RAL Storage Workshop

13 Apr 2005, 09:30 → 14 Apr 2005, 17:00 Europe/Zurich

RAL - R12 (L&D training room)

J Coles

Meeting being organised around visit of dCache developers. Please note that the meeting room on the first day is UNLIKELY to have wireless connectivity!

Wednesday, 13 April

09:30 → 19:30 Overview

09:30 dCache architectural overview

- Description of components - Review of how the system works

Speaker: Patrick Fuhrmann/Michael Ernst

10:00 Deploying dCache

- Requirements - How to deploy and configure - Resources

Speaker: Patrick Fuhrmann/Michael Ernst

11:00 Review of Tier-1 dCache deployment

Speaker: Steve Traylen

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11:30 Review of RAL development and deployment activities

Speaker: Jens Jensen

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12:00 Lunch

Speaker: Main Restaurant

13:00 → 17:30 Session 1: Tier-2s, deployment and support

13:00 Tier-2 discussions/presentations

- Problems and issues discovered so far - Feedback on package deployment

Speaker: Tier-2 representatives

14:00 Supporting Tier-2 deployments

- How problems and issues will be resolved - Routes for feeding back problems - Testing

Speaker: All

15:00 Tier-1 discussions

Objectives: - To provide feedback on dCache deployment - To raise issues encountered in SC2 - To review specific problems - bug tracing

Speaker: Steve Traylen

15:30 Coffee

Speaker: R1 Coffee Lounge

16:30 Development, deployment and support of the code

- Layout of dCache code - Working with the dCache code - Packaging of components

Speaker: Developers

Thursday, 14 April

09:00 → 16:00 Session 1: Tier-1

09:00 Focus on Tier-1 issues

- Discussion of problems and likely fixes - Hands on assessment of errors / debugging - Future work requirements - Planning

Speaker: All

09:00 → 16:00 Session 2: dCache code and development

09:00 Focus on development and support

- Code reviews - Discussion of detailed components - Opportunities for joint working - Planning (DESY visit)

Speaker: All