1. August 3,. 2001 March, 2000 1 The AC3 GRID An investment in the future of Atlantic Canadian R&D Infrastructure Dr. Virendra C. Bhavsar UNB, Fredericton bhavsar@unb.ca

2. August 3, 20012 What is a GRID System l Cooperative network of shared resources n Scaleable wide area network that supports resource sharing and distribution n Composed of geographically distributed, autonomous resource providers l Includes computers, network links, human resources and databases n Exploits the heterogeneous characteristics of the participating resource providers n Generalized data handling, computing and client support system l Supports the development of advanced R&D applications in Science, Engineering and Technology Development, Finance and the Arts.

3. August 3, 20013 GRID Applications l Large scale and resource intensive frontier applications n R&D applications that go beyond current technological capabilities n Technology development applications in multi-media, finance, production arts, hard sciences and engineering. n Advanced telecommunications protocol and services development l Require specialized facilities and networks n Need for high bandwidth, high priority access to bandwidth n Need for access to HPC sites n Need for access to more than one of a set of heterogeneous, geographically distributed resources n Have large computational or data requirements n Need high performance visualization facilities at remote locations.

4. August 3, 20014 Some Application Areas l Geo-Data processing in Meteorology, Remote Sensing, Oceanography, Space Science. l Computational Chemistry, Biology, Medical Science and Services l Simulation Modeling for Transportation,Telecommunications and Policy Analysis l Financial modeling l Multi-media applications such as embedded video, digital video servers and video conferencing.

5. August 3, 20015 Who Benefits l R&D workers in Academia, Industry and Government n Shared access to expensive and remote facilities throughout the country l Technology based industries in Canada n Access to advanced development platforms enabling the proving of new designs l Resource Provider facilities in Canada n Broader client base and enhanced service capabilities supporting local clients l Government programs aimed at stimulating technological development in Canada l Canadian Public n Job opportunity and quality of life

6. August 3, 20016 The Target GRID Community l Canadian researchers l CANARIE/Ca.Net III n CANARIE partners include major Canadian telecommunications industry players and regional networks l C3.ca n University, Industry and Government members l National Research Council l Industrial Organizations n Companies working on advanced applications in telecommunications, multi-media, finance, the arts, engineering and the sciences

7. August 3, 20017 Current Global Situation l National GRID Effort in the US n GLOBUS - Distributed access and scheduling for several NSF HPC facilities l Several varieties of GRID experiments in the US n PUNCH - Shared university facilities GRID n IPG - An aerospace production GRID l Initial efforts to develop a European GRID n Informal arrangements between provider sites l Several European National GRID efforts n MOL - A meta-computing GRID design l International Effort INET2000 n An effort to form a global meta-GRID

8. August 3, 20018 The Proposed C3 GRID

9. August 3, 20019 AC3 Grid l Peer network of providers and users n Resource providers are autonomous installations located at Atlantic Canadian universities l Distributed access to all facilities and support resources of the GRID n Any client with an Internet connection can access n Uniform WEB based user interface n Common support software available to all clients l Secure access to resources and data n Single point of entry to GRID services l GRID wide monitoring of resource consumption and distribution n GRID wide scheduling and management of shared resources

10. August 3, 200110 AC3 Grid l Shared access to heterogeneous facilities n Standard user interface to GRID resources l Shared training and support resources n Standard training tools and resource information databases l Common development and support tools n GRID application development and debugging environments l Resource brokering amongst facilities n Easy discovery of available GRID resources l Integration with other GRID systems either Regional or International

11. August 3, 200111 AC3 GRID Road Map l Strategic Plan l Resource and Technology Inventory l Interim GRID deployment using GLOBUS and Legion l Core Software Base l Administrative Arrangements l Prototype Demonstration l Initial Deployment l Resource Discovery Mechanisms l Advanced Feature Deployment