dCache developers phone conference Aug 20, 2008

Development

• Vladimirs improvements to pnfs/PnfsManager/dCache.
  • Maybe Vladimir can briefly describe his work.
• Urgent PATCHES to review ?
  • Patches by Gerd. Timur will spend some time to review.
• New release
  • traces of 'remove of pool files' should be in.
  • patch to init script.
  • some patches of gerd still in the patch queue.

Tickets

• IN2P3 : gPlazma question by Jonathan (Ted) ? Will be answered by Ted his week.
• NDGF gridKa transfer ? Seems to be a firewall issue.
• Flavia : starting pin timer : on bring-online or when file touches the disk. Will be fixed.
• Release pin by VO. On the way. Need changes at gPlazma and SRM. Planned for Sep.
• Grid ftp 'ls -l' output format ?

Operational

• Jon : Some Doors just hang. No more information yet. Timur will do full investigation.
• Proposal
  • Add source of messages when deleting files on pools.
  • Report all commands on the Admin cell.
• Ted OSG Operation : Chris Green (Fermilab is hosting the central server for collecting probe information) : Indexing the billing database. Tanya will provide the sql probes query. (Timestamp)
• Doris : high pnfs load every 90 minutes (similar at BNL, every 20 minutes) Fermi encountered the same some time ago. Has been caused by clients.
• Authorization/Authentication?. No feedback from anybody on Ted's proposal.
• Future : one UID multiple group ID's. One DN/Role/Group(FQAN) may have multiple gid's. User Record : one uid, list of list of gid's, one user root directory.
• Gerd Question : sound better at FERMI.
• Gerd Question : profiling of srm authentication/authorization.
• Gerd Question : Gerd is going to the atlas jamboree.
• Gerd Question : New Queue for PRODUCTION PATCH.

General

• We are preparing a 5 hours dCache tutorial for the gridKa school. THE European school for grid newcomers.

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