EGI-InSPIRE:Ibergrid-QR7

Quarterly Report Number	NGI Name	Partner Name	Author
QR7	NGI_IBERGRID	LIP & CSIC	Goncalo Borges (LIP)

1. MEETINGS AND DISSEMINATION

1.1. CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS ORGANISED

Date	Location	Title	Participants	Outcome (Short report & Indico URL)
13th-14th December 2012	LIP, Lisbon, Portugal	1st Ibergrid Cloud Meeting	~ 15	http://ibergrid.lip.pt/OD/Others/1st%20Ibergrid%20Cloud%20Meeting Startup of the IberCloud initiative aiming to implement a cloud infrastructure in for Ibergrid Users
19th-20th Jan 2012	CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain	Spanish NGI users conference	~ 50	http://indico.ifca.es/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=399. The topics covered in the workshop were: 1- Integration of applications in distributed infrastructures. This topic focuses on success stories from applications in distributed infrastructures and an analysis of tools for improving the efficient usage of infrastructures (e.g. Job management, scientific gateways, workflow enactment, etc.) both standard or developed by the teams that use them. 2- Presentation of the user Access portal and technologies (such as the access to Grid resources from the web interface) 3- Description of needs and evaluation of the current access mechanism. 4- Round table and debate: Do users need Cloud-like distributed computing models? The virtualization of services inside the resource centres is a very useful technique for system administrators. The purpose of this round table is to survey the opinions of users about the possibility of offering resources in the form of Infrastructures as a Services (such as Amazon EC2).

1.2. OTHER CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

Date	Location	Title	Participants	Outcome (Short report & Indico URL)
2-4 Nov 2011	Barcelona, Spain	III CPAN days	1	PIC: Annual conference of the National Centre of Particle, Astroparticle and Nuclear Physics. Attending the spanish participation in the LHC sessions, in representation of the Tier1. http://indico.ific.uv.es/indico/conferenceTimeTable.py?confId=433
20 Nov - 01 Dec 2011	Valladolid, Spain	Rediris Techical days	3	PIC: Annual conference organised by the spanish NREN Rediris. PIC made presentations in the Cloud and Network tracks: P. Tallada, “Public cloud infrastructure at PIC”, http://wiki.rediris.es/megha/upload/PIC_Megha_GGTT.pdf; G. Bernabeu, “Deployment of the LHCONE network on Rediris-Nova”, “http://www.rediris.es/jt/jt2011/ponencias/jt/jt2011-jt-opt_redirisnova-a2b1.pdf
19th-20th Jan 2012	Madrid, Spain	Spanish NGI users conference	~ 50	Attendance from various institutes since some issues related to operations were discussed. PIC, IFCA: Participation in a panel discussion about cloud computing (http://indico.ifca.es/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=399)
30-31 Jan 2012	LBL Berkeley, USA	LHCOPN and LHCONE joint meeting	1	PIC: Participation of PIC Tier1 in the technical groups for operation, planning and deployment of network resources dedicated to the LHC. https://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=160533

1.3. PUBLICATIONS

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2. ACTIVITY REPORT

2.3. Issues and mitigation

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