US Computing Facility

The integrated US distributed facility includes one Tier 1 facility at BNL, four Tier 2 facilities and three Tier 3 analysis facilities, across 10 institutions.

Facility

 

Computing SDCC

Tier 1

Located at the BNL SDCC.

Storage

Tier 2s

Locations are Southwest SWT2 (UTA, U Oklahoma), Midwest MWT2 (U Chicago, U Indiana, UIUC), Great Lakes AGLT2 (U Michigan, MSU), Northeast NET2 (BU, UMass)

HPC Cables

HPCs

HPC production, running at NERSC and TACC
Shared T3

Tier 3 Analysis Facilities

Resources for physicists including computing resources and tools specifically for analysis. Located at SLAC, BNL and U Chicago.

Grid Picture

Continuous Integration and Operation (CIOPS)

DevOps tools, services and processes supporting the full exploitation of the facility

US Facility Managers

Tier 1 at BNL

Tier 2 Coordination