WLCG 2009 Data-Taking Readiness Planning Workshop

Europe/Zurich
IT Auditorium (CERN)

IT Auditorium

CERN

Description
Rapporteurs: Patricia Mendez Lorenzo & Roberto Santinelli (additional volunteers welcome!)
Certificate of Attendance
EVO details
Participants
  • Alberto Aimar
  • Alberto Pace
  • Alexandre Vaniachine
  • Andrea Sciaba'
  • Andreu Pacheco Pages
  • Angela Poschlad
  • Carlos Fernando Gamboa
  • carmine cioffi
  • Christoph Wissing
  • Christopher Jung
  • Claudio Grandi
  • Csaba Hajdu
  • Dario Barberis
  • Dejan Vitlacil
  • Diana Bosio
  • Dirk Duellmann
  • Eric Fede
  • Erik Mattias Wadenstein
  • Fabio Hernandez
  • Fairouz MALEK
  • Farida Fassi
  • Farida Naz
  • Felice Rosso
  • Flavia Donno
  • Frederique Chollet
  • Gareth Smith
  • Gavin McCance
  • Gerd Behrmann
  • German Cancio
  • Ghita Rahal
  • Gianfranco Sciacca
  • Gianni Pucciani
  • Gilbert Poulard
  • Gordon Brown
  • Harry Renshall
  • Helene CORDIER
  • Helmut Wolters
  • Hiroyuki Matsunaga
  • Ian Bird
  • Ignacio Reguero
  • Jamie Shiers
  • Jason Shih
  • Jean-Pierre Meyer
  • Jeff Templon
  • Jens Jensen
  • Jeremy Coles
  • John Gordon
  • John Kelly
  • Julia Andreeva
  • Kors Bos
  • Lanciotti Elisa
  • Latchezar Betev
  • Laura Perini
  • luca canali
  • Maarten Litmaath
  • Maarten van Ingen
  • Maite Barroso
  • Maria Dimou
  • Maria Girone
  • Mario David
  • Markus Schulz
  • Massimo Lamanna
  • Max Böhm
  • Michel Jouvin
  • Miguel Anjo
  • Miguel Marques Coelho Dos Santos
  • Muriel Gougerot
  • Oleg Tsigenov
  • Oliver Keeble
  • Olof Barring
  • Pablo Saiz
  • Patricia Mendez Lorenzo
  • Patrick Fuhrmann
  • Paul Millar
  • Philippe Charpentier
  • Ricardo Brito da Rocha
  • Richard Sinclair
  • Ron Trompert
  • Simone Campana
  • Stephen Burke
  • Stephen Gowdy
  • Steve Traylen
  • Sue Foffano
  • Tadaaki Isobe
  • Tauqir Fatima
  • Thomas Kress
  • TIgran Mkrtchyan
  • Torsten Antoni
  • Ulrich Schwickerath
  • Vladimir Sapunenko
  • Yvan Calas
  • Thursday, 13 November
    • 09:00 13:00
      2009 - Timetable & Planning IT Auditorium

      IT Auditorium

      CERN

      • 09:00
        LHC Operation in 2009 - Outlook 30m
        Speaker: Maria Girone (CERN)
        Slides
      • 09:30
        Report from C-RRB on Computing Resource Allocation for 2009 30m
        Speaker: Harry Renshall (CERN)
        Slides
      • 10:00
        CMS - Plan for shutdown and data-taking preparation 30m
        Speaker: Claudio Grandi (INFN Bologna)
        Slides
      • 10:30
        ATLAS - Plan for shutdown and data-taking preparation 30m
        Speaker: Kors Bos (NIKHEF)
        Slides
      • 11:00
        LHCb - Plan for shutdown and data-taking preparation 30m
        Speaker: Philippe Charpentier (CERN)
        Slides
      • 11:30
        ALICE - Plan for shutdown and data-taking preparation 30m
        Speaker: Latchezar Betev (CERN)
        Slides
    • 13:00 14:00
      lunch break 1h IT Auditorium

      IT Auditorium

      CERN

    • 14:00 18:15
      Experience from 2008 - Sites & Services IT Auditorium

      IT Auditorium

      CERN

      • 14:00
        Data Management Services 1h
        Speaker: Gavin McCance (CERN)
        Slides
      • 15:00
        Database Services 30m
        Speaker: Maria Girone (CERN)
        Slides
      • 15:30
        Tier2 Experiences 30m
        Speaker: Michel Jouvin (LAL / IN2P3)
        Slides
      • 16:00
        Tier1 Experiences 30m
        Speaker: Ian Fisk (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL))
        Slides
      • 16:30
        Tier1 Reliability 30m
        Speaker: Dr John Gordon (STFC-RAL)
        Slides
      • 17:00
        CERN / Tier0 Experiences 45m
        Speaker: Miguel Marques Coelho Dos Santos (CERN)
        Slides
    • 18:00 22:00
      Workshop Drink Restaurant number 1 - main building

