Dear All (particularly Greig/Jens)
As you may know we have already submitted a proposal to PPARC to seek
funding for GridPP3. There was a review last week at which we were
challenged/questioned in some specific areas. One area which came up is
our strategy and need for support with respect to SRMs.
We are being asked to prepare a short (4-page) document which explains
the technial and political context which has shaped our deployment thus
far and will contribute to future directions. In particular:
* What are the site constraints which have led us to support multiple
solutions and how will these be consolidated in the next 1-2 years. If
there can not be any consolidation then why not. Some of the former
explanations may be in the wiki already.
* What is the outlook in the storage area and how will support loads
change
* Are there other arguments that support diversity in the storage
solutions supported
- There may be some specific questions coming soon but they can be
worked in to any response prepared up till that point.
This document is needed on the timescale of 1 month from now. Therefore
please could I hand this request over to the storage group and I'll
track it via a deployment team action on Grieg. It would be good to have
this on the agenda for Wednesday.
Many thanks,
Jeremy
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