D-CMS Computing Team

Friday 1 Jun 2012, 10:00 → 12:00 Europe/Berlin

EVO (Universe)

EVO Title:          DCMS Computing Team 
Community:      CMS
Password:       dCMS2012
Meeting URL:
        http://evo.caltech.edu/evoNext/koala.jnlp?meeting=MsMiMI2s2aD8DD9t92Dt9s
Password: dCMS2012
Phone Bridge:
        ID: 535 2036
        Password: 2269

Notes from the FPS-CMS Computing Team Phone Meeting March 16th, 2012
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Participants:
RWTH: T. Kress, A. Nowak 
KA: M. Zeise, O. Oberst [Protocol], G. Quast
DESY: C. Wissing, B. Lewendel


      * T1/T2 Resource Updates/Plans
              * T1:
                      * Additional 176TB added within tape read pools
                        after milestone
              * NRG:
                      * NRG disk pool extension in planning phase.
                        Current offer for the available budget 90TB
              * DESY
                      * 300TB storage bought in March. In production
                        since May.
              * AACHEN
                      * 500TB of new dCache storage will be added as
                        storage mirror.
                        
              * FSP CMS human ressources:
                      * Gutachterausschuss: Factor 2 will be cut
                        concering the computing positions.
                      * Discussions within management ongoing how to
                        keep our services running
                      * Development Projects will suffer most.
                
              * Userspace Monitoring/Storage
                      * Phedex user data is not monitored within the
                        current setup
                      * Political discussion and a solution on the Quota
                        distribution between the DCMS member institutes
                        should be reached at FSP meeting in Zeuthen.
                        Technical solution can then be applied
                        (Automatic mails to users e.t.c.)
              * Parked Data:
                      * IF STAGED the datasets can be accessed by DCMS
                        users for private RECO at NRG.
                      * Will most probably put pressure on the available
                        space for our users at the T2s.

      * HappyFace Updates
              * Co-funding from the Alliance is secured
              * HF3 is in development
                      * Core rewrite done, php removal, now based on
                        Cherrypy and HTML templates.
                      * Official announcement and discussion within HF
                        community in autumn 
                      * Currently all T1 modules are ported to HF3
                        
      * glideInWMS@NRG news
              * Hardware is Ordered.
                      * 2 Blades for the Factory
              * New diploma student for glideinWMS has already started
                at KIT
                
      * AOB
              * FSP Meeting restructuring:
                      * Meetings have to be re-organized!
                      * Computing Part:
                              * Group meetings by analysis groups should
                                request FSP CMS computing team
                                contributions if needed. 
                              * Also possible: Special "computing
                                seminars" if there are new developments
                                going into production to inform our
                                users.
                              * Still required: One time per year
                                face2face meeting.
                              * G. Quast will communicate these
                                suggestions to FSP CMS management.

1 T1/T2 Resource Updates/Plans

2 HappyFace Updates

3 glideInWMS@NRG news

4 AOB