PS The monitoring groups are being currently setup. If you want to know
more about them
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/LCGMonitoringWorkingGroups
cheers
alessandra
Alessandra Forti wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Happy New Year to everyone.
>
> I'm not sure if everyone has received this survey but could people take
> time to answer it? The survey is for WLCG but it will also be used by
> the monitoring group. As said below do not change the subject.
>
> Send replies to Michel: Michel Jouvin <[log in to unmask]>
>
> thanks
>
> cheers
> alessandra
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: LCG site survey - Please take time to answer...
> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:55:03 +0100
> From: Michel Jouvin <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Hi,
>
> You are receiving this message as a participant to last WLCG T2 meeting in
> June. If you are not the right person, please could you forward this
> message to Tier2 contact on your site or in your country... And my
> apologizes if this is a duplicate : we try to reach as many sites as
> possible.
>
> Before last WLCG Tier2 meeting, last June at CERN, we made a survey of the
> Tier2s to get a better picture of what are Tier2s, what is their readiness
> status, how they are organized and managed (in particular for Tier2
> federations), what are the main issues faced by people running them...
>
> The result was found very interesting and we'd like to update the picture
> before our next WLCG meeting at CERN, next January. This survey is
> complementary to the other questionnaire you probably received recently
> focused on monitoring. We tried to avoid overlap in the questions. In
> addition to the summary during the meeting, we'll use your input for
> current work on monitoring and fabric management done by recently creating
> working groups
> (https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/LCGMonitoringWorkingGroups).
>
> I'll be the coordinator for this survey, as for the previous one. Please
> send me your answer directly (keeping the subject unchanged if
> possible...), I'll prepare a summary for the meeting.
>
> Focus is on Tier2 sites but T1s answers are welcome too but the
> requirements and resources are probably too different to allow a real
> comparison... If you want to answer as a T1, you should probably
> concentrate on questions regarding administration, monitoring and
> deployment.
>
> Thanks in advance for the time you'll take to answer.
>
> I take the opportunity of this message to wish you Merry Christmas and
> Happy New Year.
>
> Michel Jouvin
> GRIF (Paris region T2)
>
>
> 1. Organization
> ---------------
>
> 1.1 What's your T2 name ? How many sites are involved in your T2 effort ?
>
> 1.2 If there are several sites involved, are they independent GOC sites or
> are you running a unique GOC site ? If this is a unique GOC site, is it
> geographically distributed ?
>
> 1.3 How many FTEs are involved in your T2 effort (FTEs and not number of
> people) ?
>
> 2. Resources available and planned
> ----------------------------------
>
> 2.1 Which VO(s) is(are) supported by the centre?
> - LHC :
> - Non LHC :
>
> 2.2 What are your planned resources at LHC startup (2008) ?
> - CPU (kSI2000) :
> - Disk (TB) :
> - MSS (if any) :
> - External Network Connection bandwidth :
>
> 2.3 What are your currently available resources ?
> - CPU (kSI2000) :
> - Disk (TB) :
> - MSS (if any, used by grid services) :
> - External Network Connection bandwith :
>
>
> 3. OS and Middleware
> --------------------
>
> 3.1 What version of middleware are you currently running ?
>
> 3.2 What version of OS are you currently running ?
>
> 3.3 Have you got any plan (or any experience) with respect to 64-bit
> support ?
>
> 3.4 If your are using gLite, how do you fell with the new release model
> ("continuous release") ? Do you install all these gLite updates regularly
> (how often) ?
>
> 3.5 - Have you got any requirements for the middleware that could help you
> to run a reliable T2 ?
>
>
> 4. Installation, Configuration and Fabric Management
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> 4.1 What tools are you using to install and configure the OS ?
>
> 4.2 What tools are you using to install and configure the middleware ?
>
> 4.3 Are you satisfied by the tools you are using currently or are you
> looking for an alternative ? What are you requirements ?
>
> 4.4 Are you sharing installation and configuration tasks with other sites ?
> Are you doing these tasks for remote sites ? Or are you using configuration
> maintained by another site ?
>
> 4.5 If you answer yes to the previous question, are you using some common
> tools ? Have you set up the possibility for remote login between sites ?
> Have you got a common monitoring infrastructure and if yes, which one ?
>
> 4.6 If you are not currently sharing these tasks with other sites, are you
> considering to do so ? What are you missing to do it today (if you want to
> do it !) ?
>
> 4.7 If you developed some local tools, are you ready to share them ?
>
>
> 5. CE Configuration
>
> 5.1 How many CE are you running ? If you run several CEs, what's the reason
> (several sites, CE dedicated to a VO...) ?
>
> 5.2 Are you running a gLite CE and/or WMS ?
>
> 5.3 What batch scheduler are you using ?
>
> 5.4 How do you enforce resource sharing between VOs ? Are you using
> fairshare scheduling ?
>
> 5.5 Is job prioritization supported within the share of a given VO ? How do
> you enforce it ?
>
>
> 6. SE Configuration
>
> 6.1 How many SE are you running ? If you run several SEs, what's the reason
> (several sites, SE dedicated to a VO...) ?
>
> 6.2 What SE product are you using (or do you plan to use) ?
>
> 5.5 If your site is a federation, have you any plan (or any experience) to
> run a global SE for the whole T2 ?
>
>
> 7. T2 Status
>
> 7.1 What's the status of your T2 ?
>
> 7.2 Do you support MC production at your site (if yes, please list the
> VO(s))?
>
> 7.3 Do you host datasets for grid-enabled data analysis (if yes, please
> list the VO(s))?
>
> 7.3 Have you participated to SC4 ?
>
> 7.4 Is the funding (mostly) asserted for the coming 2 years ?
>
>
> 8. Miscellaneous
>
> 8.1 Have you got any partnership with a specific T1 ? Is this T1 in charge
> of administering or supporting your resources ?
>
> 8.2 Do you plan to setup a special helpdesk/support line for grid
> operations ? If yes, how many people involved and what coverage ?
>
> 8.3 Have you seen any improvement (or degradation) since last meeting ?
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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Alessandra Forti
NorthGrid Technical Coordinator
University of Manchester
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