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PS CVMFS is not good for small scale groups or groups that don't have an established code. We should discuss containers. On 05/12/2018 14:11, Alessandra Forti wrote: > Hi Alastair, > > On 05/12/2018 13:07, Alastair Dewhurst wrote: >> Hi All >> >> Sorry for the late reminder but I was waiting for Dave B email (To >> Grid or not to Grid?) to be sent round. >> >> We will have another technical meeting on Friday 7th December on >> “Onboarding new communities”. This will be in two parts: >> 1) I will start with a description of the plans for the Tier-1 to >> provide direct batch system access for (some) new communities. The >> intention is that this would introduce them to some of the aspects of >> the Grid (e.g. CVMFS) but still keep it easily accessible. If the >> requirements of the VO grow then we would move them towards using the >> GridPP DIRAC instance. The Tier-1 is obviously not the only site >> that can onboard new communities and often the site that the VO >> contact is based is the best place to introduce people to the Grid. >> We should therefore try and align the services we offer. I would >> appreciate feedback on my plans for the Tier-1, I want people to feel >> that this will benefit all GridPP sites. >> > this is how we did it with LSST. First direct access and then Dirac, > then file catalogue. I cannot say they appreciated it considering they > are showing around a "post-mortem" which is one of the reason you are > now sending this email. > > cheers > alessandra > >> 2) We should have a discussion about how best to describe the >> problems people will face if they need to use distributed resources. >> We should also discuss how best to describe the various software and >> services we have used to solve them. >> >> If anyone would like to send me suggested input in advance, I will >> try and incorporate this into the agenda. >> >> Agenda can be found here: >> https://indico.cern.ch/event/779045/ >> >> Alastair >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the TB-SUPPORT list, click the following link: >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=TB-SUPPORT&A=1 >> > > -- > Respect is a rational process. \\// > For Ur-Fascism, disagreement is treason. (U. Eco) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the TB-SUPPORT list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=TB-SUPPORT&A=1 > -- Respect is a rational process. \\// For Ur-Fascism, disagreement is treason. (U. Eco) ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the TB-SUPPORT list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=TB-SUPPORT&A=1