GridPP4 Tranche-II ScotGrid-Durham Staff Grant

该提案是响应STFC 2009年的邀请而提交的，旨在为英国大型强子对撞机数据的利用提供和运行一个计算网格。我们建议将网格作为向英国粒子物理社区提供大规模计算资源的主要机制。这个基础将巩固英国物理学家的成功，并增加他们的发现潜力。我们将运行一个生产质量的网格，提供健壮性、规模和功能。该提案与国际项目完全结合，我们必须利用这个机会，利用英国在几个领域已经确立的领导地位。主要目标（同等优先）是：1)运营和维护英国在RAL的Tier-1中心，以满足对wLCG和LHC实验的国家和国际义务。2)运营和维护英国二级基础设施，履行对wLCG和LHC实验的国家和国际义务。3)在英国跨一级和二级设施部署、运营和支持网格中间件。4)支持使用英国网格的实验。5)以开放、高效和经济的方式管理GridPP项目。6)在英国和国际社会进行合作和沟通。

This proposal, submitted in response to the 2009 invitation from STFC, aims toprovide and operate a computing Grid for the exploitation of LHC data in the UK.We propose to operate a Grid as the main mechanism for delivering very large-scalecomputational resources to the UK particle physics community. This foundation willunderpin the success and increase the discovery potential of UK physicists. Wewill operate a production-quality Grid, delivering robustness, scale andfunctionality. The proposal is fully integrated with international projects and wemust exploit the opportunity to capitalise on the UK leadership alreadyestablished in several areas.The main objectives (equal priority) are:1) To operate and maintain the UK Tier-1 center at RAL meeting national andinternational obligations to the wLCG and the LHC experiments.2) To operate and maintain the UK Tier-2 infrastructure, meeting national andinternational obligations to the wLCG and the LHC experiments.3) To deploy, operate and support the Grid middleware in the UK across the Tier-1and Tier-2 facilities.4) To support the experiments in the use of the UK Grid.5) To manage the GridPP project in an open, efficient, and cost-effective manner.6) To collaborate and communicate across the UK and international communities.