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On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:39:33 -0000 "Burke, S (Stephen)" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David McBride said: > > > Yes, lots. I'm not sure we quite had a fully working grid > > by the end but > > > it was pretty close. > > > > Surely 2_7_0 was only accepted for general distribution once it was > > up and running correctly at the pre-release sites? > > We were trying to create a whole new grid (even if a rather small one) > from scratch in a week, that's quite a lot harder than upgrading > existing sites. As far as I know we didn't find anything seriously > wrong, it was just that we didn't quite get everything straightened > out by the Friday. I doubt it would have gone much faster using the > 2.6 release, and (as someone who was just testing and not installing > anything) I was impressed it went as smoothly as it did. > > Stephen Storage has been tested quite heavily by the storage group both DPM and D-Cache. I have been more focused on the end of February release of 2_7_1, and maybe consequently feel one or two rough edges persist in YAIM D-Cache which Mathias De Riese and I are now applying finalising changes toward. I am not active in the DPM integration efforts and only know from secondary sources how much better the new release of DPM is than previous releases but this gives me a very strong belief that all site should want to upgrade DPM as they undoubtedly will want to upgrade D-cache. I welcome UK sites wishing to install D-Cache for the first time, contact me as it will save them some fiddly administration tasks, and further testing of the 2_7_1 LCG YAIM system is always welcome. To summarise the perspective from the storage side 2_7_0 is a major upgrade for both DPM and D-Cache sites, administrators and will find many improvements. Regards Owen PS my work on 2_7_1 will be merged into Yaim's CVS "head" next week so my focus is on small changes for the week and testing testing testing.