Name: NGS-GridPP joint meeting
Start: 2008-10-22T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2008-10-22T16:40:00+01:00
Location: EVO - GridPP Deployment team meeting

NGS-GridPP joint meeting

Wednesday 22 October 2008 - 09:00

Monday 20 October 2008
Tuesday 21 October 2008
Wednesday 22 October 2008

09:00 ARRIVAL (Tea, coffee and pastries)
ARRIVAL (Tea, coffee and pastries)
09:00 - 09:30

09:30 Introduction
Introduction
09:30 - 09:40
- Overview of the day - Objectives of the meeting

09:40 Current GridPP deployment and operations [Jeremy Coles]
Current GridPP deployment and operations [Jeremy Coles]
09:40 - 10:00
- Organisational context - Drivers and concerns

10:00 Current NGS deployment and operations [Andy Richards]
Current NGS deployment and operations [Andy Richards]
10:00 - 10:20
- Organisational context - Core aims and drivers

10:20 Middleware: GridPP/EGEE gLite [Pete Gronbech]
Middleware: GridPP/EGEE gLite [Pete Gronbech]
10:20 - 10:40
- Overview of components - gLite interfaces - Submission mechanism - Information system and Glue 2 [Stephen Burke]

10:40 SRM, SRB and iRODS [Jens Jensen]
SRM, SRB and iRODS [Jens Jensen]
10:40 - 11:00
- Summary of the storage approaches - Common areas - Underlying requirements - Interoperability

11:00 BREAK (Tea/Coffee)
BREAK (Tea/Coffee)
11:00 - 11:20

11:20 Middleware: NGS software stack [David Wallom]
Middleware: NGS software stack [David Wallom]
11:20 - 11:40

11:40 Discussion
Discussion
11:40 - 11:55
- Overlaps - Clarification on service requirements

11:55 Monitoring & accounting: GridPP/EGEE [Andrew Elwell]
Monitoring & accounting: GridPP/EGEE [Andrew Elwell]
11:55 - 12:10
- SAM framework - Site reports and availability - Plans for Nagios and alarms - APEL accounting - Storage accounting

12:10 Monitoring & Accounting: NGS [Shiv Kaushal]
Monitoring & Accounting: NGS [Shiv Kaushal]
12:10 - 12:25
- Overview of monitoring on NGS - Inca monitoring framework - User Accounting System - Resource Usage Service - Future Plans

12:25 Discussion
Discussion
12:25 - 12:40
- Areas of overlap - Adoption of technologies

12:40 LUNCH (Buffet)
LUNCH (Buffet)
12:40 - 13:30

13:30 Users & support: WLCG/EGEE [Alessandra Forti]
Users & support: WLCG/EGEE [Alessandra Forti]
13:30 - 13:50
- User communities - Documentation (use of wikis, blogs, lists...)

13:50 Users & support: NGS [Matt Viljoen]
Users & support: NGS [Matt Viljoen]
13:50 - 14:10
- Types of users - Special requirements - Documentation (including wikis, blogs, lists...)

14:10 Helpdesk [Stephen Burke]
Helpdesk [Stephen Burke]
14:10 - 14:30
- Use of GGUS - Function of TPMs - Needs and expectations (ROC assignments) - Ticket followup (who does what and when)

14:30 Discussion
Discussion
14:30 - 14:50
- Regional participation, applications and the NGI [Abdeslem Djaoui] - Overlapping communities - Changing user needs and services - Engaging new user groups - Outreach and support

14:50 BREAK (Tea/Coffee)
BREAK (Tea/Coffee)
14:50 - 15:10

15:10 Security: ROC & GridPP [Mingchao Ma]
Security: ROC & GridPP [Mingchao Ma]
15:10 - 15:30
- Incident response - Communications

15:30 Security - NGS/NGI [Jens Jensen]
Security - NGS/NGI [Jens Jensen]
15:30 - 15:50
- CA TAG - Future authentication methods - Incident response [??]

15:50 Miscellaneous topics
Miscellaneous topics
15:50 - 16:20
- MPI - Shared resource centres (and campus grids?) [Yves Coppens] - COD activities and move to regional COD [Derek Ross] - Training - Databases [Keir Hawker] - Sharing topology information - regional GOCDB

16:20 What next?
What next?
16:20 - 16:40
- review of actions & discussion outcomes - planning?

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