History

The European DataGrid activity was aboriginal adjourned in 2001 for three years as one of the Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development series.[4][5] Fabrizio Gagliardi was activity administrator of DataGrid and its account was about 12 actor Euro, with the abounding activity alleged "Research and Technological Development for an International Abstracts Grid".[6]

A above action abaft the abstraction was the massive abstracts requirements of the Large Hadron Collider activity of the Organisation Européenne cascade la Recherche Nucléaire (CERN).[7]

[edit] EGEE

On 1 April 2004 the Enabling Grids for E-Science in Europe (EGEE) activity was adjourned by the European Commission through the Directorate-General for Advice Society and Media, led by the advice technology analysis of CERN.[8] This 24-month activity of the Sixth Framework Programme had a amount of over 46 actor Euro. The bunch included 70 institutions in 27 countries.[8] The LHC Computing Filigree connected to be a above appliance of EGEE technology..[9] By 1 April 2006 the "in Europe" was alone from the activity name, but the acronym was kept as EGEE-II for Enabling Grids for E-sciencE. This two-year appearance amount about 52.6 actor Euro.[10] The fresh name reflected a added all-around extent, such as a array of computers at the Institute Of Microelectronic Systems in Malaysia.[11] By 2007 the EGI was accurate by 36 countries.[12]

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Logo 2004–2010

A middlewarecomputer application amalgamation accepted as gLite was developed for EGEE.[13]

A third two-year activity appearance was alleged EGEE-III, active from 2008 to 2010. On 30 April 2010 the EGEE activity ended.[14] By 2009 the babyminding archetypal acquired appear a European Filigree Initiative (EGI), architecture aloft Civic Filigree Initiatives (NGIs).[15]

[edit] Accompanying projects

A activity alleged Diligent (digital library basement on filigree enabled technology) was adjourned from 1 September 2004 to 30 November 2007, and developedcomputer application alleged gCube somehow accompanying to the EGEE technology.[16] This activity amount added than 8.9 actor Euro.[17] Follow-on projects alleged broadcast collaboratories basement on filigree enabled technology 4 science (D4SCIENCE) amount about 3.9 actor Euro through the end of 2009,[18] and 5.4 actor Euro until September 2011.[19]

A activity on Business Experiments in GRID (BEinGRID) ran from 1 June 2006, through November 2009, with a amount estimated 23.6 actor Euro.[20] The activity appear 25 case studies.[21] One actor empiric in 2008 "a afraid and apathetic abandonment of Filigree technology by the industry."[22]

[edit] Design study

The EGI Design Abstraction (EGI_DS) activity was launched in September 2007 and connected until the end of December 2009. The activity was partially adjourned by the European Commission's 7th Framework Programme in adjustment to: appraise requirements and use cases, analyze processes and mechanisms for establishment, ascertain the structure, and admit the organization.[23][24]

The abstraction was directed by Dieter Kranzmüller, and amount about 3.9 actor Euro.[1][25] In October 2008 armpit alternative for EGI was begun.[26] Participants included 37 civic projects.[27]