Dear John,
I'm afraid I cannot share your optimism. Steve is right to call them
"these things". I find the VO-boxes a technical abhorrence neither grid
nor "classical" which takes the worst of both worlds. Of course I'm
willing to be convinced of the opposite in the 30mins at the very end of
the 1st day of the workshop that they gave themselves.
cheers
alessandra
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Gordon, JC (John) wrote:
> Steve, I think this is a little negative. I'd rather take the collective
> approach that we should all be happy with them and if we are not then I
> would not expect anyone to run them. I'd rather avoid individual UK
> sites dropping VOs. This is why we are having the GridPP-wide
> discussion. Let's not make our minds up now.
>
> I would summarise my position as - 'I am willing to be persuaded on the
> requirement for the VObox, but I haven't been yet.' and 'There may be a
> model for running such a service that will be acceptable to sites but it
> isn't the one we have been presented with so far.'
>
> If people start saying they are against VOboxs per se then we have
> little room for negotiation. I am sure there is an acceptable solution
> to this so we should work towards finding it. The biggest problem, as
> several of you have pointed out, is that this is a one-sided
> conversation with no input from the experiments.
>
> John
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Traylen
>> Sent: 16 September 2005 16:32
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: VO Boxes - there will be a GridPP position on
>> this discussion
>>
>>
>> I am definitely
>> expecting some sites in the UK will not run these things and
>> at the very least VOs will be dropped from sites north,
>> south, london and scot if they become mandatory to support a VO.
>> --
>> Steve Traylen
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>> http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/
>>
>
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