GridPP: Meeting the Particle Physics Computing Challenge

GridPP is a £33m, 6 year project, funded by PPARC that aims to establish a Grid for UK Particle Physics in time for the turn on of the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2007. In phase 1, the project established a large-scale prototype Grid across the UK. The project has now entered phase 2, and is developing the prototype testbed into a production service. LHC computing technical design reports and the necessary baseline services are reviewed. The steps necessary to establish a system of sufficient functionality, robustness and scale are described in order to meet the Particle Physics Computing Challenge.