1. SNIC SweGrid and the views of SNIC Anders YnnermanUppsala Department of Science and Technology2003-04-09 Linköping University Sweden

2. SNIC: –Provides long term funding –Coordinates investments in hardware –Coordinates competence profiles –Has a development mission GRID Computers Storage Network Visualization –Includes a national graduate school in scientific computing SNIC – THE NEW METACENTER

3. Ministry of education Science Council SNIC-SETUP 45 MSEK Private foundations and other sources Users Management & Committees Hosting universities HPC centers SNIC

4. SNIC CENTERS HPC2N, UmU PDC, KTH NSC, LiU UPPMAX, UU UNICC, Chalmers & GU LUNARC, LU

5. SNIC-BOARD OF DIRECTORS Birgit Erngren (Chairman) Paula Eerola (GRID, Partikelfysik, LU) Kersti Hermansson (HPC, Kemi, UU) Erland Källén (HPC, Lagring, Klimatologi, SU) Bertil Gustafsson (HPC, Numerisk analys, UU) Hans Wallberg (Nätverk, UMU) Seif Haridi (GRID, Datavetenskap, SICS, KTH) Uno Nävert (HPC, Numerisk analys, Chalmers) Billy Fredriksson (Saab, Linköping)

6. SPAC Strategic Program Advisory Committee SNIC Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing SNAC Swedish National Allocations Committee STAC Strategic Technical Advisory Committee Users SNIC-ADVISORY COMMITTEES Resources

7. The Swedish Perspective on GRIDs 200220032004200520062007 SNIC NorduGrid SweGrid Testbed NOS-N Nordic GRID Facility ? NGC EGEE - LCG

8. SNIC & SweGrid Need for a large throughput HPC system in Sweden Data storage is a strategic development area for SNIC Building and keeping competence on new technologies Participation in international projects Motivation

9. SNIC & SweGrid SNIC hosts the SweGrid project STAC coordinates SweGrid deployment Resources placed at SNIC centers Allocation of resouces applied for through SNAC SweGrid is the Swedish partner in EGEE Involvement

10. SWEGRID TESTBED Application to Science Council & KAW –”all” centers for HPD in Sweden –Several IT-research groups –Several potential users of a GRID Biomedical Sciences Earth Sciences Space and Astro Sciences High Energy Physcis Consists of PC-clusters with large storage capacity Budget –13.7 MSEK for staff and running costs –22.5 MSEK for hardware

11. SWEGRID TESTBED 2.3 MSEK/year Vetenskapsrådet 2.3 MSEK/year SNIC 22.5 MSEK KAW

12. EGEE Project to create European GRID Coordinated by CERN – 7 regions –Northern region: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden Key elements are: –Reenginnering of middleware & integration –Deployment and support infrastructure Resource partners Regional deployment and support centers Grid operations centers Grid operations management Two pilot applications have been selected –Biomedical –High energy physics

13. EGEE & SweGrid SweGrid is the Swedish resource partner in EGEE Anders Ynnerman represents Nordic countries on executive committee We are opting for one regional deployment and support center in Sweden 4+4 FTEs Northern Europe opts for security package Crucial meeting at CERN on April 11th Submission of proposal on May 6th