1. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad PK-CIIT Grid Operations in Pakistan COMSATS Dr. Saif-ur-Rehman Muhammad Waqar Asia Tier Center Forum Sep 22-24, 2015 KISTI, Daejeon, Korea

2. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad Introduction of institute ALICE and COMSATS collaboration Progress phases and site specifications Site Status Achievements of 2015 Future Plans Conclusion Outline

3. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad Milestones2000 2015 Campuses18 Research Centers07 Student Enrolment27727,029 Faculty Strength152,394 Academic Programs386 Graduates-24,857 Operating BudgetRs. 64 MRs. 4,065 M Development BudgetRs. 36 MRs. 1,076 M Ranking-4 th in Overall 3rd in Research Progress at a Glance

4. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad No. 1 Rank in Pakistan in Computer Science / IT No. 3 Rank in Pakistan in International Research Publications No. 4 Rank in Pakistan in Larger Universities League National Recognition PhDs: 658 MS: 1,093 International Faculty: 32

5. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad Lancaster University, UK University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA University of North Dakota, USA Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences (GSCAS), Beijing Tsinghua University, China Peking University, China EPFL University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia University of Technology, Petronas, Malaysia University of Technology, Malaysia International and National Linkages: 140

6. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad 6 CS-ALICE Team Structure Grid OperationsResearch & Development Dr. Sohail Asghar (Team Lead) Dr. Sohail Asghar (Team Lead) Dr. Saif ur RehmanDr. Abid Khan Ali Zahir Bukhari (Site Admin) Dr. Mansoor Muhammad Waqar (Site Admin) Dr. Adeel Ahmed Dr. Majid Khan

7. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad 7 We divided Progress into Six phases: o Phase I (Desktop VOBOX) in 2011 o Phase II (Cluster building) in 2012 o Phase III (Memory up-gradation) in 2013 o Phase IV (Storage Element) in 2014 o Phase V (Network up-gradation) o Phase VI (Data Centre Development) Completed In progress Phases

8. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad 8 Architecture

9. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad Nodes Specifications Sr.NoNodesQuantitySpecifications 1VoBox116 GB RAM, 16 Cores, 1TB HDD SL6 + EMI-3 + CVMFS 2Site-BDII116 GB RAM, 16 Cores, 1TB HDD SL6 + EMI-3 3CREAM-CE116 GB RAM, 16 Cores, 1TB HDD SL6 + EMI-3 4Worker Nodes7-1342 GB RAM, 16 Cores, 1TB HDD SL6 + EMI-3 + CVMFS 5SE (in progress)1100TB

10. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad 10 MonALISA Status

11. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad 11 Successful Completed Jobs

12. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad 12 GOCDB

13. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad EGI Availability / Reliability

14. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad Nagios Performance

15. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad  Pakistan become Associate Member of CERN (31 st July)  Received a donation of Servers, Switches and Storage. Thank You -- > CERN  A dedicated Research Team for o2 collaboration and upgradation.  Working on Data Provenance  Energy Efficient Scheduling  Few more such issues.. Achievements of 2015

16. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad  PERN Approved the 1Gbps BW for COMSATS But   Connection to LHCONE Via PERN network  COMSATS Data Centre (Tender in-progress)  2000 Cores (Means 2000 ALICE jobs)  Setup 500 TB storage ~Expected within few months BW: Bandwidth PERN: Pakistan Education and Research Network Future Plans

17. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad Trying hard to ensure Availability & Reliability. Want to a top Tier-2 site of Asia & than Tier-1 slowly & gradually. Want to play our role in R&D: –Data Security –Network Security –Middleware development Open for further collaborations and cooperation with other site. Summary & Conclusion

18. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad THANK YOU