1. PDC Enabling Science ParallellDatorCentrum Olle Mulmo mulmo@pdc.kth.se

2. PDC Enabling Science ”Describe to what extent your computer center is ready to receive, mount and commission the SweGrid node” Readiness = NOW Rearrangement process already ongoing 4 more racks is not a problem New facilities in November! UPS & Diesel backup Redundant cooling … I.e., a couple of weeks notice…

3. PDC Enabling Science “ Which locals are there (if you have a picture please show it) and how are they equipped?”

4. PDC Enabling Science “ How will the node be connected to SUNET?” SUNET PDC

5. Enabling Science ”What support is your center going to give you to carry out this task?” Hardware operated as any other PDC resource Existing support helpdesk European Grid Support Center PDC, CLRC, CERN initiative Grid middleware support Startup phase: Moderate operation during 2003

6. PDC Enabling Science ”What support is your center going to give you to carry out this task?” (cont.) Tutorials EDG/Nordugrid tutorial, June 3-4 Courses NGSSC course in Grid Computing, August 18-26, 2003 Joint effort between PDC, NSC & HPC2N

7. PDC Enabling Science ”Do you have an idea of how many SweGrid users there will be to start with?” Today: ~100 active users per month How many would go grid? Hard to tell… Cycle scavengers Availability of scientific libraries Porting of software

8. PDC Enabling Science Example to learn from: SBC

9. PDC Enabling Science