Discussing the relations of EGI and IGE EGI Technical Forum Amsterdam, 16/09/10 Anton Frank Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, Germany 1
Summary • Vision: One-stop shop for Globus in Europe Advance research in Europe • Bundle and coordinate European Globus efforts: usage and development • Develop and contribute missing functionality • Service provider for European Grids • Third level support for Globus in Europe • Promote Globus usage in Europe 2 2
Work Package Relations • WP1: Management • WP2: Comm. Inv., Dissem., Training <–> EGI WP2 / WP3 • WP3: International collaboration and standardization • WP4: Software adaptions • WP5: Infrastructure support <–> EGI WP 4 • WP6: Test and maintenance <–> EGI WP 5 • Cross WP activities: – Security <–> EGI WP4 (SCG, SVG, SPG) – Quality assurance <–> EGI WP5 – Industry relations – Future technologies – Globus core contact 3 3
IGE contact points (WP2) • European Globus Hub (EGH) –library for documentation and training material –web pages (www.ige-project.eu), mailinglists –discussion forum, software repository front end • European Globus Community Forum –coordinate cooperation of users and developers, novices and experts • European Globus Liasion Office –dissemination and outreach –conferences (e.g. Globus Europe) • Training activities 4 4
Development Cycle • WP4 will perform software adaptions to European requirements on demand • New PDCA cycle every 6 months 5 5
EGI-IGE operational relations • Helpdesk (GGUS): – Globus 3 rd level support unit “IGE” requested (available 29/09/10) • GOCDB – Entries: requested – Nagios Monitoring: ongoing • Software Vulnerability Group – NIKHEF represents IGE • Interoperability and standardisation efforts – IGE participates in OGF-PGI and others 6 6
EGI-IGE relations • Further relations to be considered: – – – – Please provide input – – – 7 7
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