Description
In this session we will discuss the aspects of the strategy related to the infrastructure [INFRA]. The open items from the community feedback on the strategy include:
- Site Capabilities, see [INFRA-1]. Do we put some effort in exposing them? Pros, cons, concerns?
- Approach towards special sites (hpc, commercial clouds), see [INFRA-2 to 5] and [INFRA-6, 7]. Discuss how to define usage policies. Discussion about producing Cloud and HPC blueprints.
- GPU provisioning and pledging. Should the focus in the next couple of years be on measuring the use or trying to set up a pledging model? How and when considering pledging? The timescale obviously is driven by the experiments.
- Analysis Facilities. What is the role (and stake) of WLCG?
- What is the need for experiment dedicated effort at the sites (particularly large sites)?
