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Mark, PS: Just spoken to John Bland. We're in the midst of big network upheaval, and nothing much can be done until that is out of the way. Cheers though. I'd still like to prepare, so I want to know what the eventual hit will be. Steve On 06/06/2012 03:56 PM, Stephen Jones wrote: > On 06/06/2012 02:48 PM, Mark Mitchell wrote: >> Hi, >> I was wondering if anyone would like to volunteer for the second >> phase of deployment of Perfsonar boxes? >> Lancaster and Brunel have provisionally said that they would look at >> deploying this service shortly and Glasgow will be enabling this >> service in the coming 10 days. >> It would be good if we could deploy the new service by the end of >> this month if possible. >> regards, >> Mark >> -------------------------------------------- >> Mark Mitchell, >> ScotGrid Technical Co-ordinator, >> Rm 481, >> Kelvin Building, >> School of Physics and Astronomy, >> University of Glasgow, >> G12 8QQ, UK >> Telephone: +44-141-330 6439 >> E Mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> > Mark, > > To help us decide, could you please give me a brief rundown on these > questions (or point me to the right place): > > Principle of operation of perfsonar - what does it do and how does it > do it. > Who's pushing for it and why? Does it have any special requirements > over and above basic server configuration. > How onerous is it to administer and maintain. Does it require any > "creativity", or do I just set it up and let it run? > How much traffic will it attract/emit? Should I care? > > Steve > -- Steve Jones [log in to unmask] System Administrator office: 220 High Energy Physics Division tel (int): 42334 Oliver Lodge Laboratory tel (ext): +44 (0)151 794 2334 University of Liverpool http://www.liv.ac.uk/physics/hep/