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This page contains the assessment of the NGI International Task at year 1 of the EGI-InSPIRE project (one page per NGI). The NGI representatives are required to fill the tables according to the required information. The content will be integral part of the EGI-InSPIRE milestone MS109 "NGI International Task Review"
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User Services
Human Services (Table 1)
Table 1: NGI Assessment: User Services >> Human Services
EGI-InSPIRE
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EGI_DS
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Name
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Assessment
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Score
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How to Improve
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NA3.3N
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U-N-3 U-N-13
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Requirements Gathering
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Requirement gathering is done through a dedicated mailing list
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3
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There is scope for improvement by the establishment of a scalable process.
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NA3.3N
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U-N-14 U-N-15
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Application Database
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write here
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0-5
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write here
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NA3.3N
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U-N-16 U-N-17
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Training
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NGI_France has a dedicated training activity which organise regular training sessions for users and administrators alike
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4
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There is scope for improvement in the set-up of dedicated scalable training infrastructure and services concerning certification authority and security policies.
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NA3.3N
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U-N-12 U-N-18 U-N-19
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Consultancy
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write here
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0-5
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write here
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Operations Services
Human Services (Table 2)
Table 2: NGI Assessment: Operations Services >> Human Services
EGI-InSPIRE
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EGI_DS
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Name
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Assessment
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Score
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How to Improve
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SA1.4N
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O-N-9
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Requirements Gathering
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Requirements are gathered per activity, following NGI initial operations model of working groups. There is also a requirement gathering process in place during our regular visio-conferences
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3
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A better formalism is needed, especially to handle gathered requirements (ideally could be interfaced with EGI RT system)
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SA1.1N
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O-N-9
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Operations Coordination
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Coordination is done through dedicated mailing lists, monthly visio-conferences and face to face meetings when appropriate.
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3
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Gathering urgent feedback from sites is sometimes difficult
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SA1.2N
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O-N-9
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Security
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NGI security officers team is distributed and is working well overall. Security workshops with sites have been held regularly : Integration of security within certification process has been achieved.
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4
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Improvement through a national security monitoring framework set-up
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Infrastructure Services (Table 3)
Table 3: NGI Assessment: Operations Services >> Infrastructure Services
EGI-InSPIRE
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EGI_DS
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Name
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Assessment
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Score
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How to Improve
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SA1.3N
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O-N-9
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Software Rollout
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NGI_FRANCE is early adopter for 4 components
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3
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Communication channel and technical information between local experts in France and s/w provider could be reinforced
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SA1.4N
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O-N-3
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Monitoring
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National Nagios is fully operational. It is hosted at IN2P3-CC and its administration is currently shared between 4 sites. A nagios instance has also been deployed for specific VO monitoring in collaboration with the Biomed VO. Also, Network Monitoring (improvement of netjobs) & Network Troubleshooting (HINT s/w) has been delivered additionnally by NGI_France
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4
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There is scope for improvement in the deployment of monitoring instances for test infrastructures
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SA1.5N
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O-N-2
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Accounting
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A national accounting DB gathers accounting records for all French sites. They are then published to the central repository through a single glite-APPEL node. One site (IN2P3-CC) publishes to the central repository through direct insertion.
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4
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The national DB gives scope to the establishment of a national accounting server. Direct publication for IN2P3-CC will be replaced by summary publication through Messaging
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SA1.4N
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O-N-1 O-N-4
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Configuration Repository and Operations Portal
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NGI_France uses the central GOCDB and the central Operations Portal/Dashboard. Participation of France in the regionalization Task Force.
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4
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There is scope to use the regional GOCDB when it is available.
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SA1.6N SA1.7N
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O-N-6 O-N-7
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Helpdesk
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NGI_France operates through a local helpdesk (Xhelp) interfaced with GGUS.
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3
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Better coupling of local and central helpdesk is needed. Also, local helpdesk is specific to one site and this is not a sustainable solution in the long-run.
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SA1.8N
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O-N-5 O-N-8
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Core Services
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2 Nagios box HA configured, 2 top bdii HA configured, LFC and VOMS configured for international VOs. Since EGEE, effort has been set on the Nagios set-up and the virtualization.
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4
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There is scope for improvement in the virtualization of most services - Nagios, Bdii, VOMS already done namely at IN2P3-CC.
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Other (Table 4)
Table 4: NGI Assessment: Other
EGI-InSPIRE
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EGI_DS
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Name
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Assessment
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Score
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How to Improve
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NA2.3N
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Policy Development
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NGI_France has been actively developing a technical roadmap that includes security and resource allocation policies
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4
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resource allocation policy at NGI level to be discussed at EGI level to harmonize policies among NGIs. France is involved in the EGI council task force on user communities
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NA2.2N
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E-N-2
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Dissemination
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NGI_France is a very young NGI. In 2010, it has set up a unique entry point to all its services. The EGI Technical Forum will be the opportunity to make it more visible at a national level and to promote EGI in France
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4
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Better communication tools (posters, leaflets) are under design.More visibility is also needed in the media
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