Provision of Tier-2 computer hardware and system support from Sept 2007 to March 2011.

全球资源数据库是正在建设的全球计算系统，为分析2007年开始运行的欧洲核子研究中心新的大型强子对撞机（LHC）所采集的数据提供所需的计算能力。这种计算能力分布在大型中央集群（Tier-1）上，并基于各个大学部门（Tier-2）。将需要数十万台计算机。所有的东西都通过互联网连接在一起，工作以最有效的方式自动运行。

The GRID is the world-wide computing system being constructed to provide the computing power needed to analyse the data being taken with the new large hadron collider (LHC) based at CERN that starts running in 2007. This computing power is spread over large central clusters (Tier-1) and based in individual University departments (Tier-2). Hundreds of thousands of computers will be needed. Everything is connected together using the Internet and jobs are run automatically in such a way that the computers are used in the most efficient manner.