      Restaurant number 1 - main building

      CERN

    • 18:00 19:00
      break 1h IT Auditorium

      IT Auditorium

      CERN

  • Friday, 14 November
    • 09:00 13:00
      2009 Baseline Versions & Production Service Requirements IT Auditorium

      IT Auditorium

      CERN

      • 09:00
        Middleware 30m
        Speaker: Oliver Keeble (CERN)
        Slides
      • 09:30
        Storageware 30m
        Speaker: Dr Flavia Donno (CERN)
        Slides
      • 10:00
        Status / Outlook of Critical Services 30m
        Speaker: Dr Andrea Sciaba' (CERN)
        Slides
      • 10:30
        Analysis - Service Requirements 45m
        • Presentation plus discussion
        Speaker: Dr Markus Schulz (CERN)
        Slides
        • ROOT/PROOF-based services 15m
          Speakers: Fons Rademakers (CERN), Gerardo GANIS (CERN)
          Slides
      • 11:15
        Goals & Metrics for Data Taking Readiness "Challenge" 45m
        • Service validation if software is changed/upgraded
        • Specific tests (e.g. throughput) to ensure that no problems have been introduced
        • Tests of functions not yet tested (e.g. Reprocessing/data recall at Tier 1s)

        • “Simulated” downtime of 1-3 Tier1s for up to – or exceeding – 5 days (window?) to understand how system handles export including recall from tape
        • Scheduled(?) recovery from power-outages
        • Extensive concurrent batch load – do shares match expectations?
        • Extensive overlapping “functional blocks” – concurrent production & analysis activities
        • Reprocessing and analysis use cases (Tier1 & Tier2) and conditions "DB" load - validation of current deployment(s)
        • Tape rates - can sites support concurrent tape rates needed by all VOs it supports concurrently?

        • Oracle 11g release 2
        Speaker: (all)
        Slides
      • 12:00
        Data Management Futures 1h
        • Presentation plus discussion
        Speaker: Dirk Duellmann (CERN)
        Slides
    • 13:00 14:00
      lunch break 1h IT Auditorium

      IT Auditorium

      CERN

    • 14:00 18:00
      WLCG + Experiments Operations IT Auditorium

      IT Auditorium

      CERN

      • 14:00
        GGUS - Direct routing of tickets to all sites 20m
        Speakers: Diana Bosio (CERN), Maria Dimou (CERN), Torsten Antoni (GGUS, KIT-SCC)
        Slides
      • 14:20
        Monitoring / Dashboard Roadmap 40m
        Speaker: Julia Andreeva (CERN)
        • Site Status Board 15m
          "SLS for Sites" - VO view of its sites
          Speaker: Pablo Saiz (CERN)
          Slides
        • Site Monitoring 15m
          To provide a site view of VO activities at that site
          Speaker: Dr Elisa Lanciotti (European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN))
          Slides
        • FTS monitoring 15m
          Speaker: Ricardo Brito Da Rocha (CERN)
          Slides
      • 15:00
        WLCG Operations - Post-mortem & Escalation Procedures, "Service Coordination", Downtime Handling, etc. 30m
        Speakers: Harry Renshall (CERN), Dr Jamie Shiers (CERN), Maria Girone (CERN), Nicholas Thackray (CERN), Olof Barring (CERN)
        Changes
        document
      • 15:30
        Experiment Operations 30m
        Speaker: Simone Campana (CERN/IT/GS)
        Slides
      • 16:00
        SMART MoU Targets 20m

        • Specific
        • Measurable
        • Achievable
        • Relevant
        • Time related
        Speaker: Julia Andreeva (CERN)
        WLCG Memorandum of Understanding
      • 16:20
        2009 WLCG Collaboration and Review workshops - proposals 10m

        • dCache Tier-1 workshop on January 14th and 15th in FZK (Jos)
        • WLCG Collaboration workshop, 21-22 March, Prague (agenda).
        • Review workshop prior to EGEE'09 in Barcelona
        • Review workshop co-located with OGF 27
        • Potential workshop covering Asia-Pacific region

        • Future / further workshops at CERN??? If yes, when?? where??
          • IT amphitheatre probably too small - other possibilities 50%, 100%, 200% bigger...
        Speaker: Dr Jamie Shiers (CERN)
        ATLAS 2008 post-mortem workshop (for info)
    • 16:30 17:00
      Workshop Summary IT Auditorium

      IT Auditorium

      CERN

      slides
      • 16:30
        Rapporteurs' report(s) 30m
        Speakers: Alberto Aimar (CERN), Jeremy Coles (Physics Department), Dr Patricia Mendez Lorenzo (CERN IT/GD), Rapporteurs, Dr roberto santinelli (CERN/IT/GD)
        Slides