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I am pretty sure we had to long struggling with our own phone around that time.

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Wei Yang  |  [log in to unmask]  |  650-926-3338(O)  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen J. Gowdy [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 11:48 AM
> To: Yang, Wei
> Cc: atlas-sccs-planning-l
> Subject: Re: Meeting minutes of ATLAS/SCCS Meeting 3rd October 2007
> 
> BTW, I called in at 9:10am but no one was on the phone.
> 
> On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Wei Yang wrote:
> 
> > Attendees: Chuck, John Bartelt, Booker, Randy, Wei, Richard
> >
> > Production:
> > ==========
> >
> > We are now running DQ2 and PandaMover in parallel. 
> PandaMover is a new 
> > mechanism for data transferring by Panda jobs. PandaMover 
> needs write 
> > access to local replica catalog's (LRC) web interface and we use a 
> > well maintained Apache proxy as its frond end. PandaMover doesn't 
> > solve the problem of staging data from BNL tape to BNL disk, so 
> > production is still not in good shape.
> >
> > We are reporting our accounting data to Gratia and WLCG. 
> Michael Ernst 
> > will extract last year's usage (9/2006 - 9/2007) directly 
> from Panda 
> > logs. From Oct. onward, WLCG will get usage data from Gratia.
> >
> > Hardware:
> > ========
> >
> > Current schedule is still January. Hope to combine ATLAS purchasing 
> > with others to make it a bigger one.
> >
> > AOB:
> > ===
> >
> > 1) Michael would like SLAC to serve as a test site for security 
> > related issue because most of issues are raised by SLAC. Wei had 
> > agreed to work on the first of such issues, the GSI based 
> > authentication of LRC web interface for PandaMover.
> >
> > We should also be careful not to over commit ourselves giving our 
> > limited resource as a Tier 2.
> >
> > All parties think that it is necessary to have security 
> people engaged 
> > at planning and development stage.It would be good to 
> provide a short 
> > description when planning to develop new softwares, and 
> circle around 
> > for comments at early stage.
> >
> > 2) Tier 2 workshop in November. We are in touch with Office of 
> > Communication for logistic related issues. Have just filled 
> out some 
> > paperwork. Estimates
> > $75 for registration (and $100 for late registration). OoC 
> will help 
> > setup online payment account and URL.
> >
> > Also are working with InfoMedia group for an official web 
> page for the 
> > workshop. The target date is mid-Oct (InfoMedia is busy on other 
> > important things at the Lab, mostly from the director's office).
> >
> >
> > Wei Yang  |  [log in to unmask]  |  650-926-3338(O)
> >
> 
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