JRA1 All Hands Meeting

Europe/Zurich
PADOVA

PADOVA

Frederic Hemmer
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?
actionlist
    • 13:30 14:30
      Opening
      • 13:30
        Opening 10m
        Speaker: Frederic Hemmer
        transparencies
      • 13:40
        Welcome and Logistics 15m
        Speaker: local organizers
        transparencies
      • 13:55
        Action review from last all-hands meeting 35m
        Speaker: Erwin Laure
        more information
        transparencies
    • 14:30 18:00
      Integration session
      • 14:30
        The Build System and the Release Process 30m
        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)
        more information
        transparencies
      • 15:00
        gLite Configuration Overview 20m
        A general introduction to the proposed gLite configuration guidelines
        Speaker: Joachim Flammer (CERN)
        more information
        transparencies
      • 15:20
        Configuration Schemas and Service Configurators 40m
        A presentation of the details of the proposed configuration schemas and the service configurator design for services and clients.
        Speaker: Robert Harakaly (CERN)
      • 16:00
        coffee 30m
      • 16:30
        The Data Management Service Configurator 30m
        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)
        transparencies
      • 17:00
        Java Web Services Configuration with JMX 40m
        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)
        more information
      • 17:40
        Discussion 20m
        Open discussion and questions to the ITeam, requirments and AOB
        Speaker: Everybody
    • 09:00 11:00
      Information System
      • 09:00
        Services, Services Discovery and Service Status 25m
        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)
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      • 09:25
        Multiple VO Support 20m
        Support of multiple VOs will be available soon. This session will explore the consequences of this.
        Speaker: Byrom, R (RAL)
        transparencies
      • 09:45
        GLUE 45m
        • GLUE Version 1.2 20m
          Speaker: Andreozzi, S (INFN-CNAF)
          more information
          transparencies
        • Comments on GLUE Schema 5m
          Speaker: Kunszt, P (CERN)
          transparencies
        • More comments on GLUE 5m
          Speaker: Fisher, SM (RAL)
          transparencies
        • Discussion 15m
      • 10:30
        coffee 30m
    • 11:00 11:30
      Integration of Package Manager

      How will the PM interact with the WMS and DM tools and vice versa.

      • 11:00
        gLite Package Manager 15m
        Speaker: Buncic, Predrag (CERN)
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    • 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?
      4. Deliverable DJRA4.1 ("Specification of interfaces for bandwidth reservation service"): overview and issues
      5. Data management: what support for storage advance reservation?
      6. Code development roadmap
      • 11:30
        Overview on Advance Reservation framework. 30m
        Speaker: Tiziana Ferrari (INFN CNAF)
        transparencies
      • 12:30
        Lunch 1h 30m
    • 14:00 18:00
      Security session
      Minutes
      • 14:00
        VOMS 30m
        Speaker: Joni Hakala, Valerio Venturi
        more information
      • 14:45
        Discussion 15m
      • 15:00
        Site access control issues (a sneak preview of DJRA3.2) 30m
        Speaker: Martijn Steenbakkers
        transparencies
      • 15:30
        The software formerly known as the Site Proxy 30m
        Speaker: Oscar Koeroo
        transparencies
      • 16:00
        coffee 30m
      • 16:15
        Security in DM 45m
        Speaker: Akos Frohner
        transparencies
      • 17:00
        Discussion 15m
      • 17:15
        List of issues 30m
        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
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      • 17:45
        Discussion 15m
    • 09:00 10:30
      DM & WMS interaction
      • 09:00
        Current JDL parameters for Data Management 10m
        Speaker: Fabrizio Pacini (Datamat)
        more information
        transparencies
      • 09:10
        StorageIndex 15m
        The StorageIndex interface is being used by the WMS to locate the files given in the JDL.
        Speaker: Krzysztof Nienartowicz (CERN)
        transparencies
      • 09:25
        Information System: Relationships of WM and DM services 25m
        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)
        transparencies
      • 09:50
        BrokerInfo usage in gLite and evolution 40m
        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
      • 10:30
        coffee 15m
      • 10:45
        Overview of testing and the testbed infrastructure 15m
        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)
        more information
        transparencies
      • 11:00
        Testing framework 15m
        A demonstration of the QMTest framework in use on the testbed with existing test suites
        Speaker: David Collados (CERN)
        more information
      • 11:15
        Workload management system testing 20m
        A presentation of what exists and further testing planned.
        Speaker: Mario Reale (CERN)
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      • 11:35
        Data management testing 20m
        A presentation of what exists already and what further testing is planned
        Speaker: David Collados (CERN)
        more information
      • 12:00
        Security testing 15m
        Presentation of plans for security testing.
        Speaker: Leanne Guy (CERN)
        more information
        transparencies
      • 12:15
        R-GMA testing 15m
        Current plans for R-GMA testing
        Speaker: Leanne Guy (CERN)
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    • 12:30 13:00
      Wrap-up
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