JRA1 All Hands Meeting

Europe/Zurich
PADOVA

PADOVA

Frederic Hemmer
Description
More details on the logistics can be found at
http://www.pd.infn.it/grid/jra1meeting/

Potential topics:
  • Policy frameworks
  • Advance reservation - JRA4 interaction
  • Configuration
  • Integration issues (collaboration, priorities)
  • Security in DM
  • WMS and DM interaction
  • Information system and DM - schema issues
  • Error management
  • Is the SA1 requirement for binary tarballs and fully relocatable RPMs realistic?
  • What information do people want to see?
actionlist
    • Opening
      • 1
        Opening
        Speaker: Frederic Hemmer
        transparencies
      • 2
        Welcome and Logistics
        Speaker: local organizers
        transparencies
      • 3
        Action review from last all-hands meeting
        Speaker: Erwin Laure
        more information
        transparencies
    • Integration session
      • 4
        The Build System and the Release Process
        Update on the build infrastructure status and an open discussion about the software release process, missing tools and functionality, packaging requirements (SA1 requiements?) and other open issues
        Speaker: Marian Zurek (CERN)
        more information
        transparencies
      • 5
        gLite Configuration Overview
        A general introduction to the proposed gLite configuration guidelines
        Speaker: Joachim Flammer (CERN)
        more information
        transparencies
      • 6
        Configuration Schemas and Service Configurators
        A presentation of the details of the proposed configuration schemas and the service configurator design for services and clients.
        Speaker: Robert Harakaly (CERN)
      • 16:00
        coffee
      • 7
        The Data Management Service Configurator
        A demo of an implementation of the service configurator pattern for Linux daemons applied to the gLite I/O Server and Client
        Speaker: Paolo Badino (CERN)
        transparencies
      • 8
        Java Web Services Configuration with JMX
        A presentation of a model for Java Web Services configuration and management using JMX. It consists of a presentation of the technology, the possible implementation models and the available tools (SUN, IBM, HP), followed by a demo of dynamic configuration
        Speaker: Joachim Flammer (CERN)
        more information
      • 9
        Discussion
        Open discussion and questions to the ITeam, requirments and AOB
        Speaker: Everybody
    • Information System
      • 10
        Services, Services Discovery and Service Status
        This will explain the thinking behind the Site, Service and ServiceStatus tables and show to use them. It will also address the issue of a specific API. This will include a brief hands on session
        Speaker: Craig, M and Wilson, A J (RAL)
        transparencies
      • 11
        Multiple VO Support
        Support of multiple VOs will be available soon. This session will explore the consequences of this.
        Speaker: Byrom, R (RAL)
        transparencies
      • 12
        GLUE
        • a) GLUE Version 1.2
          Speaker: Andreozzi, S (INFN-CNAF)
          more information
          transparencies
        • b) Comments on GLUE Schema
          Speaker: Kunszt, P (CERN)
          transparencies
        • c) More comments on GLUE
          Speaker: Fisher, SM (RAL)
          transparencies
        • d) Discussion
      • 10:30
        coffee
    • Integration of Package Manager

      How will the PM interact with the WMS and DM tools and vice versa.

      • 13
        gLite Package Manager
        Speaker: Buncic, Predrag (CERN)
        transparencies
    • Advance reservation - interaction with JRA4
      1. Architecture overview
      2. Use cases: network and storage reservation and allocation
      3. Information services: schema extensions?
      4. Deliverable DJRA4.1 ("Specification of interfaces for bandwidth reservation service"): overview and issues
      5. Data management: what support for storage advance reservation?
      6. Code development roadmap
      • 14
        Overview on Advance Reservation framework.
        Speaker: Tiziana Ferrari (INFN CNAF)
        transparencies
      • 12:30
        Lunch
    • Security session
      Minutes
      • 15
        VOMS
        Speaker: Joni Hakala, Valerio Venturi
        more information
      • 16
        Discussion
      • 17
        Site access control issues (a sneak preview of DJRA3.2)
        Speaker: Martijn Steenbakkers
        transparencies
      • 18
        The software formerly known as the Site Proxy
        Speaker: Oscar Koeroo
        transparencies
      • 16:00
        coffee
      • 19
        Security in DM
        Speaker: Akos Frohner
        transparencies
      • 20
        Discussion
      • 21
        List of issues
        So far the list looks like this: - grid usernames, EGEE short term approach (Joni) - security for streaming (Steve Hicks,non-blocking java, RMGA requirement?) - c/c++ communication security not solved by Grid site. (Daniel Kouril, goal to understand their solution, what other solutions there are and to minimize the number of different solutions). - GPBOX - more?
        Speaker: All
        transparencies
      • 22
        Discussion
    • DM & WMS interaction
      • 23
        Current JDL parameters for Data Management
        Speaker: Fabrizio Pacini (Datamat)
        more information
        transparencies
      • 24
        StorageIndex
        The StorageIndex interface is being used by the WMS to locate the files given in the JDL.
        Speaker: Krzysztof Nienartowicz (CERN)
        transparencies
      • 25
        Information System: Relationships of WM and DM services
        In this talk all the information system parameters that are necessary to actually perform the interaction between the DM and WM systems are revisited and exposed - to be eyed very cautiously by the audience.
        Speaker: Ricardo Brito da Rocha (CERN)
        transparencies
      • 26
        BrokerInfo usage in gLite and evolution
        Here we will discuss how the functionality currently filled by the brokerinfo is being taken over by other services in gLite. (or not.)
        Speaker: discussion
    • Testing Session
      • 10:30
        coffee
      • 27
        Overview of testing and the testbed infrastructure
        The current state of the distributed testbed will be presented for all testing sites. The procedure to install and update glite components on the tested wil be described
        Speaker: Leanne Guy (CERN)
        more information
        transparencies
      • 28
        Testing framework
        A demonstration of the QMTest framework in use on the testbed with existing test suites
        Speaker: David Collados (CERN)
        more information
      • 29
        Workload management system testing
        A presentation of what exists and further testing planned.
        Speaker: Mario Reale (CERN)
        transparencies
      • 30
        Data management testing
        A presentation of what exists already and what further testing is planned
        Speaker: David Collados (CERN)
        more information
      • 31
        Security testing
        Presentation of plans for security testing.
        Speaker: Leanne Guy (CERN)
        more information
        transparencies
      • 32
        R-GMA testing
        Current plans for R-GMA testing
        Speaker: Leanne Guy (CERN)
        transparencies
    • Wrap-up
      transparencies