The GridPP Vision: From Prototype to Production
Premise
A prototype Grid has been established, meeting the functional requirements of the experiments and fully integrated with LCG and EGI. The Grid is a practical distributed solution to the data-intensive problems that must be overcome if the computing needs of many scientific communities and industry are to be fulfilled over the next decade.Aim
The GridPP Collaboration aims to develop, deploy and operate a very large Production Grid in the UK for use by the worldwide particle physics community.Objectives
- SCALE: GridPP will deliver Grid middleware and hardware infrastructure to enable the construction of a UK Production Grid for the LHC of significant scale.
- INTEGRATION: The GridPP project is designed to integrate with the existing Particle Physics programme within the UK, thus enabling full use of Grid technology and efficient use of shared resources.
- DISSEMINATION: The project will disseminate the GridPP deliverables in the multi-disciplinary e-Science environment and will seek to build collaborations with emerging non-STFC Grid activities both nationally and internationally.
- UK LHC COMPUTING: The main aim is to provide a computing environment for the UK Particle Physics Community capable of meeting the challenges posed by the unprecedented data, processing and analysis requirements of the LHC experiments.
- OTHER UK PARTICLE PHYSICS COMPUTING: The process of creating and testing the computing environment for the LHC will naturally support the current and next generation of highly data intensive Particle Physics experiments.
- EGI: Grid technology is the framework used to develop the required capability: key components will be developed as part of the EGI project and elsewhere.
- LCG: The collaboration builds on the strong computing traditions of the UK at CERN. GridPP will make a strong contribution to the LCG deployment and operations programme.
- INTEROPERABILITY: The project is integrated with national and international developments from other Grid projects and the GGF in order to ensure a common set of principles, protocols and standards that can support a wide range of applications.
- INFRASTRUCTURE: Provision is made for a Tier-1 facility at RAL and four Regional Tier-2s, encompassing the collaborating Institutes.
- OTHER FUNDING: The Tier-1 and Tier-2s will provide a focus for dissemination to the academic and commercial sector and will attract additional funds such that the full programme can be realised.
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