INFSORI261611 EMI INFSORI261611 European Middleware Initiative EMI Alberto

INFSO-RI-261611 EMI INFSO-RI-261611 European Middleware Initiative (EMI) Alberto Di Meglio (CERN) Project Director

INFSO-RI-261611 EMI Mission Statement The European Middleware Initiative (EMI) project represents a close collaboration of the major European middleware providers ARC, g. Lite, UNICORE and d. Cache - to establish a sustainable model to support, harmonise and evolve distributed computing middleware for deployment in EGI, PRACE and other distributed e-Infrastructures 16/09/2010 EMI Overview - EGI TF, Amsterdam 2

INFSO-RI-261611 EMI INFSO-RI-261611 Project Partners 16/09/2010 EMI Overview - EGI TF, Amsterdam 3

Primary Objectives INFSO-RI-261611 EMI INFSO-RI-261611 Consolidate the existing middleware distribution simplifying services and components to make them more sustainable (including use of off-the-shelf and commercial components whenever possible) Evolve the middleware services/functionality following the requirement of infrastructures and users, mainly focusing on operational, standardization and interoperability aspects Support Reactively and proactively maintain the middleware distribution to keep it in line with the growing infrastructure usage 16/09/2010 EMI Overview - EGI TF, Amsterdam 4

INFSO-RI-261611 EMI INFSO-RI-261611 Technical Areas Product Teams Compute Services A-REX, UAS-Compute, WMS, CREAM, MPI, etc Data Services d. Cache, Sto. RM, UAS-Data, DPM, LFC, FTS, Hydra, AMGA, etc Security Services UNICORE Gateway, UVOS/VOMSAdmin, ARGUS, SLCS, gl. Exec, Gridsite, Proxyrenewal, etc Infrastructure Services Logging and Bookkeeping, Messaging, accounting, monitoring, virtualization/clouds support, information systems and providers 16/09/2010 EMI Overview - EGI TF, Amsterdam 5

EMI Middleware Evolution Before EMI 3 years After EMI Applications Integrators, System Administrators Specialized services, professional support and customization INFSO-RI-261611 EMI Reference Services Standards, New technologies (clouds) Users and Infrastructure Requirements 16/09/2010 EMI Overview - EGI TF, Amsterdam 6

Release Plan Start EMI 0 EMI Reference Services EMI 1 EMI 2 EMI 3 ase e l e r r Majo s Supp. & Maint. INFSO-RI-261611 EMI INFSO-RI-261611 Support & Maintenance 01/05/2010 16/09/2010 31/10/2010 30/04/2011 30/04/2012 EMI Overview - EGI TF, Amsterdam 28/02/2013 7

INFSO-RI-261611 EMI 1 Release Plan 16/09/2010 EMI Overview - EGI TF, Amsterdam 8

Collaborations EGI, PRACE, WLCG, OSG Requirements INFSO-RI-261611 EMI INFSO-RI-261611 ESFRI, VRCs SLAs & Support Releases EMI Standards Industry Collaborations DCI collaborations Stratus. Lab 16/09/2010 VENUS-C SIENA EMI Overview - EGI TF, Amsterdam EDGI IGE 9

INFSO-RI-261611 EMI INFSO-RI-261611 Thank you EMI is partially funded by the European Commission under Grant Agreement INFSO-RI-261611 http: //www. eu-emi. eu 16/09/2010 EMI Overview - EGI TF, Amsterdam 10