Hi John, one way or the other we will definitely have a SE. I'd like to use both machines in the best recommended configuration. In fact we potentially have two machines of our own apart from the GridPP one, but I thought it best to start with just one of them. Cheers, Simon Gordon, JC (John) wrote: > Simon, the idea is that if you can make your box work as an SE then fine, > you can use the GridPP SE for something else but GridPP will retain a call > on it if required in future. > > What we don't want is you saying that you cannot join the GridPP grid > because you cannot get your disk server succesfully working as an SE. You > can use the GridPP box as an SE with your server nfs mounted behind it in > order to get a working setup. If you improve it later by going direct to > your server then this is a bonus. > > John > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Simon George [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >>Sent: 22 April 2004 01:10 >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: Front-end Machines for the testbed. >> >> >> >> >>We already have a 2TB machine suitable for the SE, so using nfs to gain >>10% seems not to be worth the effort. >>