D6.4: Deployment of Prototypal New Services

In this deliverable, we present results obtained in Task 6.2 of Work package 6 of PRACE-4IP project. This task was focused to four new services that had potential to address some of the widely recognised needs in scientific computing: (i) providing protocols, policies and infrastructure for applications that need to be run in urgent situations, like flooding, fires etc.; (ii) establishing fast and reliable links between large scale scientific instruments and HPC centres from PRACE for fast and efficient data transfer; (iii) providing smart visualization tools, including guidelines, manuals and solutions for remote and in-situ data visualization; and (iv) providing repositories for European open source scientific libraries and applications, starting with long list of PRACE implementation projects deliverables. The operational work on these services was following operational plan prepared within Deliverable D6.3. For each service, at least one pilot/prototype was developed and tested by several project partners. The deliverable has therefore four main sections – one for each service. Each section contains description of the services and the pilot(s), the evaluation of pilot(s), the final analysis of pros and cons and the proposal how to proceed with each service. This document is therefore also a basis for work in Task 6.2 of PRACE-5IP, where the matured pilots will be upgraded into regular services, some services will probably be closed and some new services will started being analysed