3.2.1 Production of CMS Monte Carlo on testbed DUE 30-Nov-02
Description The BOSS and IMPALA programs will be modified to produce the cmkin and cmsim parts
of the MC data samples using the grid testbeds. The data will be staged directly to the SE and
published in the replica catalogue using GDMP.
Metric 2TB of data produced in a Grid-like way in the UK for CMS data challenge.
 
Risk and/or CMS international MC production effort delayed.    
Dependency Stable testbed.    
Status Not started Status Date   Modified Due Date   J
3.2.2 Prototype Regional Data-Centre DUE 30-Nov-02
Description The RAL Tier-1 facilities will be used to store more than 20TB of CMS simulated data in flat files
and will act as a repository for the CMS collaboration worldwide. All data will be published in a
replica catalogue via GDMP and made available worldwide.
Metric >20TB of data stored at RAL, published in a replica catalogue and available worldwide.
 
Risk and/or GDMP release is not adequate. Storage is not available.    
Dependency Stable testbed; SE support; robust storage facilities; stable GDMP    
Status Not started Status Date   Modified Due Date   J
3.2.3 External Monitoring of CMS Application DUE 30-Nov-02
Description Using existing sample CMS applications, such as are currently being used for Monte Carlo
analysis, we will produce externally monitored data of CPU load, data transfer rate, queuing times
etc.
Metric Useful statistical data on CPU load, data transfer rate and queuing times for sample CMS
application.
Risk and/or Stable testbed.    
Dependency      
Status Not started Status Date   Modified Due Date   J
3.2.4 CMS Monte Carlo Analysis DUE 30-Jun-03
Description Provide a simple job submission framework for ORCA based reconstruction and analysis jobs.
Framework will allow simple job partitioning and aggregation of the output.
 
Metric CMS users will be able to submit jobs to testbed with simple job partitioning and aggregation.
 
Risk and/or Stable testbed; EDG WP1 implementation of job partitioning. EDG release    
Dependency to ensure a consistent execution environment.    
Status Not started Status Date   Modified Due Date   J
3.2.5 CMS Web Portal DUE 30-Sep-03
Description Implementation of web portal for MC production and analysis
 
 
Metric CMS users will be able to submit production and analysis jobs to UK testbed via a web interface
 
Risk and/or Stable testbed.    
Dependency      
Status Not started Status Date   Modified Due Date   J
3.2.6 Object Persistency DUE 31-Dec-03
Description An important CMS milestone is the Integration of new persistent objects in CMS software.
The UK will need to install and test this development that will be based on the LCG
recommendations.
Metric CMS software runs in production mode using the LCG common LHC solution to persistent objects
 
Risk and/or LCG recommendations; adoption and implementation by CMS    
Dependency      
Status Not started Status Date   Modified Due Date   J
3.2.7 CMS Grid Status Document DUE 31-Dec-03
Description Review of the current functionality of CMS grid-tools for production, monitoring and analysis.
The document will produce recommendations for future higher-level functionality with a focus on
data-handling, scheduling efficiency, and ease of use.
Metric Document describing current grid-tools and future emphasis.
 
Risk and/or CMS grid tools will have to have reached some level of maturity and be    
Dependency widely deployed.    
Status Not started Status Date   Modified Due Date   J
3.2.8 Internal Monitoring of CMS Applications DUE 31-Dec-03
Description The CMS COBRA framework does not interact directly with the Grid. To enable internal monitoring,
services will need to be attached via a monitoring portal to BOSS. A simple CLI toolkit will be
provided for data analysis with some simple alarms.
Metric Toolkit provided for simple internal monitoring of CMS analysis jobs and a demonstration
application.
Risk and/or Stable testbed release. WP1 and WP3 monitoring tools.    
Dependency      
Status Not started Status Date   Modified Due Date   J
3.2.9 Full instrumentation of CMS Applications DUE 30-Jun-04
Description This is the completion of the instrumentation task for application monitoring. It includes the
database server and an interface to the local schedulers.
 
Metric Standard CMS software available, fully instrumented with EDG monitoring services.
 
Risk and/or Stable testbed release. WP1 and WP3 monitoring tools.    
Dependency      
Status Not started Status Date   Modified Due Date   J
3.2.10 Monitoring Simulation and Analysis Tools DUE 31-Dec-04
Description These tools are to provide a user-friendly interface to the monitoring data obtained from
instrumented CMS applications. They will allow real-time and off-line analysis.
 
Metric User-friendly interface to CMS monitoring data made available.
 
Risk and/or Stable testbed release. WP1 and WP3 monitoring tools.    
Dependency      
Status Not started Status Date   Modified Due Date   J
3.2.11 CMS Grid DUE 31-Dec-04
Description Final deployment of CMS grid enabled software incorporating functionality identified in 3.2.7.
 
 
Metric Deployment of CMS grid software in the UK.
User documentation and final report.
Risk and/or Stable testbed.    
Dependency      
Status Not started Status Date   Modified Due Date   J