2. BEgrid Status
450 CPUs
3 Tbyte storage
Grid infrastructure with
stable environment
stable middleware
Constant monitoring
obligations due to the integration in an
international environment
3. BEgrid
Current Participants in BEgrid:
Hogeschool Antwerpen
KULeuven
UA
UGent
ULB (several Department)
VLIZ
VUB (several departments)
4. Virtual Organisations
- Group of users sharing a number of resources on the
grid
- provides a mechanism to manage its own resources
on the grid
- each partner decides which of his resources go to
which VO
- BEgrid Vos:
betest
beapps
becms
Gent VOs
NCF (dutch VO)
5. BEgrid Future
- More partners
FUNDP, UMH, FPMS, VITO are preparing
to join
- more resources
aim for 1.000 CPUs for the end of the
year
- more users
6. BEgrid - International connections
Connection to other Grid Infrastructures
EGEE
Dutchgrid
7. BEgrid - International connections
BEgrid is certified for EGEE
Researchers can use EGEE resources
when belonging to an EGEE VO
! ~ 30.000 CPUs in EGEE
8. BEgrid - Dutchgrid
Agreement between BEgrid and DUTCHgrid to
support each others VOs
--> BEgrid users get directly access to dutch
resources
and vice versa
9. EGEEIII
Project Proposal in FP7 will be submitted in
September
April 2008 - March 2010
Prepares for a European Grid Infrastructure
10. EGI
European Grid Infrastructure
Project for a Study how to realize an EGI is
submitted.
BEgrid is recognized as the Belgian national
grid infrastructure and participates in the EGI
discussions.
