WLCG Collaboration Workshop (Tier0/Tier1/Tier2)

Europe/Zurich
Co-located with CHEP 2009 (Prague)

Co-located with CHEP 2009

Prague

Description
This workshop will have a strong WLCG operations focus. Topics include:
  • Service operations, e.g. data management & storage services, databases, analysis services;
  • Operations procedures and tools - reporting of problems, escalation, "Service Incident Reports", suspension of sites in case of major and/or prolonged problems (response targets etc.)
  • Downtime handling: scheduled, unscheduled, at risk etc.
  • Support issues: use of team and alarm tickets, targets for response to incidents, ...
  • Monitoring: VO-views, site views, aligning official availability with VO tests and production results, ...
Prague metro map
WLCG Beer Tasting Session
  • Saturday, 21 March
    • 1
      Workshop introduction, goals and logistics Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

      Speakers: Dr Jamie Shiers (CERN), Milos Lokajicek
      CHEP 2009 home page
      Slides
    • 2
      Status of the LHC Machine - Timeline included in following report Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

      Agenda of Chamonix 2009 LHC Performance workshop
      Summary of Chamonix workshop
    • 3
      WLCG Roadmap for 2009/2010 Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

      Speaker: Dr Ian Bird (CERN)
      Slides
    • 10:30
      coffee break Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

    • 4
      Experiment Roadmaps for 2009/2010 Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

      Based on proposal from Luca, Fabio and Gonzalo, itself based on the LHCb style. See here for more information.

      Assumes an LHC run from September / October 2009 until autumn 2010, with only a short break at Christmas.

      Speakers: Dr Dario Barberis (CERN/Genoa), Kors Bos (NIKHEF), Matthias Kasemann (Unknown), Dr Patricia Mendez Lorenzo (CERN IT/GD), Peter Hristov (CERN), Philippe Charpentier (CERN)
      Proposal from CCRC'08 planning meeting
      Slides
      • a) ATLAS
        Speaker: Kors Bos (NIKHEF)
        Slides
      • b) CMS
        Speaker: Matthias Kasemann (CERN/DESY)
        Slides
      • c) ALICE
        Speaker: Dr Patricia Mendez Lorenzo (CERN IT/GD)
        Slides
      • d) LHCb
        Speaker: Philippe Charpentier (CERN)
        Slides
    • 5
      CCRC'09 Discussion - part 1 Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

    • 12:30
      lunch break Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

    • 6
      WLCG Site Reviews - Status and Outlook Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

      Speaker: Dr Ian Bird (CERN)
      Slides
    • 7
      WLCG DB Service Reviews Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

      Speaker: Maria Girone (CERN)
      Slides
    • 15:30
      coffee break Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

    • 8
      WLCG DM Service Reviews and DM Outlook Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

      • a) Report from dCache workshop held at FZK in January 2009
        Goals of the workshop. Motto: yes we can, stability is coming to dCache.
        Speaker: Mr Jos VanWezel (FORSCHUNGZENTRUM KARLSRUHE)
        agenda
        Minutes
        Slides
      • b) Report from CASTOR external operations F2F meeting held at RAL in February
        Speaker: Barbara Martelli (INFN CNAF)
        agenda
        Slides
      • c) Summary of experiments' DM requirements for 2009
        Speakers: Dr Andrea Sciabà (CERN), Dr Flavia Donno (CERN)
        Slides
      • d) DM futures - ideas, panel discussion and proposal for future workshop
        Suggestions include:
        • Cost of ownership - what are the real costs of "curating" (and serving...) large volumes of HEP data?
        • using HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System) as a WLCG SE - Brian Bockelman, Nebraska
        • Planning for long-term access to data - the LHC data archive?
        Speaker: Brian Paul Bockelman (University of Nebraska)
        Slides
    • 9
      WLCG Tier0 Network Intervention - Did Work at outside sites suffer? Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

    • WLCG Beer Tasting session Potrefená Husa, Na Verandách restaurant (Potrefená Husa, Na Verandách restaurant.)

      Potrefená Husa, Na Verandách restaurant

      Potrefená Husa, Na Verandách restaurant.

      Details here.

    • 10
      WLCG Analysis Services Working Group Session Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

      Speaker: Dr Markus Schulz (CERN)
      Slides
    • 11
      Supporting WLCG Analysis Services and Analysis Users Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

      Speakers: Dr Dan van der Ster (Conseil Europeen Recherche Nucl. (CERN)), Dr Massimo Lamanna (CERN)
      • a) Introduction
        Speaker: Dr Massimo Lamanna (CERN)
        Slides
      • b) Case Study: User Support in ATLAS (and LHCb)
        Speaker: Dr Dan van der Ster (Conseil Europeen Recherche Nucl. (CERN))
        Slides
      • c) Discussion
    • 10:30
      coffee break Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

    • 12
      WLCG Operations Session Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

      • a) Operations procedures and tools - reporting of problems, escalation
        Speaker: Nicholas Thackray (CERN)
        Slides
      • b) Service Incident Reports - When? Why? How?
        Speaker: Olof Barring (CERN)
        CERN FIO incident reports
        GridPP incident template
        Slides
      • c) Suspension of sites in case of major and/or prolonged problems (response targets etc.)
        Speakers: Graeme Andrew Stewart (University of Glasgow), Nicholas Thackray (CERN)
      • d) Action plans from sites in case of major and/or prolonged problems (response targets etc.)
        Speaker: Dr Jamie Shiers (CERN)
      • e) LHCOPN operations and Grid interactions
        Speakers: Mr Guillaume Cessieux (IN2P3-CC), Dr Jamie Shiers (CERN)
        Slides
    • 12:30
      lunch break Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

    • 13
      WLCG Operations Session Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

      • a) Downtime handling: scheduled, unscheduled, at risk etc.
        Speaker: Pablo Saiz (CERN)
        Slides
      • b) Monitoring: VO-views, site views, aligning official availability with VO tests and production results, ...
        Speakers: Dr Elisa Lanciotti (European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)), Julia Andreeva (CERN)
        GridMAP Site View
        Slides
      • c) Support issues: use of team and alarm tickets, targets for response to incidents, ...
        Speaker: Julia Andreeva (CERN)
        Slides
      • d) Automatic Resource & Usage Monitoring
        Speaker: Steve Traylen (CERN)
        Slides
      • e) LHCOPN operations and Grid interactions (slides above)
      • f) Meet the SCOD ("Service Coordinator On Duty")
        Speaker: Dr Jamie Shiers (CERN)
    • 14
      Remaining Issues, Summary and Outlook Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

      ATLAS proposal for STEP09 (aka CCRC'09)
      CMS proposed STEPs for scale testing
      Workshop summary
    • 15:30
      coffee break Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

    • WLCG Collaboration Board meeting [agendas] - (tentative - for CB members only!) Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague

    • 18:00
      (CHEP) Welcome Reception Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Co-located with CHEP 2009

      Prague