OSG Area CoordinatorsOSG Area Coordinators

Campus Infrastructures UpdateCampus Infrastructures Update

Dan FraserDan Fraser

Miha Ahronovitz, Jaime Frey, Rob Gardner, Miha Ahronovitz, Jaime Frey, Rob Gardner, Brooklin Gore, Marco Mambelli, Todd Brooklin Gore, Marco Mambelli, Todd

Tannenbaum, Derek WeitzelTannenbaum, Derek Weitzel

March 27, 2013March 27, 2013

OSG Campus ProgramOSG Campus Program

Focus on the Researcher (…or Artist)Focus on the Researcher (…or Artist) What can we do to increase the throughput of your What can we do to increase the throughput of your

computing?computing?

Bosco (http://bosco.opensciencegrid.org )Bosco (http://bosco.opensciencegrid.org ) Help ease the motivated researcher into a distributed Help ease the motivated researcher into a distributed

environmentenvironmentMake Bosco bullet proof Make Bosco bullet proof

Broadening the user baseBroadening the user base

http://display.opensciencegrid.org http://display.opensciencegrid.org

Campus Infrastructure CommunityCampus Infrastructure Community Community building focal pointCommunity building focal point

Rob GardnerRob Gardner

Campus Infrastructure Campus Infrastructure CommunityCommunity

Center where researchers can learn about Center where researchers can learn about and adopt campus technologies.and adopt campus technologies. Led by Rob GardnerLed by Rob Gardner

First meeting held in NovemberFirst meeting held in November UC Santa CruzUC Santa Cruz

Second meeting at the OSG AHM (Mar)Second meeting at the OSG AHM (Mar)

Monthly “Interactive Forum” meetings now Monthly “Interactive Forum” meetings now moving to bi-weeklymoving to bi-weekly Attendance has been good (~15-20)Attendance has been good (~15-20)

Bosco Plan (release ~quarterly)Bosco Plan (release ~quarterly)Current Version v1.1.2 Current Version v1.1.2 Invitation sent out to Condor users mailing listInvitation sent out to Condor users mailing list Previous Campus grids have been upgraded to BoscoPrevious Campus grids have been upgraded to Bosco

Nebraska, Virginia TechNebraska, Virginia Tech

View on OSG Display View on OSG Display (http://display.opensciencegrid.org)(http://display.opensciencegrid.org)

Working on v1.2 (April, 2013)Working on v1.2 (April, 2013) Focus on reliability, reducing annoyancesFocus on reliability, reducing annoyances Scaling to 1000 submissionsScaling to 1000 submissions

Start on v1.3 (July)Start on v1.3 (July) Gratia Accounting (integrated probe)Gratia Accounting (integrated probe) SLURM supportSLURM support Additional features TBDAdditional features TBD

New Bosco DevelopmentsNew Bosco Developments

Bosco invite sent to Condor listBosco invite sent to Condor list

New Bosco downloads site:New Bosco downloads site: https://twiki.grid.iu.edu/bin/view/CampusGrids/https://twiki.grid.iu.edu/bin/view/CampusGrids/

BoscoAnalyticsBoscoAnalytics

New use cases:New use cases: CMS submission without a gatekeeper.CMS submission without a gatekeeper. Pegasus HTPC workflow to XSEDE resourcesPegasus HTPC workflow to XSEDE resources

Exploring an HTC scientific/artistic Exploring an HTC scientific/artistic competitioncompetition

Campus Grid IssuesCampus Grid Issues

Emerging concern is that Bosco, while Emerging concern is that Bosco, while making it easier to submit HTC jobs, does making it easier to submit HTC jobs, does not yet meet the needs of the end users.not yet meet the needs of the end users. May require integration with an infrastructureMay require integration with an infrastructure

Currently exploring “R”Currently exploring “R” This conclusion is in part due to Miha’s efforts This conclusion is in part due to Miha’s efforts

so far in user interviews. so far in user interviews.

Campus HTC Infrastructure DirectionCampus HTC Infrastructure Direction

Help the researcher use local HTC Help the researcher use local HTC resourcesresources Run on a local campus clusterRun on a local campus cluster Run on several local clustersRun on several local clusters

Use local authentication credentialsUse local authentication credentials

Use/share resources with aUse/share resources with acollaborator on another campuscollaborator on another campus

Access to the national Access to the national cyberinfrastructurecyberinfrastructure OSG (and also XSEDE) resourcesOSG (and also XSEDE) resources

Submit Locally, Run Globally