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Recent SURAgrid Developments

Recent SURAgrid Developments. Gary Crane SURA Director, IT Initiatives May 8, 2006. SURA Board Support. At the May 3, 2006 SURA Board of Trustees meeting the Board passed a resolution that:.

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Recent SURAgrid Developments

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  1. Recent SURAgrid Developments Gary Crane SURA Director, IT Initiatives May 8, 2006

  2. SURA Board Support At the May 3, 2006 SURA Board of Trustees meeting the Board passed a resolution that: • Recognized the importance of grid computing to the advancement of scientific research and education within the SURA region and the role that SURAgrid is playing in improving the region’s capabilities in this area; and, • Endorsed the continued growth and expansion of the SURAgrid Program through the creation of strategic partnerships, particularly corporate partnerships, and approved the addition of staff resources to support further development of the SURAgrid Program.

  3. SURAgrid Corporate Partnership Activities

  4. Corporate Partnership Development • Success of SURAgrid to-date has led to discussions with potential corporate partners • Goal is to expand SURAgrid resources through multiple non-exclusive agreements • Focused on a mutually beneficial approach, with clear value for all parties • Target is a combination of joint research and development with attractive hardware discounts • Leverages SURAgrid members’ relationships with industry • Participation linked to contributing resources to SURAgrid

  5. Two Active Corp Partnership Discussions • Sun • Recent renewal of interest by Sun includes: • Grid enabling applications • Discounts on commodity clusters • Donated access to Sun Grid managed services • IBM • Interest in enabling “event driven computing” particularly SCOOP modeling efforts • Significant discount on p series HPC cluster • Clear interest from SURA community

  6. SURAgrid External Funding Activities

  7. NSF Small Grants for Experimental Research (SGER) “Creating a Catalyst Application Set for Development of Large-Scale Multi-purpose Grid Infrastructure” • Funded by NSF SGER (Small Grants for Experimental Research) • Deliverables: • Identification and prioritization of application candidates • Analysis and documentation of implementation process • Initial application set illustrating value of SURAgrid • $50K over 1 year

  8. Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) “Developing Regional Grid Technology Support for TATRC Programs” • Funded by US Army Research & Materiel Command through TATRC (www.tatrc.org) • Deliverables: • Analysis of TATRC-funded research among SURA members • Demonstrations to highlight value of grid technologies for applicable projects • First version of Grid Technology Cookbook • Partners: SURA, GSU, LSU, Mary Trauner (formerly GATech), Open Science Grid (for Cookbook development) • $150K over 1 year

  9. SURAgrid Support for SCOOP

  10. SURAgrid-SCOOP Intersections • SURAgrid provides resources to SCOOP; SCOOP applications provide “real” SURAgrid usage and drive development • Mutual interest & need for technology advancements • Portals and portlets - how to provide streamlined access and customized views to a diverse user community • Access management - secure internal project sharing, integrate with scalable inter-institutional fabric • Metascheduling and group accounting mechanisms • Availability of grid-based data services • Analysis and reporting of grid application performance • Strengthens core SURA programs and leverages resources and momentum between them • SCOOP is a high visibility application that is attracting corporate partners’ interest

  11. Current Shared Resource Status • Establishing SURAgrid support for SCOOP storm surge model (UNC’s grid-enabled ADCIRC) for 2006 hurricane season • Informal resource agreement for mutual understanding of intentions, application requirements and support • SURAgrid able to provide some, but probably not all, resources to meet this immediate need • Resource status as of April 26: • Committed and underway: TAMU, LSU, ULL, Tulane • Will participate pending site developments: UAH • Expressed interest, confirming commitment: UKY, TACC • Initial interest, pending ADCIRC verification with newer versions of Globus: USC, UArk • Total maximum CPUs from deployments underway: 273; potential total from all under consideration: 449

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