GridPP Tier 2 SRM Storage Workshop:
What's in Store?

RHUL 12 - 13 April 2010


Location: Arts Lecture Theatre 2, RHUL

EVO :Title/Link: GridPP Storage Workshop Phone Bridge ID: 1785885

Aims:

With data now being produced at the LHC, Storage Resource Management (SRM) solutions are now facing significant challenges. This workshop therefore provides a forum where the UK grid community can:
1. Identify significant issues from site experiences of LHC data analysis.
2. Provide training and spread good practice for current SRM solutions.
3. Consider emerging technologies that may address these challenges.

Monday 12th April

11:00-11:30 Arrive - Coffee and Registration
Opening Session - (Chair: Wahid Bhimji)
11:30-11:40 Welcome and Local Info - Wahid Bhimji / Simon George
11:40-12:00 GridPP Storage Project Overview - Jens Jensen
12:00-13:00 Lunch (HUB Dinning Hall)
Site Perspectives: Operational issues + Bottlenecks - (Chair: Wahid Bhimji)
13:00-13:10 QMUL - Chris Walker
13:10-13:30 Glasgow - Sam Skipsey
13:30-13:50 Lancaster - Matt Doidge
13:50-14:00 Liverpool - Stephen Jones
14:00-15:00 Discussion and round table of other sites Rapporteur: Brian Davies
15:00-15:30 Coffee
Tackling Operational Issues Pt 1. SRM/DPM - (Chair - Brian Davies)
15:30-15:50 SRM Protocol + Generic Tools - Jens Jensen
15:50-16:00 BDII - Jens Jensen
16:00-16:10 LFC - Sam Skipsey
16:10-16:30 DPM Status and Tools - Wahid Bhimji
16:30-16:50 Advanced DPM Tuning - Sam Skipsey
16:50-17:30 Q&A Troubleshooting Clinic - Wahid/Sam/Brian others

Tuesday 13th April

Tackling Operational Issues – Pt 2. Storm/ dCache (Chair: Sam Skipsey)
09:00-9:15 Storm: Comparison and Migrating from DPM - Wahid Bhimji
09:15-9:30 Advanced Storm Tips - Chris Walker
09:30-10:00 dCache - Brian Davies
10:00-10:30 Storm / dcache discussion/ clinic/ Q&A - Brian/Chris/Wahid
10:30-11:00 Coffee
Tackling the bottlenecks – Hardware (Chair: Brian Davies)
11:00-11:20 SSD performance comparisons - Sam Skipsey
11:20-11:40 SSD / Disks Discussion - Rapper: Sam
11:40-11:50 Networking - Channel Bonding - Sam Skipsey
11:50-12:10 Networking - 10 Gig - Matt Doidge / Networking - 10 Gig QMUL Chris Walker
12:10-12:30 Hardware / Procurement Discussion - Rapper: Sam
12:30-13:30 Lunch (HUB Dinning Hall)
Tackling the bottlenecks – Filesystems / SRM (Chair: Sam Skipsey)
13:30-13:50 Local file access, Experiment storage usage patterns and testing – Wahid Bhimji
13:50-14:10 GPFS Performance and Tuning – Bob Cregan
14:10-14:30 Hadoop / HDFS – Simon Metson
14:30-15:00 Filesystem / SRM Comparisons /Discussion. Rapper: Wahid
15:00-15:30 Tea/Coffee
The Future
15:30-17:00 Project Roadmap and Brainstorming on the Future – Jens Jensen /Wahid Bhimji / All


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