Graeme Stewart wrote:
> If you are an ATLAS T2 you should have already heard about this, but
> if you haven't...
>
> Peter and I can advise on any technical points in the UK.
>
Will an old 32 bit machine with 2Gig ram be up to the task?
Chris
> CHeers
>
> Graeme
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dario Barberis <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 20:47
> Subject: Deployment of Frontier/Squid for ATLAS
> To: ADC Developments <[log in to unmask]>,
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> Group)" <[log in to unmask]>, "atlas-tier1-coordination
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> Tier-2 and Analyse Facility contacts)"
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> Cc: ATLAS CMB <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]
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> Dear all,
>
> ATLAS has decided to move ahead with a rapid deployment of FroNTier
> servers and Squid web caches to address the shortcomings of direct
> remote access to Oracle databases holding conditions data that are
> needed by jobs running worldwide. See note ATL-SOFT-INT-2009-003
> (http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1210179/files/ATL-SOFT-INT-2009-003.pdf)
> for more details.
> The report of the "Analysis Model for the First Year" (AMFY) Task
> Force presented at today's ATLAS plenary meeting supports this rapid
> deployment; see
> http://indico.cern.ch/getFile.py/access?contribId=13&sessionId=6&resId=1&materialId=slides&confId=47256
> for more details.
>
> Thanks to the development and deployment work of the BNL and other
> US-ATLAS sites, and the testing done in the German cloud and at CERN
> with help also from CMS experts, we now have the tools for a quick
> general deployment.
> It is required that every Tier-1 and Tier-2 site install a Squid server asap.
> A number of Tier-1s have installed, or are going to install, a
> FroNTier server; we are having, or going to have soon, direct
> discussions with Tier-1 sites. A FroNTier server is also under test at
> CERN, but this server will be initially reserved for further load
> tests.
> Preliminary instructions can be found in
> https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/Atlas/T2SquidDeployment and the
> references therein. While more FroNTier servers are installed, the
> functionality of Squids can be tested immediately against the BNL
> and/or FZK servers. The same wiki page is used to keep track of
> installation and test progress.
>
> In order to speed up the deployment of the Frontier/Squid system for
> ATLAS, we appoint John DeStefano (BNL) and Rod Walker (LMU) as
> coordinators of this activity. Within this organization, Douglas Smith
> (SLAC) will be the reference person concerning Squid issues.
> For general questions and hopefully answers, sites should send
> messages to the database operations support list at
> [log in to unmask]
> Dario Barberis & Kors Bos & Jim Shank
> ps: apologies for this multiple posting.
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