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more easily port code from one system to another. CTSS also provides integrative functions such as single-signon, remote job submission, workflow support, data movement tools, etc. CTSS includes the Globus Toolkit, Condor, distributed accounting and account management software, verification and validation software, and a set of compilers, programming tools, and
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in that each resource provides a "service" that is defined in terms of interface and operation. Computational resources run a set of software packages called "Coordinated TeraGrid Software and Services" (CTSS). CTSS provides a familiar user environment on all TeraGrid systems, allowing scientists to
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allocations (roughly, in "CPU hours") based on an abstract describing the work to be done. More extensive allocations involve a proposal that is reviewed during a quarterly peer-review process. All allocation proposals are handled through the TeraGrid website. Proposers select a scientific
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partners, who serve (generally via a web portal) discipline-specific scientific and education communities. Through the Science Gateways program TeraGrid aims to broaden access by at least an order of magnitude in terms of the number of scientists, students, and educators who are able to use
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In May 2007, TeraGrid integrated resources included more than 250 teraflops of computing capability and more than 30 petabytes (quadrillions of bytes) of online and archival data storage with rapid access and retrieval over high-performance networks. Researchers could access more than 100
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TeraGrid uses a 10 Gigabits per second dedicated fiber-optical backbone network, with hubs in Chicago, Denver, and Los Angeles. All resource provider sites connect to a backbone node at 10 Gigabits per second. Users accessed the facility through national research networks such as the
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discipline that most closely describes their work, and this enables reporting on the allocation of, and use of, TeraGrid by scientific discipline. As of July 2006 the scientific profile of TeraGrid allocations and usage was:
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discipline-specific databases. In late 2009, The TeraGrid resources had grown to 2 petaflops of computing capability and more than 60 petabytes storage. In mid 2009, NSF extended the operation of TeraGrid to 2011.
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TeraGrid users primarily came from U.S. universities. There are roughly 4,000 users at over 200 universities. Academic researchers in the United States can obtain exploratory, or
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extended support for another five years with a $ 150 million set of awards. It included $ 48 million for coordination and user support to the Grid Infrastructure Group at the
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joined the TeraGrid as major new partners when NSF announced $ 35 million in supplementary funding. The TeraGrid network was transformed through the ETF project from a 4-site
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of computing capability and more than 30 petabytes of online and archival data storage, with rapid access and retrieval over high-performance
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The TeraGrid integrated high-performance computers, data resources and tools, and experimental facilities. Resources included more than a
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infrastructure combining resources at eleven partner sites. The project started in 2001 and operated from 2004 through 2011.
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In October 2003, NSF awarded $ 10 million to add four sites to TeraGrid as well as to establish a third network hub, in
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TeraGrid construction was completed in October 2004, at which time the TeraGrid facility began full production.
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A follow-on project was approved in May 2011. In July 2011, a partnership of 17 institutions announced the
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S. Matsuokaet; et al. (March 2005). "Japanese Computational Grid Research Project: NAREGI".
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The Philosophy of TeraGrid: Building an Open, Extensible, Distributed TeraScale Facility
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connections. Researchers could also access more than 100 discipline-specific databases.
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Each of these discipline categories correspond to a specific program area of the
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TeraGrid construction was also made possible through corporate partnerships with
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TeraGrid was coordinated through the Grid Infrastructure Group (GIG) at the
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Starting in 2006, TeraGrid provided application-specific services to
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Report from the TeraGrid Evaluation Study, Part 1: Project Findings
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Distributed European Infrastructure for Supercomputing Applications
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National Research Grid Initiative (NAREGEGI) involving several
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The design was meant to be an extensible distributed
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These new sites were 624:(ANL) operated by the 594:Environmental Biology 561:Mathematical Sciences 418:Astronomical Sciences 396:Molecular Biosciences 385:Scientific Discipline 333: 328:TeraGrid equipment at 310:University of Illinois 290:University of Michigan 626:University of Chicago 462:Atmospheric Sciences 343:environment variables 327: 278:University of Chicago 151:University of Chicago 119:University of Chicago 630:Department of Energy 243:Qwest Communications 162:Pasadena, California 1074:on January 24, 2009 665:(NICS) operated by 440:Materials Research 358:National LambdaRail 300:Transition to XSEDE 274:cyberinfrastructure 29: 685:(PSC) operated by 635:Indiana University 616:Resource providers 334: 259:Oracle Corporation 216:Indiana University 47:Scientific support 740:Open Science Grid 697:Purdue University 598: 597: 239:Intel Corporation 212:Purdue University 91: 90: 52:Available in 16:(Redirected from 1114: 1083: 1081: 1079: 1058:TeraGrid website 1045: 1044: 1016: 1010: 1009: 1007: 1005: 1000:on July 26, 2011 999: 988: 980: 974: 973: 971: 969: 955: 949: 948: 946: 944: 929: 920: 919: 917: 915: 910: 901: 895: 894: 892: 890: 884: 873: 867: 866: 864: 862: 847: 841: 840: 817:(May 21, 2002). 811: 805: 804: 798: 794: 792: 784: 782: 780: 763: 715:Similar projects 376: 354:Abilene backbone 247:Juniper Networks 231:Sun Microsystems 189:backbone network 112:computer network 71: 68: 66: 37: 30: 21: 1122: 1121: 1117: 1116: 1115: 1113: 1112: 1111: 1087: 1086: 1077: 1075: 1062: 1054: 1049: 1048: 1018: 1017: 1013: 1003: 1001: 997: 986: 982: 981: 977: 967: 965: 959:"Big Red at IU" 957: 956: 952: 942: 940: 931: 930: 923: 913: 911: 908: 903: 902: 898: 888: 886: 882: 875: 874: 870: 860: 858: 849: 848: 844: 837: 815:Charlie Catlett 813: 812: 808: 795: 785: 778: 776: 765: 764: 760: 755: 717: 639:IBM BladeCenter 618: 609:Science Gateway 506:Ocean Sciences 484:Earth Sciences 366: 322: 302: 288:. 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Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment

www.teragrid.org
e-Science
grid computing
petaflops
computer network
University of Chicago
National Science Foundation
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
San Diego Supercomputer Center
University of California, San Diego
University of Chicago
Argonne National Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
open system
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Pittsburgh
mesh
backbone network
Los Angeles
Chicago
Atlanta
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Purdue University
Indiana University
Texas Advanced Computing Center

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