[Pgi-wg] Input for PGI Roadmap Document about Virginia CampusGrid

[Morris Riedel]

Not every middleware relies on EGI David... ;-)

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Morris Riedel
SW - Engineer
Distributed Systems and Grid Computing Division
Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)
Forschungszentrum Juelich
Wilhelm-Johnen-Str. 1
D - 52425 Juelich
Germany

Email: m.riedel at fz-juelich.de
Info: http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc/JSCPeople/riedel
Phone: +49 2461 61 - 3651
Fax: +49 2461 61 - 6656

Skype: MorrisRiedel

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Sitz der Gesellschaft: Jülich
Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Düren Nr. HR B 3498
Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: MinDirig'in Bärbel Brumme-Bothe
Vorstand: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), 
Dr. Ulrich Krafft (stellv. Vorsitzender)

>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: David Wallom [mailto:david.wallom at oerc.ox.ac.uk]
>Gesendet: Dienstag, 17. März 2009 11:05
>An: Morris Riedel; pgi-wg at ogf.org
>Betreff: Re: [Pgi-wg] Input for PGI Roadmap Document about Virginia
>CampusGrid
>
>Hello Morris,
>
>But you are missing out the unquantified level of funding for the UMD to
>which gLite/ARC/UNICORE will certainly have access.
>
>David
>
>
>On 17/03/2009 09:54, "Morris Riedel" <m.riedel at fz-juelich.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi Andrew, Duane,
>>
>>   I know much about DEISA, EGEE, NorduGrid, and more recently also EDGES,
>> because they have contributed within GIN - but in terms of the
>> GENESIS-II-based production Campus Grid - I would rather like to have
>some
>> background information for the PGI roadmap document:
>>
>> (1)
>> How many users are approximately using the infrastructure daily.
>>
>>
>> (2)
>> Which codes are running on which platforms, e.g. CFD codes on parallel
>> machines, or rather docking tools for 'embarassingly parallel' PC pool
>jobs?
>>
>>
>> (3)
>> Which kind of resources are interconnected - which kind of HPC/HTC
>resources
>> are part of the Virginia Campus Grid infrastructure?
>>
>>
>> (4)
>> What is the sustainability plan of the Campus Grid in general and
>GENESIS-II
>> in particular?
>>
>> In Europe the HPC community see an evolution moving from DEISA to PRACE,
>> while EGEE seem to have an evolution towards an EGI. In both is limited
>> funding for middleware like UNICORE, gLite. The same is true for ARC that
>is
>> not only used in NorduGrid, but also in Baltic-Grid and so on.
>>
>>
>> I think this is also quite valuable information for the whole PGI group.
>>
>> Is there a special link to the infrastructure/GENESIS-II Website that act
>as
>> the main contact point for it?
>>
>> Many thanks for this!
>>
>> Furthermore, I would welcome you in the GIN group in order to evaluate
>your
>> application requirements for those applications that require resources in
>> more than one Grid. Many production Grids participate in this group (some
>> more or less actively/passively) - so it would nice if you join the GIN
>> community!
>>
>> Basically, PGI is a result of collaborations undertaken in GIN (and clear
>> demands by scientists that would like to use more than one Grid).
>>
>>
>> Your co-chair,
>> Morris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> Morris Riedel
>> SW - Engineer
>> Distributed Systems and Grid Computing Division
>> Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)
>> Forschungszentrum Juelich
>> Wilhelm-Johnen-Str. 1
>> D - 52425 Juelich
>> Germany
>>
>> Email: m.riedel at fz-juelich.de
>> Info: http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc/JSCPeople/riedel
>> Phone: +49 2461 61 - 3651
>> Fax: +49 2461 61 - 6656
>>
>> Skype: MorrisRiedel
>>
>> "We work to better ourselves, and the rest of humanity"
>>
>> Sitz der Gesellschaft: Jülich
>> Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Düren Nr. HR B 3498
>> Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: MinDirig'in Bärbel Brumme-Bothe
>> Vorstand: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender),
>> Dr. Ulrich Krafft (stellv. Vorsitzender)
>>
>>
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