Today we have quite a bit to cover!
- We note that CHEP papers are due by the end of February with NO EXTENSIONs to be provided! Please get working on your papers.
- Quarterly reports and milestone updates are submitted.
- We have a few milestones that have remained delayed for a while and we hope they will be resolved soon.
- Next week is ATLAS S&C week at CERN.
- The OSG All-hands + HTCondor week has been set June 2 – 6, 2025 in Madison, Wisconsin. USATLAS and USCMS have been asked to confirm their attendence.
- Any conflicts or issues?
- Can we let the organizers know we (USATLAS) will be participating?
- Paolo has requested a "Tier-2 Shopping List" of what could be purchased by December 2025 (when all funds must be spent out).
- This is complicated because this will be the last "extra" funds we can expect before HL-LHC starts in 2030
- Previously we have gotten such funds and targeted ensuring that our Tier-2 networks were appropriately sized and not causing any ongoing expenses
- The complication is that our Tier-2s are expected to have 400 Gbps connections (resilient) by HL-LHC but it is likely too early to invest in 400G by the end of this calendar year (prices for 400G should drop significantly by 2029 for example).
- Each Tier-2 will need to think carefully about their needs and the plans already in place for their institutional network upgrades
- We will need a separate meeting to discuss planning and next steps
- We need to have a separate discussion about Tier-1 procurements and plans
- February 2025 is designated as "US Capability Mini-Challenge" month, where USATLAS, USCMS and possibly others test capabilities.
- We have a Google folder to help organize what should be a bottom-up effort: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Af7hWa0Zm30EuqsV1PbekSjb--gXAsVG?usp=sharing
- We (WBS 2.3) need to start filling out relevant documents to cover the who, what, when for each topic we want to test in February
- Some capabilities may note be tested in this round, but we can still begin organizing them
- USCMS has been invited to contribute and other experiments are welcome
- We plan to report on the tests that happen at a future WLCG DOMA meeting
- This will be briefly presented/discussed at ATLAS S&C next week.