Current status of the MICC: an overview

A Baginyan,A Balandin,A Dolbilov,A Gavrish,A Golunov,A Vorontsov,D Podgainy,I Kashunin,I Pelevanyuk,M Zuev,N Balashov,N Gromova,N Kutovskiy,N Voytishin,O Streltsova,T Strizh,V Korenkov,V Mitsyn,V Trofimov

doi:10.54546/mlit.2021.34.56.001

Abstract

The Multifunctional Information and Computing Complex (MICC) of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) runs Tier-1, which supports the NICA experiments and the LHC CMS experiment, Tier-2, which supports all LHC experiments, as well as the NICA experiments and other HEP experiments with JINR’s participation, cloud computing for neutrino physics experiments (Baikal-GVD, JUNO, DANS, etc.), as well as for the JINR Member States’ clouds, the “Govorun” supercomputer for all JINR programs, as well as for the NICA experiments and research in the field of machine learning and quantum computing. This activity is aimed at ensuring the further development of the network, information and computing infrastructure of JINR for the research and production activities of the Institute and its Member States on the basis of state-of-the-art information technologies in accordance with the JINR Seven-Year Plan of development for 2017-2023. This paper describes the current state of the MICC.

Highlights

Starting from 2017, the computing facilities of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies (MLIT) operate within the project “Multifunctional Information and Computing Complex” (MICC) [1]
The uniqueness of the MICC is ensured by the combination of all modern information technologies from the network infrastructure with a bandwidth of 2x100 Gbit/s to 4x100 Gbit/s, the distributed data processing and storage system based on grid technologies and cloud computing, the hyperconverged liquid-cooled high performance computing infrastructure for supercomputer applications
In order to join the cloud resources of partner organizations from the JINR Member States to solve common tasks, as well as to distribute a peak load across them, the DIRAC Interware was put into operation [11]

Summary

Introduction

Starting from 2017, the computing facilities of the JINR Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies (MLIT) operate within the project “Multifunctional Information and Computing Complex” (MICC) [1]. The uniqueness of the MICC is ensured by the combination of all modern information technologies from the network infrastructure with a bandwidth of 2x100 Gbit/s to 4x100 Gbit/s, the distributed data processing and storage system based on grid technologies and cloud computing, the hyperconverged liquid-cooled high performance computing infrastructure for supercomputer applications. Interware [3]), embraces all computing components and storage systems; the Tier grid site for the CMS experiment at the LHC [4]; Tier, which provides support for the experiments at the LHC (ATLAS, ALICE, CMS), FAIR (CBM, PANDA) and other large-scale experiments, as well as support for users of the JINR Laboratories and participating countries; the integrated cloud environment of the participating countries to support users and experiments

Engineering infrastructure

Networking

Grid infrastructure

Cloud computing

HybriLIT platform and “Govorun” supercomputer

Data storage

Monitoring and accounting

Findings

Conclusion