D6.3.2: Second Annual Technology Report

Task 6.3 ‘Technical evolution of the PRACE operational services’ in Work Package 6 ‘Operation of the Distributed Research Infrastructure’ of PRACE-3IP continues the work from PRACE-1IP (WP6, Task 6.3). It also took over the technical evolution of the PRACE operational services from work package 10 ‘Advancing the Operational Infrastructure’ in PRACE-2IP after the end of WP10. This deliverable describes the work of Task 6.3 in WP6 of the second year. In the first year Task 6.3 started to evaluate a couple of software already. Some investigations were finished in the first year already. The gsatellite and the DMOS activity have been continued. After the handover from PRACE-2IP WP10, WP6.3 continued the work to improve the existing infrastructure with the Inca enhancements, the implementation of the DECI-Portal, and the collaboration with other technologically oriented projects, like EUDAT, EGI, and XSEDE. Also the continuation of the Data-Services with iRODS-Data-Management, New File Transfer Technologies, and the evaluation of file system technologies was part of WP 6.3 work in the second year