Hi Alessandra,

As I said, it installs on SL.

So, essentially it is our 'standard' SL configuration with the PerfSonar kernel and rpms (and dependencies) plus account and crons.

The QWG temptlates can be found at:

https://svn.lal.in2p3.fr/LCG/QWG/templates/trunk/standard/

and

https://svn.lal.in2p3.fr/LCG/QWG/templates/trunk/standard/features/perfsonar-ps/

When I'm back from leave I can pull out more details. 

Ian

On 7 Jun 2012, at 13:06, "Alessandra Forti" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Ian,
> 
> could you expand on that? Did you use normal CentOS or even SL6 and then configured it? Could you distribute the quattor profile or the instructions on how to do it?
> 
> thanks
> 
> cheers
> alessandra
> 
> On 07/06/2012 08:39, Ian Collier wrote:
>> We've installed one using Quattor - using a profile shared by QWG.
>> 
>> This profile sets up required accounts, crons etc and installs the rpms required on top of SL
>> 
>> Ian
>> 
>> 
>> On 7 Jun 2012, at 08:27, "Wahid Bhimji"<[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Mark
>> 
>> Any news on installation via rpms rather than a complete OS image.
>> That would sit better with the ECDF systems teams environment,
>> 
>> Wahid
>> 
>> On 6 Jun 2012, at 23:03, Mark Mitchell wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Steve,
>> 
>> The key drivers behind this platform are that we presently don't monitor the wide area network in a cohesive manner across the collaboration and as we are presently one of the biggest users of network within JANET it would help us/them identify issues on the network(s) more efficiently than we currently can. Also ATLAS are investigating the deployment of this service at ATLAS sites.
>> The Perfsonar allows us to monitor both bandwidth and latency issues within the network.
>> It also allows for inter site network testing which will help Tier2 D sites identify problems quickly as well as troubleshooting within the more traditional hub and spoke architecture we all have in common with RAL being at the centre of the network (hub).
>> 
>> We were planning on deploying GridMon and Perfsonar but have decided as a collaboration that it would be more effective to install one system and this would bring us into line with both the US and ATLAS requirements.
>> 
>> The platform has been deployed in two variants PS and MDM.
>> GridPP will be using the PS variant with an MDM install at Glasgow to test the differences between the two platforms.
>> The PS variant is in line with the US deployments for ATLAS and both systems interoperate with one another.
>> From what I can see on the GriPP wiki entry it all looks fairly straight forward.
>> 
>> The setup for a GridPP PS install can be found here:
>> 
>> https://www.gridpp.ac.uk/wiki/PerfSonarInstall
>> 
>> Information on Perfsonar PS can be found here:
>> 
>> http://www.perfsonar.net/
>> 
>> Information on Perfsonar MDM can be found here:
>> 
>> http://www.geant.net/Services/NetworkPerformanceServices/Pages/perfSONARMDM.aspx
>> 
>> Software images can be found here:
>> http://www.perfsonar.net/download.html
>> 
>> 
>> regards,
>> mark
>> 
>> On 6 Jun 2012, at 15:56, Stephen Jones wrote:
>> 
>> On 06/06/2012 02:48 PM, Mark Mitchell wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I was wondering if anyone would like to volunteer for the second phase
>> of deployment of Perfsonar boxes?
>> Lancaster and Brunel have provisionally said that they would look at
>> deploying this service shortly and Glasgow will be enabling this
>> service in the coming 10 days.
>> It would be good if we could deploy the new service by the end of this
>> month if possible.
>> regards,
>> Mark
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>> Mark,
>> 
>> To help us decide, could you please give me a brief rundown on these
>> questions (or point me to the right place):
>> 
>> Principle of operation of perfsonar - what does it do and how does it do
>> it.
>> Who's pushing for it and why? Does it have any special requirements over
>> and above basic server configuration.
>> How onerous is it to administer and maintain. Does it require any
>> "creativity", or do I just set it up and let it run?
>> How much traffic will it attract/emit? Should I care?
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
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