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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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User requirements are gathered through mailing lists, and on whorkshops. Users contact support team for any new requirements through email.
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4
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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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Several BOINC/gLite based Grid applications (ported with the assistance of Grid Application Support Center members) have been already uploaded to the EGI AppDB.
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4
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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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A major training event is held by yearly basis. Other training sessions are performed on request.
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5
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no major improvement needed
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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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Consultancy is in progress with new academic and industrial partners (biotechnology companies)
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4
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specialize the consultancy
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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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N/A
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0
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Need more grid users to gather useful input
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SA1.1N
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O-N-9
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Operations Coordination
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Sufficient level of internal coordination. Small NGI requires little effort.
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4
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Future improvement only needed with more NGI sites.
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SA1.2N
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O-N-9
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Security
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Quick incident response handling and good coordination.
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5
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Internal security management tools are tested, deployment planned in 2011.
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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 rollout coordination is weak, no strict version control.
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2
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Need version control tools & processes for deployed services.
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SA1.4N
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O-N-3
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Monitoring
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Nagios & ROD teams provide sufficient level of monitoring
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4
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Need better Nagios documentation.
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SA1.5N
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O-N-2
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Accounting
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N/A
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0
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Need to deploy internal monitoring tools, not planned for 2011
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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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Dashboard is sufficient.
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3
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Would need better integration with GGUS.
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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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N/A
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0
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Need more user input to evaluate helpdesk.
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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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Service availability is sufficient, but not fully redundant.
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4
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Redundant BDII & WMS planned in 2011. Need to set up certification services.
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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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Hungarian NGI has no funding in this activity.
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0
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NA2.2N
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E-N-2
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Dissemination
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The Hungarian NGI had some events, e.g. supercomputing exhibition with its own booth and Cafe Grid event with 72 participants in Budapest.
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4
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organising follow up events
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