The EUMEDGRID-Support Project

Mario Reale / GARR - Italy

Project Technical Manager

Muenchen, OGF28, March 15, 2010

• Project data & partners

• Objectives & strategies

• Work plan implementation

Outline

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• Work plan implementation

• Main planned activities

• Status at project month 3

• Next events

• Conclusions

EUMEDGRID-Support Project Data

• Support Action co-funded by European Commission

under: Capacities specific program - Research

Infrastructures - FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2009-1

• Project ID 246589

• Duration: 24 months• Duration: 24 months

• Start: 1st January 2010

• Budget (EU contribution): 740 k€

• Budget (Total): 867 k€

• Coordinating Person: Federico Ruggieri / INFN

EUMEDGRID-Support Project Partners

CYNET

INFN, GARR,COMETA

[ Partners & Third Parties]

14 Partners + 2 Third Parties from 13 Countries

CERIST

CYNET

EUN

JUNET

University of MaltaCNRST

IUGAZA

HIAST

CCK

TÜBİTAK,ULAKBIM

CNRS-IDGHealthGrid

TRUST-IT

Objectives & Strategic Lines

• Support the consolidation and expansion of the

EUMEDGRID Infrastructure with a special emphasis on

sustainability

• High Level Policy Dissemination

• Create a Two Level network of Competence Centres• Create a Two Level network of Competence Centres

• Widen the existing human network involving new user

communities

• Closely cooperate with other projects and initiatives

relevant for the Mediterranean

User Support and ROC

• User support will be provided by a 2 levels support structure:

– First level, local support to users

– Second level centralized support

• Extensive training will be provided to site administrators

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• Extensive training will be provided to site administrators

– Enabling new resources for local support

• An EUMED Regional Operation Centre (ROC) will spin off during the project

• Initial support and training on ROC procedures and tools provided by the IGI ROC (Italian Grid Infrastructure)

The EUMEDGRID e-Infrastructure

25 EUMEDGRID sites have been deployed in 13 countries, giving a total of 1800 connected Servers and about 84 TBs of storage capacity

Project

Month

0 6 12 18 243 9 15 21

M1.2 First

project

Review

M1.1 Project

Kick off meeting

M2.1 Project

Web site ready

M1

MM8

M4.2: second High Policy

Workshop

M4.1: First high policy

workshopM14

M2.2: EUMEDGRID-support

Booklet published

M3.1: Second Level

Competence Centre

operational

M13

M24

M1.3 Second Project Review

M22

Deliverables and Milestones

0 6 12 18 243 9 15 21

D1.1: First Progress Report

D4.2: EumedGird-Support

Booklet for StakeHolders

and policy makers

D4.1b: Proposed Regional and National

organ. models for sustainability

D4.3: Report for stakeholders and

Policy makers on the impact of the

EUMEDGRID-Support project

D2.1a: Web Portal

static version

D3.2: Final plan for

sustainability of a two tiers competence centre in the Mediterr.

D3.1: Sustainability plan for a 2

tiers competence centre in the Mediterranean

D2.1b: Web Portal

fully operational

D2.2a: Communication

Strategy and

Dissemination plan

D2.3a: Results reports

on requirements &

challenges on the

first workshop

D2.4a: Statistical database

analysis of new communities

D4.1a: State of the art of e-

Infrastructures in the

Mediterranean region

D2.3b: Results reports on req. & challenges on WS2

D2.4b: Statistical database analysis

of new communities

D1.2: Final Progress Report

D2.2c: Updated Comm.&Diss.plan

M6

M7

M19

M18

M19

M22

M24

D2.2b: Updated Communication

Strategy and

Dissemination plan

D2.2d: Updated Comm.&Diss.planM24M12

M12

M7

Implementation

• WP1 Project Management

• WP2 Communication and Dissemination

• WP3 Applications and Users Support

• WP4 e-Infrastructure sustainability and • WP4 e-Infrastructure sustainability and

support

Country-level tasks

MonitoringMonitoring

Cert. Auth.Cert. Auth. 11stst LevelLevel

user supp.user supp.

L&BL&BWMSWMS

NGI

AccountingAccounting

M/W M/W

Repo.Repo.

VOMSVOMS

user supp.user supp.

DataData

CatalogsCatalogs

Info. Syst.Info. Syst.

EUMEDGRID-Support project level tasks

MonitoringMonitoring

CatchCatch--all CAall CA 22ndnd LevelLevel

user supp.user supp.

High levelHigh level

Grid servicesGrid services

MED

M/W releaseM/W release AccountingAccounting

Global VOMSGlobal VOMS

Gen. Info. Gen. Info.

SystemSystem

Knowledge repo.Knowledge repo.

Application lifecycle

– Formal agreements/Memorandum of

Understanding are to state explicitly what the

interested party needs from the project and what

Community Engagement

Strategic Projects

• Serve as a point of contact for projects which are collaborating

or wish to collaborate with the project and establish formal

collaboration agreements

interested party needs from the project and what

they will offer in return

– Facilitates the relationships between those

projects and EUMEDGRID activities

– Extends technical work leveraging similar or

complementary working carried out by other

projects

– Help projects interact and share their experiences

– Multiplies promotional activities

www.eumedgrid.eu

High Level Policy Dissemination

• 3rd EUMED Event in Brussels 31st March 2010

• Organised in cooperation with

EUMEDCONNECT2 and GEANT3.

• Participation of stakeholders and policy makers

of the Mediterranean Countries.

First Thematic Workshop

• Rome 25-27 October 2010 - “Environmental

Radioactivity: New Frontiers and Developments”

• Details:

– Venue: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, Italy– Venue: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, Italy

– Social Events: Visit to Gran Sasso National Laboratory – INFN

– Main Sponsors: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italian

Ministry of Education and Research, Italian Ministry of

Environment, IAEA, INFN, University of Roma Tre, CINFAI,

ENEA, ISPRA, ISS, EUMEDGRID-Support

– 1 Day dedicated to eInfrastructures for Environment.

EUMEDGRID-Support Website and contacts

www.eumedgrid.eu

www.eumedgrid.eu

Conclusions

• EUMEDGRID-Support is officially started on 1 January 2010

– Brand new Web Site: ww.eumedgrid.eu

– Launch Event in Cairo 26 January 2010.

• It builds on the results of EUMEDGRID

– Resuming its pilot infrastructure– Resuming its pilot infrastructure

– Basing on its exploited human network

• Will focus on e-Science in

– Sustainability

– High Level Policy Dissemination

– Education and Training for long term support

– Promoting best practices, sharing experience

– Liaising EU and the Mediterranean scientists, Projects, User Communities and other eInfrastructures

Thank you for your kind attention !

Any questions ?