3.4
1 3.4.1 Production of CMS Monte Carlo on testbed DUE 30-Sep-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 sent to the SE and
published in the replica catalogue using GDMP. 
Metric 1TB of data produced in a Grid-like way from the UK for CMS data challenge.
 
Risk and/or CMS international MC production effort delayed.    
Dependency Stable testbed.     Link to PH GridPP6 talk (see P3)
Status Complete Status Date 17-Jan-03 Modified Due Date   J Also P3 and top of P5 of this link
2 3.4.2 Prototype Regional Data-Centre DUE 30-Sep-03
Description The RAL Tier-1 facilities will be used to store more than 10TB of CMS simulated data in flat files Click her for changeform
and will act as a repository for the CMS collaboration worldwide. All data will be published in a  Date put back 10 months because EDG
replica catalogue via GDMP and made available worldwide. release was not adequate. This risk 
Metric >10TB of data stored at RAL, published in a replica catalogue and available worldwide. was noted in the original definition
   
Risk and/or GDMP release is not adequate. Storage is not available.      Link to PH GridPP6 talk (see P6)
Dependency Stable testbed; SE support; robust storage facilities; stable GDMP     Link to more detailed email about delay
Status Complete Status Date   Modified Due Date   J GDMP = Grid Data Mirroring Package
See P2 and P3 of the link
3 3.4.3 Initial Monitoring DUE 30-Nov-02
Description Develop the use of R-GMA on top of BOSS.
 
 
Metric Demonstration
 
Risk and/or Stable testbed 1.2     
Dependency      
Status Complete Status Date   Modified Due Date   J Link to PH GridPP6 talk (see P7+)
4 3.4.4 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.
(IC)
Metric CMS users will be able to submit jobs to testbed with simple job partitioning and aggregation.
Demonstration in the UK.
Risk and/or Stable testbed; EDG WP1 implementation of job partitioning. EDG release     
Dependency to ensure a consistent execution environment.     LCG instead of EDG?
Status Complete Status Date 17-Jan-03 Modified Due Date   J
5 3.4.5 UK CMS Web Portal DUE 30-Sep-03
Description Implementation of web portal for MC production and analysis
 
(IC)
Metric CMS users will be able to submit production and analysis jobs from UK via a web interface
 
Risk and/or Stable testbed.    
Dependency      
Status Complete Status Date   Modified Due Date   J Pretty much done actually; link to GUIDO
6 3.4.6 Integration of Object Persistency into UK production system 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. (Bristol)
Metric CMS software runs in production mode using the LCG common LHC solution to persistent objects
Demonstation in the UK
Risk and/or LCG recommendations; adoption and implementation by CMS    
Dependency      
Status Not started Status Date   Modified Due Date   J Will need to realign with LCG milestone in mar 04
7 3.4.7 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
8 3.4.8 Toolkit to obtain Internal Monitoring data from CMS Applications DUE 31-Dec-03
Description The CMS COBRA framework does not interact directly with the Grid. To enable internal monitoring, COBRA: Coherent OO base for reconstruction, analysis and simulation.
services will need to be attached via a monitoring portal to BOSS. A simple CLI toolkit will be (NOT CORBA!)
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
9 3.4.9 Monitoring Analysis Tools DUE 31-Dec-04
Description These tools are to provide a user interface to the monitoring data obtained from
instrumented CMS applications. They will allow real-time and off-line analysis. 
 
Metric User 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
# 3.4.10 CMS Grid  DUE 31-Dec-04
Description Final deployment of CMS grid enabled software incorporating functionality identified in 3.4.7.
 
 
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