10. Infrastructure and Middleware deployment
The reference release is gLite 3.2
All sites have x86_64 bit servers available
The current stand is an hybrid infrastructure
Deploying some services at gLite 3.1
Monitoring pages now available via the Real Time Monitor (RTM) and GSTAT2
Service Challenges periodic reports available
Many sites have own local gLite repository for the m/w available now

11. gLite provided Grid services
AuthN/AuthZ: PKI X.509, VOMS
Computing Power: lcg-CE, CREAM CE
Data Storage: DPM-SE, Classic(Disk)-SE, StoRM
Data Management: lcg-utils, FTS, gridFTP
Information System: BDII, InfoProviders
File Catalogs: LCG, AMGA

12. Collective Common services
EUMEDGRID-Support Top BDII is up and running in Catania (COMETA) on wms-01.eumedgrid.eu
To query all project resources:
ldapsearch –x –P2 –h wms-01.eumedgrid.eu –p 2170 –b “mds-vo-name=local,o-grid”
WMS/LB, LFC, AMGA at various sites
The EUMEDGRID-Support VOMS Authentication service is available at

13. Applications New application Database available
Joint EUMEDGRID-Support and EPIKH site administrators and application porting school held in Algiers, June 26 to July 13
Including remote installation of sites
New applications identified to be ported to the EUMEDGRID-support e-Infrastructure

14. Monitoring Service Challenge periodic reports now in place
Very useful tool to verify availability of sites and monitor them
New EUMEDGRID-Support GSTAT pages available at gstat.grid.arn.dz
also reachable through gstat.eumedgrid.eu & gstat1.africa-roc.org
New portal for ROC

15. Real Time Monitor RTM implies a few configuration steps at sites
Provides real-time picture of the infrastructure and job management

16. Service Challenge (WP3/WP4)

17. ROC
Discussion started with EGI.eu on required steps to collaborate / interoperate
Access Use Policy (AUP) defined and distributed to PMB for discussion today
Synergy with the South-African Grid initiative:
New ROC for Africa started, currently encompassing also EUMEDGRID-Support sites:
Both projects agreed to collaborate about ROC and site support and monitoring

19. Applications
Reference supported applications set is being updated by WP3
A WP3 poll by already identified some applications to be deployed
ASTRA/Volcano Sonification
PovRay3D
There is a whole set of new applications identified during the school in Algiers
Heath flow simulation in 3D
MATLAB based application in various domains
Distributed Web services (Orcherstra) …
Archeological and Cultural Heritage preservation applications
MPI
Contacts being established for other applications in different domains ( health, earth science..)

20. What has to be done next
Get the whole infrastructure certified and fully flying after take off:
The deployment stand in some sites has to be finalized
The certification process for sites has to be concluded
The reference, supported applications will be further extended and updated

21. Future plans Progress in the set up of new Certification Authorities
Algeria, Syria next in the streamline
Syria already in accreditation phase by EUGridPMA
Identify next ones to push for
Jordan, Egypt

22. Future plans Middleware evolution follow up
Continue organizing surveys around the applications to be supported within the user community
Complete the process for organizing the EUMEDGRID ROC support

23. What has to be done next Selecting new applications:
Usefulness for the User Community
Users will be central to this process
Relevance of their impact for the Mediterranean region
Capability to further raise interest around e-Science and e-Infrastructures in the Med region
Deploy all newly ported application to the Grid during the Application Porting school in Algiers
Today’s workshop
Put in place the ROC support team and set up the 2 level support system for users and sys admins

24. Conclusions
The project has achieved remarkable technical results already:
The infrastructure is constantly growing (doubled+ in Q2)
Current grow rate is high, let’s keep this growth pace
Monitoring started with our dedicated pages
A lot going on right now around applications and ROC
We will:
Continue disseminating on e-Science and e-Infrastructure
Consolidate and extend the project infrastructure
Keep training users and site administrators
Applications need to jump on board as soon as possible

25. e-Infrastructures are based on e-People
THANK YOU, SHUKRAN, SAHA, MERCI, GRAZIE, to all the EUMEDGRID-Support people taking care of our infrastructure.
At this rumping-up stage of the project we are investing more than we are getting from the infrastructure itself.
But the next months will see applications and users coming on board.
The success of this school is the best prove of this  !