GridPP37 – (R)evolution
Prof. David Britton
GridP37 Collaboration Meeting
Ambleside 30th Aug 2016
David Britton, University of Glasgow
IET, Oct 09
GridPP Project leader
University
of Glasgow
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Since Last Time
Target for 2016:
Increase Run-2 data from 4  25 fb-1
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Target for 2016:
Achieve design luminosity of 1034
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Annual Comparison
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Stable Beams
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Schedule for Rest of
2016
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Consequences-1
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Consequences-2
(Aug 1st)
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2016 CPU
10% at Tier-1
14% at Tier-2s
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Beyond LHC Experiments
• Non-LHC activities supported are shown in this log plot
LHC
Non-LHC
See PC’s talk
on Friday
morning
• Supported through:
• 10% of GridPP resources reserved for non-LHC activities
• Local leverage at Tier2 sites
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Non-LHC computing support
• Every effort is made to support any new PP (PPAN) activity within
existing resources
• But as more and more activities arise then eventually unitarity will be
violated
• Policy published on GridPP web site: new activities are encouraged to:
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liaise with GridPP when preparing any requests for funding
at least make their computing resource costs manifest when seeking approval
where these are “large” then to request these costs where possible
this is particularly important if a large commitment (pledge in LHC terms) is required
to an international collaboration.
• Of course, if it is not “timely” to obtain costs, then best efforts access remains.
• Not just the computing resources: Each new activity needs to consider
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Operations
Generic Services
User Support
Activity-specific services
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New Mind Set
• Beyond GridPP5 the UK environment is likely to look rather different:
– “GridPP6” may not exist as an isolated concept.
– We may become part of a much more integrated UK e-ecosystem.
• Need to carefully position ourselves so any new environment works well
for us:
– Current emphasis in GridPP5 on engaging with new user-groups.
– It helps us if other people want what we want.
– It helps us to be recognised as team-players and domain-experts.
• “Helping others” puts more demands on our time and resources, but we
believe this is an important thread within GridPP5.
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Strategy
We need to deliver the increase in resources required during Run-2, with
the reduced effort available in GridPP5.
• At the Tier-1 the strategy is to broaden the user-base to share the
cost of developments that ultimately allow a reduction in manpower.
• At the Tier-2s, we have an ambitious plan to consolidate our sites
into larger, data-centric, sites with 2+ FTE and smaller, computecentric, sites run with only 0.5 FTE.
Effectively, we need to evolve our infrastructure both to deliver the
Run-2 computing and to prepare for the future.
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GridPP37 Agenda
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GridPP37 Agenda
Thursday
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GridPP37 Agenda
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Finally
• This meeting is an opportunity for discussion.
• Please DO interrupt to ask questions.
• Your input is valued.
Finally: Do you want to host
GridPP38 in Mar/Apr 2017 or
have a location suggestion?
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