Speaker
Dr
Paul Millar
(DESY)
Description
The dCache project develops and supports software for storing
large volumes of scientific data in a POSIX namespace, optionally
storing some of the data on tape, with scalable performance and
support for many protocols. This talk will focus on recent
improvements that are already available or are anticipated for
the next major release.
We are introducing a new token-based authorisation scheme that
will allow easy sharing of data and external user management.
The interface for managing the quality of service users expect
for their files is being improved, along with a new web interface
for managing data. This provides users with an enriched view of
their data. Under the hood, core services are being updated so
they can be scaled horizontally and are no longer a
single-point-of-failure. We are also adding support within
dCache for using clustered storage, initially targeting CEPH, a
popular object store.
Primary authors
Dr
Patrick Fuhrmann
(DESY)
Dr
Paul Millar
(DESY)
