Hi all, for the ones who are interested, here it follows the information about the "Xrootd explained" seminar at CERN. Now also joinable on EVO via the provided URL. When: 3rd of September, Wednesday Where: IT Auditorium Time: 11:00-12:00 Cheers Fabrizio -------- Messaggio Originale -------- Oggetto: Re: XRootd explained seminar Data: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:41:48 +0200 Da: Latchezar Betev <[log in to unmask]> A: <[log in to unmask]> Referenze: <[log in to unmask]> Dear Colleagues, The "XRootd explained" seminar by F. Furano will be transmitted through EVO: Community: Universe Title: XRootd explained seminar password: xrootd meeting URL: http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate/koala.jnlp?meeting=e8eteDvivuanaeI8asI8 Cheers, Latchezar. On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, Latchezar Betev wrote: > > Dear Colleagues, > > Please note the following seminar given by Fabrizio Furano. Given the > very high importance of xrootd in the ALICE computing model and at the > sites providing xrootd-enabled storage, the regional experts and site > administrators are encouraged to join. > > The EVO room will be announced in a separate message. > > Cheers, Latchezar. > > > Title: "XRootd explained" > Abstract: > > This talk gives a broad view of the Scalla/XRootd platform for data access > and storage, intended for a general audience. Emphasis is given to > explaining the overall vision about the project (formerly born as a > collaboration between SLAC and INFN, but now treated as a generic open > source project, with several contributors, CERN being among the first > ones), in the form of a short glance at the key features. > Although some of the topics have highly technical implications, we don't > focus directly on them, preferring to give a view about answers to > questions like "what does it do", "how does it work", "why was it done > that way", or "how can I set up a simple instance with the latest > features". > > > When: 3rd of September, Wednesday > Where: IT Auditorium > Time: 11:00-12:00 > > > --