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In this chapter we discuss the challenges and successes EGEE met and
provide lessons learned in building the EGEE infrastructure. The remain-
der of this chapter is organized as follows: The next section discusses
the EGEE infrastructure, operation processes, and organizations. This is
followed by an overview on the middleware distribution deployed by
EGEE. Representative examples of applications using EGEE are then given
followed by a discussion of the global grid landscape. Directions of future
work with a particular focus on sustainability follow, and we end the
chapter with concluding remarks.

3.2
The EGEE infrastructure consists of a set of services and testbeds, and the
management processes and organizations that support them. Table 3.1
g ives a n over v iew of t hese ent it ies a nd we w i l l d i sc u ss t hem i n t he rema i n-
der of this section.

The EGEE Infrastructure

3.2.1 The EGEE Production Service

The computing and storage resources that EGEE integrates are provided
by a large and growing number of resource centers (RCs), mostly in Europe

TABLE 3.1
Components of the EGEE Infrastructure

EGEE Infrastructure

Testbeds and services Certii cation testbeds

Preproduction service
Production service

Support structures Operations coordination

Regional operations centers
Global grid user support
Operational security coordination
Certii cation and testing
Middleware distribution release management
Grid Security Vulnerability Group
EGEE Network Operations Centre
Training activities

Policy groups Joint Security Policy Group

EUGridPMA (and IGTF),
Local CA management
Resource Access Group