On 30 July 2012 13:48, Rob Fay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 30/07/2012 11:49, Alessandra Forti wrote:
>>
>> SW_DIR, DEFAULT_SE, STORAGE_DIR are site specific and therefore should not
>> be
>> decided by the VO.
>>
> Is that entirely true for SW_DIR? The VO does have at least some input into
> it, specifically whether they're using cvmfs or not. And am I right in
> thinking they specify more than that as well? E.g. ATLAS's cvmfs SW_DIR path
> is set to '/cvmfs/atlas.cern.ch/repo/sw' whereas LHCb's is set to
> '/cvmfs/lhcb.cern.ch' - that's not site specific is it?
>
Right, so for VOs using CVMFS, SW_DIR is entirely VO specific,
assuming that you mount the CVMFS repositories in the recommended
/cvmfs location.
For other VOs (in fact, the vast majority of VOs), there's no CVMFS
repository, and hence the SW_DIR is up to the site.
Sam
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