Pre-GDB - Grid Storage Services

Session

Tier-2s

11 Nov 2008, 10:00

IT Auditorium (CERN)

Description

This session will be dedicated to Tier-2s running DPM and StoRM.

13. Introduction and experiment requirements

Dr Flavia Donno (CERN)

11/11/2008, 10:00

11. FTS: an update

Akos Frohner (CERN)

11/11/2008, 10:15

12. GFAL and lcg_util

Remi Mollon (CERN)

11/11/2008, 10:30

3. DPM status and plans

David Smith (CERN)

11/11/2008, 10:45

An update on DPM status, plans and the currently recommended release.

4. DPM configuration and discussions - question from the sites

All

11/11/2008, 11:05

* user quotas * tools for performing common administration tasks * access control for spaces * more advanced pool selection mechanism for DPM * improved logging (centralised) * tools for checking SE-LFC synchronisation * nagios style alarms * Are all of the current SEs set up properly in order to optimally deal with local user analysis?

5. StoRM status and new release

Luca Magnoni (CNAF)

11/11/2008, 11:25

6. StoRM configuration and discussions - question from the sites

All

11/11/2008, 11:55

* Some sites are testing StoRM now. Some sites are using GPFS and others Lustre. Can we expect exactly the same functionality from both types of SEs? * access control for storage area * gridFTP load balancer