Tier 2 TWG: Update

Andy Turner, EPCC
a.turner@epcc.ed.ac.uk

• Representation from each site (sometimes multiple representatives)
  • Additional expertise drawn in as required
• Links to:
  • ARCHER – via EPCC representatives
  • DiRAC – 2 members on both Tier-2 TWG and DiRAC TWG
  • HPC-SIG – Multiple TWG members are active in HPC-SIG
  • UK-RSE – Multiple TWG members active in UK-RSE
• 8 meetings so far
• Moving to regular bi-weekly schedule

SAFE integration progress

• Fully-integrated:
  • Cirrus
  • HPC Midlands+
• In progress:
  • GW4 – signup available in SAFE, accounting waiting on full system
  • CSD3 – already integrated for DiRAC so should be straightforward
  • JADE – already in Hartree SAFE, plan to exchange data between SAFEs
  • MMMHub – initial explorations underway

TWG RSE Subgroup

• Initial RSE meeting planned for early Dec 2017
  • Introductions and discussion of technical assessment process, agree topics for future discussion, discuss potential face-to-face meeting
• A number of one-to-one meetings have already taken place
• Will link into wider RSE community, e.g.:
  • UK RSE Leaders group
  • ARCHER CSE service

Site RSE representatives

• Cirrus: Andy Turner, EPCC
• CSD3: Filippo Spiga, University of Cambridge
• MMM Hub: Heather Kelly, UCL
• JADE: Paul Richmond, University of Sheffield
• HPC Mid+: Feng Chen, Loughborough University
• GW4: James Price, University of Bristol

TWG Data Subgroup

• Initial topics:
  • Understanding data workflow use cases
  • Proposing ways of using Tier-2 object store
  • Technologies for transferring data between sites – what common technologies should sites support?
  • Enabling complex workflows that use multiple sites (and external resources)
• Led by Aaron Turner, Loughborough University