JRA1 All Hands Meeting

chaired by Frederic Hemmer
from to (Europe/Zurich)
at PADOVA
Description More details on the logistics can be found at
http://www.pd.infn.it/grid/jra1meeting/

Potential topics:
  • Policy frameworks
  • Advance reservation - JRA4 interaction
  • Configuration
  • Integration issues (collaboration, priorities)
  • Security in DM
  • WMS and DM interaction
  • Information system and DM - schema issues
  • Error management
  • Is the SA1 requirement for binary tarballs and fully relocatable RPMs realistic?
  • What information do people want to see?
Material:
Go to day
  • Monday, 15 November 2004
    • 13:30 - 14:30 Opening
      Convener: Frederic Hemmer
    • 14:30 - 18:00 Integration session
      Convener: Alberto Di Meglio
      • 14:30 The Build System and the Release Process 30'
        Update on the build infrastructure status and an open discussion about the software release process, missing tools and functionality, packaging requirements (SA1 requiements?) and other open issues
        Speaker: Marian Zurek (CERN)
        Material: more information pdf filedown arrow transparencies powerpoint file pdf file
      • 15:00 gLite Configuration Overview 20'
        A general introduction to the proposed gLite configuration guidelines
        Speaker: Joachim Flammer (CERN)
        Material: more information pdf file transparencies powerpoint file pdf file
      • 15:20 Configuration Schemas and Service Configurators 40'
        A presentation of the details of the proposed configuration schemas and the service configurator design for services and clients.
        Speaker: Robert Harakaly (CERN)
        Material: more information powerpoint filedown arrow pdf filedown arrow transparencies powerpoint file pdf file
      • 16:00 coffee 30'
      • 16:30 The Data Management Service Configurator 30'
        A demo of an implementation of the service configurator pattern for Linux daemons applied to the gLite I/O Server and Client
        Speaker: Paolo Badino (CERN)
        Material: transparencies powerpoint file pdf file
      • 17:00 Java Web Services Configuration with JMX 40'
        A presentation of a model for Java Web Services configuration and management using JMX. It consists of a presentation of the technology, the possible implementation models and the available tools (SUN, IBM, HP), followed by a demo of dynamic configuration
        Speaker: Joachim Flammer (CERN)
        Material: more information pdf file transparencies powerpoint file pdf filedown arrow
      • 17:40 Discussion 20'
        Open discussion and questions to the ITeam, requirments and AOB
        Speaker: Everybody
  • Tuesday, 16 November 2004
    • 09:00 - 11:00 Information System
      Convener: Steve Fisher
      • 09:00 Services, Services Discovery and Service Status 25'
        This will explain the thinking behind the Site, Service and ServiceStatus tables and show to use them. It will also address the issue of a specific API. This will include a brief hands on session
        Speaker: Craig, M and Wilson, A J (RAL)
        Material: transparencies powerpoint file pdf file
      • 09:25 Multiple VO Support 20'
        Support of multiple VOs will be available soon. This session will explore the consequences of this.
        Speaker: Byrom, R (RAL)
        Material: transparencies powerpoint file pdf file
      • 09:45 GLUE 45'
        Speaker:
      • 10:30 coffee 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Integration of Package Manager
      How will the PM interact with the WMS and DM tools and vice versa. 
      Convener: Predrag Buncic
      • 11:00 gLite Package Manager 15'
        Speaker: Buncic, Predrag (CERN)
        Material: transparencies powerpoint file pdf file
    • 11:30 - 14:00 Advance reservation - interaction with JRA4
      1. Architecture overview
      2. Use cases: network and storage reservation and allocation
      3. Information services: schema extensions?
      3. Deliverable DJRA4.1 ("Specification of interfaces for bandwidth reservation service"): overview and issues
      4. Data management: what support for storage advance reservation?
      5. Code development roadmap
      
