Macedonian Academic and Research GRID Initiative – MARGI Prof. d-r Aneta Buckovska, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies Ss Cyril and Methodius University [email_address]

Scientific Research and the Grid Scientific research is the foundation of quantitative knowledge and understanding of our surroundings This understanding enables technologies that simplify and improve our daily lives Scientific research is increasingly a team sport requiring that distributed virtual communities collaborate using shared tools and resources The Grid was invented to make such sharing and collaboration possible using information technology

Scientific research is the foundation of quantitative knowledge and understanding of our surroundings

This understanding enables technologies that simplify and improve our daily lives

Scientific research is increasingly a team sport requiring that distributed virtual communities collaborate using shared tools and resources

The Grid was invented to make such sharing and collaboration possible using information technology

CERN LHC Computing Grid (LCG)‏ Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be world’s largest scientific instrument when operational in 2007 (EXPECTED) Started 8.9.2008 at 10:00 o’clock Will generate 12-14 PetaBytes of data per year Requires world-wide grid for data analysis

Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be world’s largest scientific instrument when operational in 2007 (EXPECTED)

Started 8.9.2008 at 10:00 o’clock

Will generate 12-14 PetaBytes of data per year

Requires world-wide grid for data analysis

Size of EGEE infrastructure today: • ~200 sites in 40 countries • ~25 000 CPU Size of SEEGRID infrastructure today: • ~30 sites in 11 countries • ~700 CPUs EUROPEAN GRID INFRASTRUSTURE

National GRID Initiatives National Grid Initiatives (NGIs) can be defined as concentrated efforts taken at National level in order to deploy, operate, and expand grid infrastructures in a coherent and coordinated way 1.a.2. Macedonian Academic Research Grid Initiative - MARGI established Official date of start: April 15th 2005 Established under SEE-GRID project and UNESCO HP Project 1.a.3. NGI initiating body Initiated by SS Cyril and Methodius University (UKIM), Skopje

National Grid Initiatives (NGIs) can be defined as concentrated efforts taken at National level in order to deploy, operate, and expand grid infrastructures in a coherent and coordinated way

1.a.2. Macedonian Academic Research Grid Initiative - MARGI established

Official date of start: April 15th 2005

Established under SEE-GRID project and UNESCO HP Project

1.a.3. NGI initiating body

Initiated by SS Cyril and Methodius University (UKIM), Skopje

National GRID Initiatives (2) 1.c. Membership : 1.c.1 Membership: number of organizations Three 1.c.2 Membership: type of organizations Steering committee consists of members of three participating institutions: University of Ss Cyril and Methodius – MARNET Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Each member has one voting right. 1.c.3 Collaboration with NREN MARNet was initiating body for MARGI set-up 2 MARGI members are members of MARNet management Board Joint decision making

1.c. Membership :

1.c.1 Membership: number of organizations

Three

1.c.2 Membership: type of organizations

Steering committee consists of members of three participating institutions:

University of Ss Cyril and Methodius – MARNET

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies

Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Each member has one voting right.

1.c.3 Collaboration with NREN MARNet was initiating body for MARGI set-up

2 MARGI members are members of MARNet management Board

Joint decision making

National GRID Initiatives (3)‏ Expansion of *national* infrastructure FEEIT 14 PCs: Pentium IV, 3GHz, EMT64, hyperthreading, 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD, 100Mbit LAN 4x250GB HDD (for SE)‏ 1 managed switch 24-port 100 Mbit + 4-port GBit FNSM 6 PCs: Pentium D 3GHz (Dual Core), 1GB RAM, 80GHDD 4x250GB HDD (for SE)‏

Expansion of *national* infrastructure

FEEIT

14 PCs: Pentium IV, 3GHz, EMT64, hyperthreading, 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD, 100Mbit LAN

4x250GB HDD (for SE)‏

1 managed switch 24-port 100 Mbit + 4-port GBit

FNSM

6 PCs: Pentium D 3GHz (Dual Core), 1GB RAM, 80GHDD

4x250GB HDD (for SE)‏

MK01 Cluster (HP Donation)‏

MK02 Cluster

GRID Laboratory

Use all possibilities to achieve the National goal SEE-GRID (Duration May 2004 - April 2006)‏ SEE-GRID2 (Duration May 2006 - April 2008)‏ SEE-GRID-SCI (Duration May 2008 - April 2010)‏ UNESCO-HP (October 2004 – September 2005)‏ Towards e-Infrastructure and e-Science

SEE-GRID (Duration May 2004 - April 2006)‏

SEE-GRID2 (Duration May 2006 - April 2008)‏

SEE-GRID-SCI (Duration May 2008 - April 2010)‏

UNESCO-HP (October 2004 – September 2005)‏

SEEGRID-SCI Linking at the speed of the light Sharing computers, instruments and applications Sharing and federating scientific data Connecting researchers Sharing the best scientific resources Building global virtual communities . . . . . . . Weather Forecast VO Seismology VO Environment VO

Summary THE FUTURE IS GRID

THE FUTURE IS GRID