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Middleware re-engineering
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The mandate of the JRA1 Activity is to provide a reference
open source implementation of the foundation services that are
application independent and need to be deployed at all sites connected
to the infrastructure. On top this foundation, an open-ended set of
application specific higher-level services that can be deployed
on-demand at specific sites are provided directly by JRA1 or integrated
from other sources and projects.
Grid
Foundation Middleware comprises all services that need to be deployed
on a production Grid infrastructure in order to provide a consistent,
dependable service. It can be regarded as the Middleware
Infrastructure. Grid Services, instead, comprise higher level
services that certain, but not all, VOs
require. While the focus of JRA1 is on Grid Foundation Middleware, key
Grid Services need to be provided in order to offer the EGEE-II
applications with end-to-end solutions and to validate the
effectiveness of the Grid Foundation.
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The
existing middleware components, while capable of serving a wide variety
of user communities, still require expert knowledge for setting up a
Grid infrastructure, exploiting the infrastructure efficiently, and to
integrate it with other systems and tools. JRA1 will tackle these
problems by reinforcing common best-practices, standardisation,
usability and deployability of Grid
Foundation Middleware and selected Grid Services. The role of JRA1 is
to ensure the consolidation of the current middleware stack by
reinforcement of quality and security as well as international
collaborations and standards involvement.
The
Middleware Re-engineering Activity will take responsibility for three
main tasks in EGEE-II: Grid Foundation Middleware, Grid Services and
middleware standardisation. The expected
result is the adoption of the reengineered components in the SA3
distribution, their deployment on the SA1 infrastructure and their use
(when appropriate) by NA4.
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Other
Project Resources
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EU
EGEE-II Technical
EGEE-II Public
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Networking
Activities
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NA1
NA2
NA3
NA4
NA5
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Specific
Service Activities
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SA1
SA2
SA3
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Research
Activities
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JRA1
JRA2
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News
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March 27-28, 2008: MWSG, Bologna (Italy)
February 20-22, 2008: JRA1 All Hands Meeting,
NIKHEF, Amsterdam
(The Nederlands)
February 11-14, 2008: EGEE User Forum, Clermont-Ferrand,
(France)
January 21-23, 2008: EGEE All
Activity Meeting, Sofia (Bulgaria)
December 6-7 2007: MWSG, Berkley (USA)
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