      Convener: Francesco Prelz
      • 11:30 Overview on Advance Reservation framework. 30'
        Speaker: Tiziana Ferrari (INFN CNAF)
        Material: transparencies powerpoint file pdf file
      • 12:30 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 18:00 Security session
      Convener: Ake Edlund
      Material: Minutes word file pdf file
      • 14:00 VOMS 30'
        Speaker: Joni Hakala, Valerio Venturi
        Material: more information pdf file transparencies powerpoint filedown arrow pdf file
      • 14:45 Discussion 15'
        Speaker:
      • 15:00 Site access control issues (a sneak preview of DJRA3.2) 30'
        Speaker: Martijn Steenbakkers
        Material: transparencies powerpoint file pdf file
      • 15:30 The software formerly known as the Site Proxy 30'
        Speaker: Oscar Koeroo
        Material: transparencies powerpoint file pdf file
      • 16:00 coffee 30'
      • 16:15 Security in DM 45'
        Speaker: Akos Frohner
        Material: transparencies powerpoint file pdf file
      • 17:00 Discussion 15'
        Speaker:
      • 17:15 List of issues 30'
        So far the list looks like this:
        
        - grid usernames, EGEE short term approach (Joni)
        
        - security for streaming (Steve Hicks,non-blocking java, RMGA requirement?)
        
        - c/c++ communication security not solved by Grid site. (Daniel Kouril, goal to understand their solution, what other solutions there are and to minimize the number of different solutions).
        
        - GPBOX
        
        - more?
        Speaker: All
        Material: transparencies powerpoint file
      • 17:45 Discussion 15'
        Speaker:
  • Wednesday, 17 November 2004
    • 09:00 - 10:30 DM & WMS interaction
      Convener: Peter Kunszt
      • 09:00 Current JDL parameters for Data Management 10'
        Speaker: Fabrizio Pacini (Datamat)
        Material: more information pdf file transparencies powerpoint file
      • 09:10 StorageIndex 15'
        The StorageIndex interface is being used by the WMS to locate the files given in the JDL.
        Speaker: Krzysztof Nienartowicz (CERN)
        Material: transparencies powerpoint file pdf file
      • 09:25 Information System: Relationships of WM and DM services 25'
        In this talk all the information system parameters that are necessary to actually perform the interaction between the DM and WM systems are revisited and exposed - to be eyed very cautiously by the audience.
        Speaker: Ricardo Brito da Rocha (CERN)
        Material: transparencies powerpoint file pdf file
      • 09:50 BrokerInfo usage in gLite and evolution 40'
        Here we will discuss how the functionality currently filled by the brokerinfo is being taken over by other services in gLite. (or not.)
        Speaker: discussion
    • 10:30 - 12:30 Testing Session
      Convener: Leanne Guy
      • 10:30 coffee 15'
      • 10:45 Overview of testing and the testbed infrastructure 15'
        The current state of the distributed testbed will 
        be presented for all testing sites. The procedure to 
        install and update glite components on the tested wil be described
        Speaker: Leanne Guy (CERN)
        Material: more information pdf file transparencies powerpoint file
      • 11:00 Testing framework 15'
        A demonstration of the QMTest framework in use 
        on the testbed  with existing test suites
        Speaker: David Collados (CERN)
        Material: more information powerpoint file pdf file
      • 11:15 Workload management system testing 20'
        A presentation of what exists and further testing planned.
        Speaker: Mario Reale (CERN)
        Material: transparencies powerpoint file pdf file
      • 11:35 Data management testing 20'
        A presentation of what exists already and what further testing is planned
        Speaker: David Collados (CERN)
        Material: more information powerpoint file pdf file
      • 12:00 Security testing 15'
        Presentation of plans for security testing.
        Speaker: Leanne Guy (CERN)
        Material: more information pdf file transparencies powerpoint file
      • 12:15 R-GMA testing 15'
        Current plans for R-GMA testing
        Speaker: Leanne Guy (CERN)
        Material: transparencies powerpoint file pdf file
    • 12:30 - 13:00 Wrap-up
      Convener: Erwin Laure
      Material: transparencies powerpoint file pdf file