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Tue 19 May 2009
EGEE continually monitors all its sites and thus measures their availability and reliability. Each month they release a report showing how the sites and regions performed. April marks the end of the first 12 months of GridPP3 and the restart of the LHC 6 months away the most recent figures show the UK and Ireland patiently waiting for the deluge.
Across the UK the numbers are very high with 96% of the region having over 80% availability and Lancaster, Liverpool, Bristol and Glasgow were all able to claim 100% for the month. One of the major tests is keeping the Tier 1 at RAL up and running. As one of only 11 such sites around the world the health of this facility is of paramount importance. However the staff were able to maintain 100% availability across the entire month and have been consistently keeping the site at this level for most of the year.
As a region the UK and Ireland comes in a very respectable 3rd with an availability of 94% and reliability of 96%, only being pipped by the French and South West European regions.
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