Transcript PoW 2004 - CERN openlab

CERN openlab for DataGrid applications
Programme of Work 2004
Overview
F.Fluckiger
Technical programme
S.Jarp
What is it?
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A framework for sponsorship
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openlab
framework
IT “R&D” in collaboration with
Industry
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Sponsor commitments
(Partner status)
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CHF2.5M over 3 years
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Contributions may be a mix of
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Sponsor commitments
(Contributor status)
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CHF0.25M over 1 year
In kind (HW, SW, training, …)
In cash (in general for fellows)
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What are we doing?
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Evaluate and Integrate cutting edge
solutions
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Focus: LCG needs in the
medium/longer term
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Current Project: opencluster
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IA-64 Compute farm
(Intel + HP)
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10 GbE Networking
(Enterasys + Intel)
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Storage
(IBM)
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10g database
(Oracle)
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openlab
framework
opencluster
project
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Organization
Transversal structure
IT Groups
BP
SJ
AH
AU
RT
Stud
Fell
JMJ
MC
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Sponsor
JS
EG
MG
ED
Fell
Sponsor
WvR
FF
FG
MH
Sponsors
Sponsor
CS
PH / SFT
ADC
Experiment
DB
Experiment
DI
Experiments, PH
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Personnel Resources in 2004
Role
Administration
TCO
Status
1 staff
1 staff
Person
Jackie Franco
Sverre Jarp
opencluster
2 fellows
(from HP grant)
1 tech. student
Andreas Hirstius
Andreas Untekircher
Glenn Hisdal (6 months)
2 fellows
(from Oracle grant)
1 fellow
(from M.Currie grant)
1 staff
10g Database
tbd
Management
Group
DI
ADC
% 04
50%
75%
FTE
0.5
0.75
ADC
100%
2
ADC
50%
0.5
Eva Dafonte Perez
Katarzyna Pokorska
xxx (Sept 04)
DB
100%
2
tbd
33%
0.3
François Fluckiger
DI
50%
0.5
6. 55
From other IT Units
10 GbE
CS
(Jean-Michel Jouanigot, Marc Collignon)
Storage Tank
ADC
(Rainer Toebbicke, others)
10g Database
Communication
Management
DB
(Maria Girone, others)
DI / S&C (François Grey, Matti Heikkurinen)
DI
(Wolfgang von Rüden)
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2004 Programme
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Organization
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Sponsors
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Work with new Strategy & Communications unit
Implement Contributor Status (probably with Infiniband manufacturer)
Strengthen collaboration with
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LCG
(Grid SW, HP participation in LCG)
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EGEE
(SW, Industry forum)
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IT groups
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PH/SFT team
(ROOT, PROOF, GEANT4…)
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LHC collaborations
(Data Challenges, CMS, Alice)
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2004 Programme
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Interactions with sponsors
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Thematic Wokshops (Probably on Security and High Speed Networking)
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Board of Sponsor annual meeting
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Involvement in EGEE Industry Forum
New projects, activities (e.g. security)?
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Will depend on outcome of this meeting, sponsor interest
Challenges
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Be useful
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Choice of technology: strike right balance between conservatism and risks
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Deliver findings
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Meet sponsor expectations
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Maintain technical consistency; build something coherent
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Annexes
Additional information, not for show
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Is openlab something new?
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Elements of Timeline
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Technical highlights
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Is openlab something new?
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Is it really different from
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past (DD/CN/IT) joint projects?
today’s field test with industry?
Not totally, but definite differences
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A common "agreement" framework
A common technical objective
 Building something out of individual contributions
 Collaborative work between sponsor engineers
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Timeline (elements of)
Enterasys, Intel join
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Enterasys switches delivered
HP joins
HP test dual processors systems delivered
Intel increase their contribution to 348 processors
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32 HP Production dual processors systems delivered
Fellows from HP grant join
IBM joins
IBM Storage Tank system delivered
Oracle joins
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Fellows from Oracle grant join
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2004 Programme
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Technical (highlights|) see SJ's presentation
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Gridification
Complete LCG2 porting/testing
Join test Grid
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Software
RedHat 3
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Hardware
Additional HP computers
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Networking
10GbE transition to new generation
Infiniband
LAN / WAN 10Gbps tests
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Storage
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Database 10g
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Converge on StorageTank
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