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ARDA Workshop and ATLAS Distributed Analysis Plans. ATLAS ODCGMB Meeting. David Adams BNL June 29, 2004. ARDA workshop GLite issues ADA plans. Contents. ARDA workshop. Workshop held last week Monday though Wednesday mid-afternoon http://agenda.cern.ch/fullAgenda.php?ida=a042197
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ARDA Workshop and ATLAS Distributed Analysis Plans ATLAS ODCGMB Meeting David Adams BNL June 29, 2004
ARDA workshop GLite issues ADA plans Contents ARDA Workshop and ADA plans ODCGMB
ARDA workshop • Workshop held last week • Monday though Wednesday mid-afternoon • http://agenda.cern.ch/fullAgenda.php?ida=a042197 • Representatives from ARDA, EGEE and LHC exps • For ATLAS: David Adams, Laura Perini, Rob Gardner • Also Solveig Albrand on Monday for metadata ARDA Workshop and ADA plans ODCGMB
GLite issues • Architecture • Does document really describe and “architecture” • Can EGEE services be factored • Only use pieces of the system • Include pieces from other middleware providers • Disagreements about the relative priorities of services to be delivered • Between experiments • Within EGEE • Between exps and EGEE • ARDA will try to define priorities ARDA Workshop and ADA plans ODCGMB
GLite issues (cont) • Resources • Need for compute resources • Prototype is one worker node with AFS • Licensing issues for non-EGEE sites • At least before fall • Promise to add resources by fall • ATLAS ready much sooner ARDA Workshop and ADA plans ODCGMB
GLite issues (cont) • GAS • Much discussion about the merits • Clear there is internal dissension in EGEE • Statement: will be able to use gLite services w/o GAS • This is not clear from architecture document • GAS might be replaced by each experiment • E.g. ATLAS analysis service ARDA Workshop and ADA plans ODCGMB
GLite issues • Metadata services • EGEE view: problem for experiments • I asked for generic metadata service • No commitment • Solveig described the AMI service • We could view them as our MW provider for this • Should EGEE then adopt and maintain this? ARDA Workshop and ADA plans ODCGMB
GLite issues (cont) • Data management • Lots of discussion about GUID vs. LFN for identifying logical files • Most files are read only (WORM) • CMS has interest in mutable files for conditions • Working plan: file catalog is WORM; CMS uses URL trick to make files mutable • Agreement on need for file transfer service • Proposal was made to use the CMS system for EGEE ARDA Workshop and ADA plans ODCGMB
GLite issues (cont) • Package management • I asked for more functionality and higher priority • Good news: architecture document includes more than predicted in January • Communication • Concern about communication between exps and gLite • Like to have direct contact--not just through ARDA • Did agree on a mailing list • project-lcg-ardainfo ARDA Workshop and ADA plans ODCGMB
ADA news • Some ADA items since the May SW week • ATPROD analysis service • Discussion last week • Preference for a system that populates the prod DB • Identify David Rebatto to work on this • After LCG executor is working • Miguel Branco will help ARDA Workshop and ADA plans ODCGMB
ADA news (cont) • ARDA analysis service • Dietrich Liko is working on this • Able to deploy DIAL service with makeshift connection to EGEE WMS over a weekend • Problems with WMS • No end-to-end demo yet • Much more work to do ARDA Workshop and ADA plans ODCGMB
ADA news (cont) • ATPROD transformations • Christian Haeberli is looking into reusing the transformations from ATPROD as ADA applications • ATPROD analysis service could work from application name • Package management • Grigori Rybkine has begun work to deliver a package management service • We should connect this to gLite ARDA Workshop and ADA plans ODCGMB