Services enabling federated computing in EOSC

Services enabling federated computing in EOSC

EGI-ACE project delivers various services that ensure the efficient management of the EOSC Compute Platform as a federated environment. These enabling services include technical elements (Check-in, Configuration Database, Monitoring service, Usage Accounting system, and Helpdesk), as well as non-technical elements and coordination activities, such as an IT Management System, service security oversight, incident response team, and resource allocation team.

For providers, these services ensure a simplified and seamless integration into the Compute Platform and, therefore, with EOSC. For users, this provides a scalable resource allocation approach that considers local and European policies and the needs of national and international research communities. The project also develops a knowledge catalogue with best practices and training materials to help providers of the EOSC Compute Platform improve energy efficiency at data centres.

Value for Users

A simplified landscape of protocols and tools to get information about and to interact with compute services in EOSC
A scalable resource allocation approach that considers local and European policies and the needs of national and international research communities

Value for Providers

The result enables standardised ‘access to market’ mechanism to service providers with built-in mechanisms to ensure fairness across the group of providers.
Simplified order handling and customer relationship management (because of the first-line CRM team that pre-analyses and brokers orders to best-fitting providers because of the shepherd who liaises with the use cases).
Being part of a computing community that advises each other on topics of shared interest (e.g. containers, green computing).
Working with like-minded compute centres on harmonised policies, protocols, and approaches for service operation, architecture and funding.

Other EGI-ACE services

EOSC Compute Platform services

Data spaces and processing tools for EOSC

Supporting project

EGI-ACE