> Are the sort of transfers done by VO production or analysis jobs using FTS
> though?
atlas, alice and lhcb are all interfacing their data management software
with FTS. cms have a system called Phedex which provides reliable file
transfer. Tim Barrass at Bristol can tell you more about it if you're
interested.
Cheers,
Greig
>
> Cheers,
> Simon
>
>
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Greig A Cowan wrote:
>
> > Hi Simon,
> >
> > Since FTS provides reliable file transfer, you should be able to reboot
> > your SE anytime, even during a transfer. Since SRM_PUTDONE will not be
> > returned, the transfer will not be marked as successful and FTS will
> > try again. It will try this 3 times.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Greig
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Simon George wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've seen procedures discussed for draining queues so that worker nodes
> > > can be rebooted, but what is the procedure to reboot one of the storage
> > > nodes (in my case a DPM pool node)?
> > >
> > > In theory access could come from anywhere not just the local jobs, so
> > > draining queues seems to be irrelevant. I don't know how to tell if
> > > someone is accessing the SE so I can pick a time when is is not being read
> > > from or written to, if such a time exists. The reboot should only take ~5
> > > mins. Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Simon
> > >
> >
> > --
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> > Dr Greig A Cowan http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~gcowan1
> > School of Physics, University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building
> >
> > TIER-2 STORAGE SUPPORT PAGES: http://wiki.gridpp.ac.uk/wiki/Grid_Storage
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> >
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