1. EGI: A sustainable research infrastructure Steven Newhouse Project Director, EGI.eu 15/12/2010 Sustainability @ FIRE 1

2. Digital Research - 2010 15/12/2010 Sustainability @ FIRE 2 Extracting Knowledge from the Data Deluge

3. Exploiting the Data Driven by international collaborations Data driven sharing at & analysis at scale 15/12/2010 Sustainability @ FIRE 3

4. Research Collaborations Borderless Services Interoperability Supporting Innovation 15/12/2010 Sustainability @ FIRE 4 remove barriers to the free movement of knowledge “Europe should also build its innovative advantage in key areas through reinforced e-Infrastructures (i.e. GEANT & EGI)” Digital Agenda for Europe

5. European Grid Infrastructure Status April 2010 (yearly increase) 10000 users: +5% 243020 LCPUs (cores): +75% 40PB disk: +60% 61PB tape: +56% 15 million jobs/month: +10% 317 sites: +18% 52 countries: +8% 175 VOs: +8% 29 active VOs: +32% 5 15/12/2010 Sustainability @ FIRE

6. Innovation into Production Experimentation in clouds & virtualisation Activity at a national level EC funded projects: StratusLab & VENUS-C What can we learn from FIRE? Sustainable deployment of innovation Not a testbed… this is a 24/7 infrastructure But willing to accept risk if there is a benefit Innovation opportunities at many levels In the technology, on the platform, through its use 15/12/2010 Sustainability @ FIRE 6

7. Sustainability Is a key issue for EGI Move from the EGEE based project model Options extensively explored in design study European Grid Initiative Design Study An essential user requirement Establishment of Research Infrastructures Driven by ESFRI and related projects Generic infrastructure for data analysis Across many consuming projects/communities 15/12/2010 Sustainability @ FIRE 7

8. What is EGI? European: Focus on meeting the needs of European Researchers Their key need is to collaborate internationally Grid: Federation of shared resources, not a single technology Supports a collaborative social network Infrastructure: Established physical and organisational structures Services and facilities for an economy to function 15/12/2010 Sustainability @ FIRE 8

11. Resource Providers National Grid Initiatives Defined national representatives Users that need to collaborate internationally Federate resources to support users Funding Own funding sources for infrastructure & staff Transitional support for EU interface Contribute to the cost of European operation Subscription proportional to GDP 15/12/2010 Sustainability @ FIRE 11

12. Global Services for the whole community International Integration Required Activities 15/12/2010 Sustainability @ FIRE 12 National contributions & transitional EC funding EGI.eu National & transitional EC funding ……. NGIs NGIs National Activities Site Site Site Site Site Site Site Site Funded through national sources

13. Running EGI.eu (4 yrs) 15/12/2010 e-IRG Workshop October 2010 13 EGI.eu European Commission EGI-InSPIRE (25000K) EGI-InSPIRE Central Budget (597K) 597K 4653K EGI.eu Activity (8010K) EGI Global Tasks This moves EGI.eu towards sustainability 2643K 19750K 6000K NGI Activity Partner Tasks (International & Global Tasks) (65848K) NGIs (49455K) 43455K

14. Issues What do you need to sustain (i.e. fund)? National activities are national responsibility European level coordination & services How do you fund it? Metered usage? GDP based subscription? Who coordinates the activity & where? Legal entity very dependent on country Who really needs this to work? 15/12/2010 Sustainability @ FIRE 14

15. Questions? EGEE  production EGI  sustainable EGI.eu  Amsterdam Call for papers open See uf2011.egi.eu Contact: Steven Newhouse director@egi.eu 15/12/2010 Sustainability @ FIRE 15