NT1/SG-Meeting-2017-11-20

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NT1 meeting 2017-11-20, 10:00, NORDUnet headquarter, Kastrup

Invited: Mattias Wadenstein, HPC2N; Oxana Smirnova, HEP, LU; Michaela Barth, PDC-HPC

Agenda

  • Update on 24/7 service and discussion of plan B
  • Nordic MoU
  • EOSC
  • Strategy (Rob)
  • Systemic Change and Sustainability considerations
  • AOB

Minutes

Presence

Mattias Wadenstein, HPC2N; Oxana Smirnova, HEP, LU; Michaela Barth, PDC-HPC

Update on 24/7 service and discussion of plan B

  • Agreement on contract texts and also additional local employer agreement (acknowledging about knowledge of contract and consenting to side job at terms presented).
  • In our risk analysis we were worried about employer side to drag this out, but also NordForsk legal advisors took a lot of time.
  • Employees have to report on side jobs to their employers already by default.
  • Unlucky response times, due to vacations and remote travel with time shift.
  • Shift starts and schedule calendar had to be added to contracts, since union agreements don’t affect consultant contracts.
  • No signed contracts yet. Not much time left until December 1st (one extra month needed to renegotiate the contract with NORDUnet).
  • Practical: could start with 3, would need 4 by end of January and 5 by summer.
  • 24/7 service needed that NT1 is really is conceived as Tier-1. Having small gap in service during a “transitional period”, like a month, would be acceptable though.
  • Going back to NORDUnet is not an option (price + service delivered), and practically we only need 5 people, one extra month of transitional period deems to be acceptable.

Decision: No necessity and no reason to go back to NORDUnet. We try to keep adding people as they sign the contract. If not enough (3) people have signed by December 15th, the SG rather recommends to approach more people or negotiate with NORDUnet and other different service providers.

Strategy 2020+  Implementation Process(Rob)

Informing about coming Phase with Strategy Input in 2018, starting with Cross team session at NeIC AHM2018. Informing all SG and RGs about this in 2017. Making Strategy + Strategy Implementation Plan + Impacts to evaluate  and measure the Effect of Strategy, so new strategy can start in 2020.

How to sync strategy in those activities that are dominated by an ESFRI partner (CERN, EISCAT_3D, ELIXIR)? -> Homework for NT1 SG to think about this.

For CERN management currently 2 relevant bodies to sync strategy with us:

  • WLCG Overview Board (currently no NT1 representative)
  • CERN Scientific Computing Forum (Oxana in there)

Nordic MoU

Still swapping last two tables. Ready to deliver to NLCG committee.

EOSC

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2018-2020/main/h2020-wp1820-infrastructures_en.pdf

EOSCINFRA05 activity b. If WLCG is going to do something with one of the infra calls, NeIC NT1 should probably tag along. Unclear so far on what or who will participate. Get into portfolio of services with dCache and ARC. However this is support, rather developing completely new services? SGAS? Template for cross-border consolidation of storage and computing services.

Decision: We’ll try to sync with WLCG efforts in this and prepare our own portfolio that could be added to a joint proposal.

Systemic Change and Sustainability considerations

tabled.

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