On 12 Oct 2009, at 13:46, Elena Korolkova wrote:
> Couple of more questions on squid server:
>
> should it run on sl5?
No. Run it on what ever works best for you.
>
> is 200+ GB disk essential requirement for a small site?
No. I think the machine specs are a bit OTT. It's far better to have
it, even on a low spec box, than to not have it.
Cheers
Graeme
>
> Thanks
>
> Elena
>
>
> On Sun, 11 Oct 2009, Graeme Stewart wrote:
>
>> On 9 Oct 2009, at 18:03, Elena Korolkova wrote:
>>
>>> Hello
>>> I have two questions:
>>> 1. Should we have Squid server before this test?
>>
>> It depends upon the analyses users might like to run. However, it's
>> unlikely that much will depend upon DB access as people will likely
>> run over MC rather than cosmics.
>>
>> However, the squid is a definite priority, so I would aim to get
>> that installed in the next week (it only takes a few hours) so that
>> you have it.
>>
>>> 2. Will this tests run on SL5 nodes only? I mean if we want to
>>> participate should we move to SL% or we can have SL4 WNs? (In
>>> Sheffield we can't afford to have both)
>>
>> It doesn't matter - there's nothing today which requires SL5 nodes.
>> However, again we'd like to see the SL5 migration happen soon, so
>> that SL5 native built kits can start to become the default. We gain
>> 15-20% CPU with SL5 gcc4.3 code, so your site works better for
>> ATLAS on SL5.
>>
>> Both things are important, but squid is definitely faster to deploy
>> so a priori I would deploy that first.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Graeme
>>
>> --
>> So we made our own computer out of macaroni pieces
>> And it did our thinking while we lived our lives
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