On 2 Nov 2007, at 11:20, David Grellscheid wrote:
> Hi Ian,
>
>> 1. Job visibility: this suggests a scenario where users are not
>> allowed
>> to run their own executables, but instead are only allowed to manage
>> parameters/configuration, and input/output data. Executable
>> software is
>> all deployed by sites or through the VO-specific software manager.
>
> I'm afraid that this model won't work for VOs like pheno, where
> each one of our 20 odd users runs their own software. I would have
> to make them all SW managers. Alternatively, we would need to give
> up on the idea of a common theory VO, and splinter into project-
> specific VOs (most of which would have 1 or 2 members).
>
Let me echo David's point. We're now working with several research
groups at Glasgow for whom the standard EGEE software deployment
model dose not work at all.
For the moment we support shell access to our own cluster to get
around this issue (including for the Durham pheno people) - but
clearly this does not scale at all.
g
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