Speaker
Sam Skipsey
(University of Glasgow / GridPP)
Description
The caching, http-mediated filesystem "CVMFS", while first developed for use with the Cern Virtual Machines project, has quickly become a significant part of several VOs software distribution policy, with ATLAS being particularly interested.
The benefits of CVMFS do not simply extend to large VOs, however; small virtual organisations can find software distribution to be problematic, as they don't have any real effort to manage multiple sites.
We explore a case study of a local CVMFS repository, installed at Glasgow, for the UK local neiss.org.uk VO, comparing it to the less structured software management used previously.
Author
Sam Skipsey
(University of Glasgow / GridPP)
Co-authors
Andy Turner
(University of Leeds)
Thomas Doherty
(University of Glasgow (GB))
