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NGI Full Name: TR-Grid National Grid Initiative
Acronym: TR-Grid
URL: http://www.grid.org.tr

TR-Grid was established in September 2003. The NGI belongs to TUBITAK ULAKBIM as the impulsive fact of grid related actions. TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) was established in 1963 with a mission to advance science and technology, conduct research and support Turkish researchers. ULAKBIM (Turkish Academic Network and Information Center) was founded in 1996 as one of the child institutions of TUBITAK. ULAKBIM, the Turkish NREN, is the coordinator of TR-Grid and grid projects in Turkey.


Users and Resources
Number of users with valid Grid Certificate: 142
Number of sites (Resource Centres): 7
Number of CPUs: 1000
Total storage (in TB): 50


[edit] EGI Functions: Current Rating

[edit] Functions proposed in survey of late 2006

Coordination of infrastructure operations Quite Important
Testing, certification and validation service including middleware Quite Important
Managed resource centers to provide initial resources for new user communities Quite Important
Coordination of user and application support Very Important
Coordination of dissemination and training efforts Very Important
Representation of European Grid efforts on standards bodies Quite Important
Representation of European Grid efforts with similar bodies from other continents Quite Important

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