SCI: TeraGrid Resource Partners: Indiana University

印第安纳大学（IU）于2003年9月由美国国家科学基金会资助，成为九个合作伙伴TeraGrid的一部分。（TG）作为资源提供者（RP）。通过在2004年10月之前将其资源整合到TeraGrid中，IU已经展示了它管理这样一个项目的承诺和能力。本建议概述了一项由国际电联向TeraGrid提供的一系列资源和服务的五年管理和业务计划。IU将向TeraGrid用户承诺其可用资源的很大一部分。在2004/05财年，总共将提供610,000个su（原始服务单元）（基于支持传统超级计算的当前处理器架构的混合），到2008/09财年将达到13,484,000个su。该大学将专注于为全国用户提供独特的计算资源，如重力管（GRAPE）板和秃鹰池。最后，它们将通过提供易于使用的数据存储资源，如在线存储、档案存储、数据库和数据收集，满足研究用户日益增长的以数据为中心的计算需求；以生命科学为重点，面向新的用户群体。2004/05财年的存储目标是10TB（在线）和0.5PB（存档），到2008/09财年将达到116TB（在线）和5.6PB（存档）。作为TeraGrid资源提供商，IU打算部署一项战略，大力投资于人员，贡献补充和独特的资源，并利用IU。美国在社区网格、网格门户、科学门户等研究领域的现有优势。IU在以服务和数据为中心的方法来支持用户方面经验丰富，并致力于此。该大学认为，TeraGrid取得广泛成功的关键是为迄今为止无法利用现有NSF网络基础设施的新用户社区提供易于使用的计算服务。实现IU。根据RP计划，该提案要求为七个专职的全职人员提供资金（详见项目描述和预算说明部分），并为IU的TeraGrid连接基础设施提供名义上和比例上的维护。IU的TG专用人力资源将用于帮助用户将应用程序移植到TG，为新用户提供网关和门户，执行区域和国家外展，管理IU的TG项目和资源，并协助国家TeraGrid工作。IU将特别专注于为TG带来全新的用户社区。作为印第安纳州的一所拥有八个校区的大学，印第安纳大学致力于合作，并将在全国范围内发展与TG社区的合作关系。

Indiana University (IU) was funded in September 2003 by the NSF to be part of the nine-partner TeraGrid. (TG) as a resource provider (RP). IU has already demonstrated its commitment and ability to manage such a project by integrating its resources into the TeraGrid by October 2004. This proposal outlines a five-year management and operations plan for the set of resources and services to be provided by IU to the TeraGrid. IU will commit to TeraGrid users a substantial fraction of its available resources. A total of 610,000 SUs (raw service units) will be contributed in FY2004/05 (on a mixture of current processor architectures in support of traditional supercomputing, reaching 13,484,000 SUs by FY2008/09. The University will focus on providing unique computational resources such as GRAvity PiPE (GRAPE) boards and a Condor pool to national users. Finally, they will address the growing data-centric computing needs of research users by providing easy-to-use data storage resources in the form of online storage, archival storage, databases, and data collections; with a focus on life sciences, and for new user communities. Storage goals will be 10TB (online) and 0.5PB (archival) in FY2004/05, reaching 116TB (online) and 5.6PB (archival) by FY2008/09. As a TeraGrid Resource Provider, IU intends to deploy a strategy that invests heavily in people, contributes supplementary and distinctive resources, and leverages IU.s existing strengths in research areas such as community grids, grid portals, and science gateways. IU is experienced in and committed to a service- and data-centric approach to enabling users. The University believes that the key to the TeraGrid's widespread success is to deliver easy-to-use computing services to new communities of users who have hitherto been unable to make use of the existing NSF cyberinfrastructure. To implement IU.s RP plan, this proposal requests funds for seven dedicated full-time equivalents (detailed in the project description and budget narrative sections) and for nominal and proportional maintenance for IU's TeraGrid connectivity infrastructure. IU's TG-dedicated human resources will be used to help users port applications to TG, to enable new users with gateways and portals, to perform regional and national outreach, to manage IU's TG project and resources, and to assist the national TeraGrid effort. IU will focus specifically on bringing to the TG entirely new communities of users. As an eight-campus university in the State of Indiana, IU is deeply committed to collaboration and will develop collaborative relationships with the TG community nationally.