Thanks for the background. people are against supporting 32 bit glite in
general but we might argue a special case for dpm if it has already been
done. Although if it has not been certified and tested you will run into
the bottlenecks already reported.
Thanks,
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wahid Bhimji
> Sent: 30 June 2010 11:59
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Release of UPDATE 14 to gLite 3. 2. Priority: Normal
>
> Hi
>
> OK. Though I know the DPM developers built a version of 1.7.4 for both
> SL4 - and for SL5 32 bit.
> So it does seem a little bit perverse not to give people access to it.
> I understand they won't to push people onto SL5 - but then, on the
> other hand, people are being pushed to stay on SL4 in order to support
> other services.
>
> PS They announced that DPM 1.7.4 was certified at the 12th May GDB.
1.5
> months before it being released in glite.
> (I am not criticising - merely making the observation that the
> packaging process does seem to take a significant amount of time -
> perhaps why they might want to reduce the amount of OSs they deal with
> ! )
>
> Wahid
>
>
> On 30 Jun 2010, at 11:50, John Gordon wrote:
>
> > Wahid, this is part of a much longer list of products with different
> > levels of support. Some have been available for ages in 3.2 and are
> > candidates for stopping 3.1 support, other aren't yet supported in
> 3.1
> > so it obviously can't be dropped. I thought dpm was a special case
> > because disk servers on 32 bit hardware would be a showstopper. Easy
> to
> > get a new 64 bit box for a BDII, not so simple for a lot of disk
> > servers.
> >
> > Thanks to everyone for their replies. No showstoppers yet.
> >
> > John
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
> >> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wahid Bhimji
> >> Sent: 30 June 2010 11:45
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: Release of UPDATE 14 to gLite 3. 2. Priority: Normal
> >>
> >> John,
> >>
> >> ECDF is also on a glite 3.1 SL4 DPM.
> >> In principle could be on SL5 - probably won't be upgraded before we
> >> bring the storm node into fuller production.
> >>
> >> PS Storm is only available for SL4 - (as is the lcg-CE o'course)
> >>
> >> Wahid
> >>
> >> On 30 Jun 2010, at 11:19, Alessandra Forti wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi John,
> >>>
> >>> Manchester is in the same situation waiting for new hardware.
> > However
> >> we might upgrade before the new hardware arrives depending how it
> fits
> >> in the whole reorganisation.
> >>>
> >>> cheers
> >>> alessandra
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Peter Gronbech wrote:
> >>>> Oxford is running glite 3.1 DPM but there is no reason, other
than
> >>>> disruption of service, stopping us moving to SL5 glite 3.2, as
our
> >> h/w is 64 bit.
> >>>> We will install glite 3.2 on the new kit when it arrives then
> drain
> >>>> older pools to upgrade them.
> >>>> At some point the head node has to be done which is more
> > disruptive.
> >>>>
> >>>> Pete
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> The most effective way to do it, is to do it. (Amelia Earhart)
> >>> Northgrid Tier2 Technical Coordinator
> >>> http://www.hep.manchester.ac.uk/computing/tier2
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> >> Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
> >
>
>
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