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NGI Full Name: Netherlands National Science Grid
Acronym: BIG GRID
URL: http://www.biggrid.nl/

The Netherlands National Science Grid, internally known as BIG GRID, is a cooperative project hosted by NCF/NWO, and is recognised by the Dutch Ministry of Science and Education.

In 2006, a few large projects were granted awards in the framework of "Big Infrastructures", for scientific research in the Netherlands. One of the awarded projects was the BIG GRID project, proposed in collaboration by the National Computing Facilities foundation (NCF), the National institute for sub-atomic physics (Nikhef) and the Netherlands Bio-Informatics Centre (NBIC).

BIG GRID will be officially launched on September 17, 2007, although parts of the project have been in place since 2002.


Users and Resources
Number of users with valid Grid Certificate: not known
Number of sites (Resource Centres): > 5
Number of CPUs: 2000 - 3000
Total storage (in TB): > 1000


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Coordination of infrastructure operations No Opinion
Testing, certification and validation service including middleware No Opinion
Managed resource centers to provide initial resources for new user communities No Opinion
Coordination of user and application support No Opinion
Coordination of dissemination and training efforts No Opinion
Representation of European Grid efforts on standards bodies No Opinion
Representation of European Grid efforts with similar bodies from other continents No Opinion

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