1. Pre-OMB meeting Preparation for the Workshop “EGI towards H2020”
NGI_HR Emir Imamagic

2. EGI Strategy activities
Providing enabling services to researchers
Operate European capability for HTC and data analysis
Provide a flexible virtual research environment
Identify and develop the human capital

3. Providing enabling services to researchers
Storage services
50 TB disk space offered to EGI communities
expansion is planned, no exact figures yet
Integration with EUDAT, PRACE or other infrastructures at national and European level
providing availability and reliability systems as part of the SAM team

4. Operate European capability for HTC and data analysis
Cloud services
currently investigating cloud middleware
planning to become FedCloud RP in 2013
possible migration of whole infrastructure to cloud middleware
New resource types
currently providing 36 GPUs for national VOs
planning to expand GPUs and test other types (Intel Phy)

5. Operate European capability for HTC and data analysis
Allocation mechanisms
currently participating in EGI federated resource pool
planning to investigate other allocation models once the resources are expanded

6. Operate European capability for HTC and data analysis
Portals and interfaces
currently providing portal based on gUSE-u and WS-PGRADE (RBI institute)
planning to experiment with CloudMan middleware
Technology providers
participate in maintenance and innovation of monitoring systems (SAM)
planning to participate in configuration management activities (e.g. Cobbler, Puppet)

7. Provide a flexible virtual research environment
AAI infrastructure
Croatia has a well established AAI infrastructure which is participating in GEANT (eduroam & eduGAIN)
planning to experiment integration with cloud and grid systems

8. Identify and develop the human capital
Creation of NGI centre of excellence for technology consultancy
monitoring solutions
system installation & configuration management solutions
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