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There was a pointer buried in my replies to Stephen's Aug/9 meeting minutes which may be useful for locating the US Tier-2 sites: http://www.usatlas.bnl.gov/twiki/bin/view/Admins/WebHome#Tier2_Site_Web_Pages There is a separate page for BNL Tier-1 http://www.acf.bnl.gov/ but I am not sure either are really up to date. Su Dong > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Cottrell, Les > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 9:58 AM > To: Yang, Wei; atlas-sccs-planning-l > Subject: RE: Tier 2 web page > > Is there a list of ATLAS Tier 1 and 2 sites such that we > could set up a web page showing connectivity, > round-trip-time, loss, jitter to those sites from SLAC, CERN & BNL? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Yang, Wei > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:16 PM > To: atlas-sccs-planning-l > Subject: Tier 2 web page > > I discussed with Len about the Tier 2 web page. The issue can > be divided into two areas: content management tools and Tier > 2 content. Here is a summary. any comment? > > Content management tools: > > A static page is good at the beginning. In the near future, > we might want to look at the possibility of using Plone, > which is a Wiki-like tool but provides more features. > > Tier 2 content: > > The discussion focused on the needs of 'local users'. But now > I am not so sure if this is correct. I will add what I think > about the needs of grid users at the end. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > Notification > *) Outage, major changes > *) Events > > How to obtain computer accounts for SLAC Tier 2 > *) Unix account + e-mail account, prefer to send e-mail to users' home > institutes. > *) Full SLAC accounts (unix, e-mail, Windows/exchange, link > to existing > page) > *) Procedures to obtain accounts (discussion: PI -> Charlie -> > HelpDesk ?) > > SLAC Tier 2 Facilities > *) SLAC computing environment, short text and a link to existing one. > *) Security page, a link to existing page. > *) Public machines > *) Setup Atlas environment, links to Stephen's page and Atlas workbook > *) Disk space > in general > AFS related issues > Atlas space areas > *) Batch > LSF documents > Commands to submit Atlas jobs to SLAC LSF farm > LSF resources available to Atlas local users > > Data Availability > *) DQ2 browser and space (Panda monitoring page) > *) How to bring in and transfer out datasets (discussion: do > we allow a > local user to do this?) > > Helps > *) HyperNews at CERN > *) [log in to unmask] > *) Other contact info > > Userful Links > ... > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Grid users should not need much info about us. I am thinking > to start with the following: > > *) Outage, major change, events. > *) How to obtain a certificate/account for grid jobs to SLAC > including limitations of SLAC grid accounts. > *) Data availability (see above for local users) > *) Submit jobs via Panda, a link to BNL > *) HyperNews at CERN for discussion > *) BNL RT (for Western T2) for Tier 2 related help > *) Panda page/DQ2 page for various statistics. > *) Ganglia monitoring in the future? > > -- > Wei Yang | [log in to unmask] | 650-926-3338(O) > > > >