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Deployment Board Introduction. David Kelsey 29 Oct 2004 d.p.kelsey@rl.ac.uk. Agenda. Morning Objectives Introduction Review of past (the most recent quarter) Current deployment issues Afternoon Reports from related projects Deployment Team plans Future plans and priorities
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Deployment BoardIntroduction David Kelsey 29 Oct 2004 d.p.kelsey@rl.ac.uk
Agenda • Morning • Objectives • Introduction • Review of past (the most recent quarter) • Current deployment issues • Afternoon • Reports from related projects • Deployment Team plans • Future plans and priorities • Plans for next meeting (annual review) • AOB GridPP DB Intro
Today’s Objectives • First meeting of the new Deployment Board • Understand and agree its role • Identify individual responsibilities • Agreed inputs and outputs of the DB • Clear record of GridPP deployment plans and issues • Understand how middleware and applications development will impact deployment activities • Understand how CERN, UK NGS, Grid Ireland, EGEE and LCG developments will impact deployment activities • Agreed list of priorities for the deployment team GridPP DB Intro
Deployment Board • Replaces GridPP1 Technical Board • Prototype to Production • Mandate (primarily a technical body) • Determine and oversee execution of technical plan • Report to GridPP PMB • Ensure GridPP-wide issues discussed/solved • Provide forum for tech info exchange • Oversee deployment and use of GridPP h/w • Tier1 – Tier2 coordination/liaison • Ensure integration of external tech developments GridPP DB Intro
DB members • Production Manager Jeremy Coles (RAL) • (acts as Deputy Chair) • Tier1/A Manager Andrew Sansum (RAL) • 4 Tier 2 Technical Coordinators • London Owen Maroney (Imperial) • North Grid Alessandra Forti (Manchester) • Scot Grid Fraser Speirs (Glasgow) • South Grid Rhys Newman (Oxford) • UK HEP SYSMAN chair Pete Gronbech (Oxford) • CERN T0/Deployment David Smith (CERN) • Applications Area Coordinator Roger Jones (Lancaster) • Middleware Area Coordinator Robin Middleton (RAL) GridPP DB Intro
DB Members (2) • Technical experts (invited by DB chair) • Stephen Burke (RAL) LHC deployment • Dave Colling (Imperial) Workload Management • Steve Fisher (RAL) Info&Monitoring • Andrew McNab (Manchester) Security • Robin Tasker (DL) Networking • Steve Traylen (RAL) Deployment • UK NGSStephen Pickles (Manchester) • EGEE/Grid IrelandJohn Walsh (Dublin) • DB chairDPK • A total of some 20 people GridPP DB Intro
DB tasks • Meet Quarterly • Review progress during last quarter • q reports, logbooks, metrics, milestones, deliverables, current status • Consider and prioritise future plans • Short term and longer term • Discuss technical issues (and resolve?) • Once per year (Feb meeting – 2 days?) • More detailed review of complete year GridPP DB Intro
Deployment Team • The GridPP DTEAM • Builds on the regular “TB-support” meetings • JC (Production Manager) – leads the team • Where the action is! • Make and execute plans • Discuss and fix technical issues • Meet regularly • DB will take a more formal overview • But is still a “technical” body • Can be consulted when DTEAM is stuck! GridPP DB Intro
Communication • Two new mail lists • GridPP-DB@jiscmail • GridPP-DTEAM@jiscmail • Mail list attributes • Web pages • http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/db/ • Public unless we identify a need for a private area • We need to discuss how to develop the deployment area web (infrastructure) GridPP DB Intro
DB relations LCG/EGEE/CERNT0 PMB UK NGS & Grid Ireland DB UB GridPP DTEAM M/S/N APPS T1AB T2B GridPP DB Intro