On 04/08/2011 22:42, Ewan MacMahon wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
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>>
>> ATLAS have decided that they are definitely going to switch to using CVMFS
>> for distributing their software across the grid. They have not set a
>> definite timeline yet but have asked each cloud to come up with a strategy
>> for migrating and testing sites. To start I think its best to find out
>> what the current state of deployment across the cloud is and how much
>> experience people have with it.
>>
> Can I just clarify what the intended configuration is? It would
> appear from some of the responses that the /opt stuff has gone
> away, but there's still a need for an ATLAS_LOCAL_AREA variable
> and space; is that
> - still the case now?
> - expected to remain the case?
>
> And if so, what is it for?
>
> Ewan
it points to a local setup. If your site is standard it might not
contain much but it probably depends on the site how much it's in there.
The use of NFS should go away completely in the future but I don't know
if it is now.
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