I. Overview of cyberinfrastructure challenges
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A. Computational Intensive
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B. Data Intensive
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C. Collaboration intensive
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D. Review of the problems common to all three areas
II. How is the Grid intended to address these challenges?
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A. Resource virtualization
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B. Service-oriented architecture
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C. Community-focused security
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D. Reusable infrastructure
III. Case Study 1 - High-performance Data Movement for TeraGrid
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A. The Challenge - Project goals and relevant requirements
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B. Ingredients - Relevant Grid technologies
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1. GridFTP
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2. Reliable File Transfer (RFT) Service
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C. The Solution - Integration and deployment strategy
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D. Results - Science capabilities and lessons learned
IV. Case Study 2 - User Registration for the Earth System Grid
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A. The Challenge - Project goals and relevant requirements
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B. Ingredients - Relevant Grid technologies
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1. Grid Security Infrastructure (GSI)
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2. MyProxy
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3. SimpleCA
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C. The Solution - Integration and deployment strategy
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D. Results - Science capabilities and lessons learned
V. Case Study 3 - Data Replication for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory
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A. The Challenge - Project goals and relevant requirements
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B. Ingredients - Relevant Grid technologies
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1. GridFTP
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2. Replication Location Services (RLS)
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3. Metadata Catalog Service (MCS)
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4. PyGlobus
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C. The Solution - Integration and deployment strategy
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D. Results - Science capabilities and lessons learned
VI. Conclusions - General Lessons and Patterns