CHIPP Analysis and computing Workshop in Manno

Summary  and Conclusions:		  (C.Grab)
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1) Resource and funding issues:
   1A) Agreement on the ramp-up scaling:
     To reach the 100% of  the final tier-2 size in 2008, we agreed
     on requesting funding for 10% in 2006 and  30% in 2007.

   1B) The request for funding shall be submitted in Sep. 2005, asking
     for hardware to be put at CSCS in 2006.
     A funding request submitted in September yields the result in spring;
     thus the money (after a potential paralllel process of tendering) can 
     be spent not before summer following year.
   
   1C)   The detailed specifications of the Swiss Tier-2 are collected in the
     "Resource requirements for the Swiss Tier-2 regional centre" document.

 1D) Each experiment is advised to provide ONE full-time software-aware 
      person as a link between the experiment and the home institutes.

  1E)  The setting up of Tier-3s at the university level will also require a
      substantial amount of funding for hardware; the institutes will have to
     worry about this. 
     The Tier-3 centres will each need also manpower (typically one FTE) for
     operation of the  facilities. A separate request for manpower shall be 
     done by the institutes in 2006.


2) The outcome of the meeting will be summarised and reported upon
   at the Sep. CHIPP meeting at PSI.


3) We agreed on holding such a meeting regularly. The beginning frequency
   of once a year was considered a meaningful start.
   the next meeting will take place at least about 2-3 months after the 
   availability of the next chunk of machines.


4) A mailing list for imminent information dissipation, and a wiki for
    long-term documentation will be setup.


26.8.2005: C.Grab  (comments to grab@phys.ethz.ch)
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