LIGO is actually playing a role in some of the grid computing efforts.=20 Though we are more or less playing a passive role, the=20 software/technology will also benefit us. I believe that some of the=20 members of the LSC (LIGO Scientific Community, i.e. collaborators) are=20 playing a more active role in the developement of grid projects.=20 Remember, our data analysis software runs on linux. Though some of our=20 core servers are Sun/Solaris, Linux plays a huge role in it since the=20 actual number crunching (oodles and oodles of FFTs and such) is on Linux=20 (Redhat).
Shannon John Hebert wrote: > http://www.teragrid.org/index.html > > "TeraGrid is a multi-year effort to build and deploy the world's=20 > largest, fastest, distributed infrastructure for open scientific=20 > research. When completed, the TeraGrid will include 20 teraflops of=20 > computing power distributed at five sites, facilities capable of=20 > managing and storing nearly 1 petabyte of data, high-resolution=20 > visualization environments, and toolkits for grid computing. These=20 > components will be tightly integrated and connected through a network=20 > that will operate at 40 gigabits per second=E2=80=94the fastest researc= h=20 > network on the planet." >
