NGI International Task Review MS109 Serbia
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User Services
Human Services (Table 1)
EGI-InSPIRE | EGI_DS | Name | Assessment | Score | How to Improve |
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NA3.3N | U-N-3 U-N-13 | Requirements Gathering | Collecting of requirements is done through direct contacts with user communities and through Grid users training events. | 4 | - |
NA3.3N | U-N-14 U-N-15 | Application Database | Grid applications used by major NGI_AEGIS users are available through the EGI AppDB and this list is constantly updated. There is no Application Database at the national level. | 4 | We don't have the need for implementation of the Application Database at the national level. The only improvement from our side could be more frequent updates of EGI AppDB with NGI_AEGIS Grid applications. |
NA3.3N | U-N-16 U-N-17 | Training | NGI training team is organizing training events for Grid users and site administrators at the national level and also participates in international training events. | 5 | No need for major improvement. |
NA3.3N | U-N-12 U-N-18 U-N-19 | Consultancy | Consultancy is provided through the direct interaction with users. | 4 | Further development of documentation. |
Operations Services
Human Services (Table 2)
EGI-InSPIRE | EGI_DS | Name | Assessment | Score | How to Improve |
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SA1.4N | O-N-9 | Requirements Gathering | Dedicated technical mailing lists are used for gathering of requirements. | 4 | Level of expertise could be improved among the technical support staff in the NGI. Number of highly skilled personnel could be also increased. |
SA1.1N | O-N-9 | Operations Coordination | Coordination is achieved through the dedicated mailing lists and newly established NGI_AEGIS Helpdesk. | 4 | - |
SA1.2N | O-N-9 | Security | Security officers are well trained and organized, with fast response to security issues. | 4 | We could organize a dedicated security training events on a regular basis. |
Infrastructure Services (Table 3)
EGI-InSPIRE | EGI_DS | Name | Assessment | Score | How to Improve |
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SA1.3N | O-N-9 | Software Rollout | NGI_AEGIS AEGIS01-IPB-SCL site is successfully participating as an early adopter for two gLite services (CREAM CE and Torque Utils). | 4 | To include more NGI sites in the Staged Rollout procedures. |
SA1.4N | O-N-3 | Monitoring | Successfully deployed NGI Nagios instance that monitors not only national resources but also resources of Georgian NGI (NGI_GE). | 4 | - |
SA1.5N | O-N-2 | Accounting | Transition to glite-APEL nodes of NGI_AEGIS was performed on time, well before the deadline. We are using a centralized APEL accounting node at AEGIS01-IPB-SCL site, to simplify the administration for other NGI_AEGIS sites and general accounting coordination. All sites are successfully maintaining synchronization of their local APEL databases with the published data. | 5 | - |
SA1.4N | O-N-1 O-N-4 | Configuration Repository and Operations Portal | Curently, we don't have the need for the deployment of regionalised versions of these tools. | - | |
SA1.6N SA1.7N | O-N-6 O-N-7 | Helpdesk | Full production version of regionalized version of GGUS Helpdesk was recently introduced (NGI_AEGIS Helpdesk). Interface with GGUS helpdesk is provided. | 4 | New national Helpdesk instance is advertised at recently organized training event for site administrators and is expected to be used more frequently than the mailing lists. |
SA1.8N | O-N-5 O-N-8 | Core Services | NGI_AEGIS has successfully deployed all core Grid services (top-BDII, MyProxy, VOMS and FTS, as well as multiple WMS, LB, and LFC service instances). NGI_AEGIS also runs its national CA (AEGIS CA). NGI_AEGIS core services are used not only at the national, but also at international level by many of NGIs from the South East Europe region. | 5 |
Other (Table 4)
EGI-InSPIRE | EGI_DS | Name | Assessment | Score | How to Improve |
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NA2.3N | Policy Development | We actively follow and contribute to the development of policies in various areas, from operations and security, to user communities support and international collaboration. This development has made a significant progress, but still a lot of policies are in the draft status. | 3 | Speed up policy drafting process and aim at adopting first official versions at earliest convenience. | |
NA2.2N | E-N-2 | Dissemination | The dissemination activity is organized at quite a wide level and in principle has appropriate impact on policy makers, user communities and general public. | 4 | The dissemination activities can be still broadened and organized more frequently, with perhaps some elements of collaboration between NGIs. |