University at Buffalo
The State University of  New York
CCR
Center for Computational Research
nPIs:  Berman, Foster, Messina, Reed, Stevens
nSites:  SDSC/UCSD, Caltech, NCSA/UIUC, ANL
nPartners:  IBM, Intel, Qwest, Sun, Myricom, Oracle and others
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nCool Things about the TeraGrid
qBig data, simulation, modeling
qGrid computing, Globus, portals, middleware
qClusters, Linux
qUsability, impact, production facility
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nTeraGrid Software Environment
qLinux
qBasic and Core Globus Services
qAdvanced Services
qData Services
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nOver .6 Petabytes of on-line disk will provide ultimate environment for data-oriented computation
nLinux environment provides more direct path from development on lab cluster to performance on high-end platform