PK-CIIT Grid Operations in Pakistan COMSATS Dr. Saif-ur-Rehman Muhammad Waqar Asia Tier Center Forum Sep 22-24, 2015 KISTI, Daejeon, Korea COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
Outline • Introduction of institute • ALICE and COMSATS collaboration • Progress phases and site specifications • Site Status • Achievements of 2015 • Future Plans • Conclusion COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
Progress at a Glance Milestones 2000 2015 Campuses 1 8 Research Centers 0 7 Student Enrolment 277 27,029 Faculty Strength 15 2,394 Academic Programs 3 86 Graduates - 24,857 Operating Budget Rs. 64 M Rs. 4,065 M Development Budget Rs. 36 M Rs. 1,076 M 4 th in Overall Ranking - 3rd in Research COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
National Recognition No. 1 Rank No. 3 Rank in Pakistan in in Pakistan in International Research Computer Science Publications / IT No. 4 Rank PhDs: 658 MS: 1,093 in Pakistan in Larger Universities International League Faculty: 32 COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
International and National Linkages: 140 Graduate University School of University Lancaster of Illinois, Tsinghua Chinese of North University, University, Urbana Academy of Dakota, Sciences China UK Champaign USA (GSCAS), , USA Beijing University of University of Peking Malaya, University of Technology, EPFL University, Kuala Technology, Petronas, Lumpur, Malaysia China Malaysia Malaysia COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
CS-ALICE Team Structure Grid Operations Research & Development Dr. Sohail Asghar Dr. Sohail Asghar (Team Lead) (Team Lead) Dr. Saif ur Rehman Dr. Abid Khan Ali Zahir Bukhari Dr. Mansoor (Site Admin) Muhammad Waqar Dr. Adeel Ahmed (Site Admin) Dr. Majid Khan 6 COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
Phases We divided Progress into Six phases: o Phase I (Desktop VOBOX) in 2011 o Phase II (Cluster building) in 2012 Completed o Phase III (Memory up-gradation) in 2013 o Phase IV (Storage Element) in 2014 o Phase V (Network up-gradation) In progress o Phase VI (Data Centre Development) 7 COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
Architecture 8 COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
Nodes Specifications Sr.No Nodes Quantity Specifications 1 VoBox 1 16 GB RAM, 16 Cores, 1TB HDD SL6 + EMI-3 + CVMFS 2 Site-BDII 1 16 GB RAM, 16 Cores, 1TB HDD SL6 + EMI-3 3 CREAM-CE 1 16 GB RAM, 16 Cores, 1TB HDD SL6 + EMI-3 4 Worker Nodes 7-13 42 GB RAM, 16 Cores, 1TB HDD SL6 + EMI-3 + CVMFS 5 SE (in progress) 1 100TB COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
MonALISA Status 10 COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
Successful Completed Jobs 11 COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
GOCDB 12 COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
EGI Availability / Reliability COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
Nagios Performance COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
Achievements of 2015 Pakistan become Associate Member of CERN (31 st July) Received a donation of Servers , Switches and Storage . Thank You -- > CERN A dedicated Research Team for o2 collaboration and upgradation. Working on Data Provenance Energy Efficient Scheduling Few more such issues.. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
Future Plans PERN Approved the 1Gbps BW for COMSATS But Connection to LHCONE Via PERN network COMSATS Data Centre (Tender in-progress) 2000 Cores (Means 2000 ALICE jobs) Setup 500 TB storage ~Expected within few months BW: Bandwidth PERN: Pakistan Education and Research Network COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
Summary & Conclusion • Trying hard to ensure Availability & Reliability. • Want to a top Tier-2 site of Asia & than Tier-1 slowly & gradually. • Want to play our role in R&D: – Data Security – Network Security – Middleware development • Open for further collaborations and cooperation with other site. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
THANK YOU COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
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