Membership in RI networks or collaborative projects
WLCG (worldwide LHC computing grid), EGI
Access Fees
no
Working Language(s)
no
Security Level / Clearance
Acceptable use policies of the supported communities apply.
Openness to Third Parties
Yes
Types of User
Member of the supported experiment collaborations
Access Conditions
Access only to selected user communities
Type of Access to Data
Access policies and technical requirements are implemented according to the requests of the user communities.
Data produced / stored
RAW, simulated, analysis-ready data of the user communities.
Open Data Policy (yes/no)
No, ODPs of the user communities apply.
Types of Equipment / Services on Offer
Data storage/archival/compute infrastructure
Basic Funding
Externally, via Helmholtz Association
Location
GridKa is hosted and operated by the Scientific Computing Centre (SCC);
Contacts
Andreas Petzold;
Area of Research
Large-scale data processing for LHC experiments
Description
GridKa is a computing and data center for particle and astroparticle physics and an LK-II large-scale research facility in the Helmholtz Association. It is not intended for use by individuals. Instead, specific experimental collaborations are supported, which are selected via the governance structures of GridKa. GridKa is part of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG), which is responsible for the computing and data needs of the LHC experiments at CERN.