Difference between revisions of "Dirac Dictionary"
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A computing resource DIRAC is able to use when running jobs. | A computing resource DIRAC is able to use when running jobs. | ||
e.g. CONDOR, batch, CREAM... | e.g. CONDOR, batch, CREAM... | ||
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| + | SE - Storage Element | ||
| + | Places where data can be stored. | ||
| + | e.g. CPPM-disk, CERN-USER, ... | ||
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| + | DMS - Data Management System | ||
| + | This is the system which allows the uploading of local files to a remote Storage Element (SE) or downloading the file again. | ||
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| + | FC - FileCatalog | ||
| + | Dirac catalog of file replicas and metadata. | ||
| + | This contains the mapping of 1LFN to potentially many replicas across different SEs | ||
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| + | SMS - Storage Managment System | ||
| + | I's unclear to me how this is different to the DMS... | ||
Revision as of 17:09, 8 January 2015
Dictionary of terms which I've had to look up when working with DIRAC (rcurrie)
DN - Distinguished Name This uniquely describes the entity which this certificate was issued for. e.g. /C=DE/O=GermanGrid/OU=DESY/CN=John Doe
CN - Common Name e.g. your name
VOMS - Virtual Organization Membership Service http://toolkit.globus.org/grid_software/security/voms.php
WMS - Workload Managment System The central part of the DIRAC system
CE - Computing Element A computing resource DIRAC is able to use when running jobs. e.g. CONDOR, batch, CREAM...
SE - Storage Element Places where data can be stored. e.g. CPPM-disk, CERN-USER, ...
DMS - Data Management System This is the system which allows the uploading of local files to a remote Storage Element (SE) or downloading the file again.
FC - FileCatalog Dirac catalog of file replicas and metadata. This contains the mapping of 1LFN to potentially many replicas across different SEs
SMS - Storage Managment System I's unclear to me how this is different to the DMS...
