A workshop for gLite FTS Administrators

Overview

The aims of the workshop are:

• Provide up-to-date information on the configuration and management of the FTS as supplied in gLite 3.0, as well as descriptions of new features coming in the next (October) release
• Provide a forum for discussion on configuration and management of FTS Servers, with both developers and administrators present
• Act as a forum for administrators to feed back feature requests to the development team

Local Information

SARA is situated in the Amsterdam Watergraafsmeer area, the campus is called Sciencepark Amsterdam.

The workshop will be held at the CWI which is in the same building as SARA but has a separate entrance. The number of the meeting room is Z009.

At Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol) you can take a taxi to get to SARA (travelling time about 20-25 minutes, costs about € 40). With public transportation you can also reach SARA, but this is rather complicated and time-comsuming. From Schiphol airport you first have to travel to Amsterdam Amstel station by train (with a change of train at Amsterdam Central station or Duivendrecht station) and there you can take the bus number 40 to the Sciencepark (count on at least one hour for this journey). For more info regarding reaching SARA by public transportation, please consult our website.

Enter the Sciencepark campus on your left through the middle gate. The CWI buiding is on your right and there is a lambda sign near the entrance. A map of the Sciencepark may be found at: Map

Here is a list of hotels you can contact to find a room. We can recommend the NH Tropen Hotel.

• Low budget hotels (price range Euro 65-95)
• Hotel Rembrandt telephone +31- (0)20 6272714 telefax +31- (0)20380293, www.hotelrembrandt.nl
• Hotel Smit telephone +31- (0)20 6714785 telefax +31- (0)20 6629161
• Hotel Parklane Telephone +31- (0)20 622 4804 Telefax +31- (0)20 626 7827
• More expensive hotels (price range Euro 95-115)
• NH Tropen hotel telephone +31- (0)20 6925111 telefax +31- (0)20 6630979; www.nh-hotels.nl
• Best Western Eden hotel telephone +31- (0)20 5307888 telefax +31- (0)20 6242946, www.edenhotelgroup.com
• Best Western Lancaster hotel telephone +31- (0)20 5307888 telefax +31- (0)20 6242946, res.lancaster@edenhotelgroup.nl
• Expensive hotels (price range Euro 115-175)
• AMS Museum hotel
• AMS Terdam
• AMS Holland
• AMS City Centre
Information about this hotelgroup: telephone +31- (0)20 6831811 telefax +31- (0)20 6160320

Most of the hotels mentioned are within 30 minutes distance of SARA by public transport. Taxi services in Amsterdam: TCA +31- (0)20 6777777 You can find more information at the Amsterdam Tourist Information site.

Pre-workshop dinner

The dinner will be at 20:00 on oktober 17th at:

Eastern Delight
Prinses Beatrixlaan 5
1111 EX Diemen
phone: +31 20 6002536

The restaurant can be reached by public transport by bus 136 to Diemen. You have to get off at "burg bickerstraat". Then it is a three minutes walk in the direction where the bus is going and on the same street that is first called "wilhelminaplantsoen" and later on becomes the "Prinses Beatrixlaan".

You can also take tram 9 and get off at "nic lublinkstraat". Then it is a 6 minutes walk. Walk into the "nic lublinkstraat", take a left, then take a right "marijkestraat" and continue until you reach the "Prinses Beatrixlaan". Then the restaurant is across the street on your left.

The public transport network map of Amsterdam may be found here.