OSG Storage Forum

US/Central
Fermilab

Fermilab

Tanya Levshina (Fermilab)
Description
OSG Storage Forum will be held at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory on June 30th (afternoon) and July 1st, 2009. We are planning to discuss emerging storage technologies suitable for T2/T3 sites. The storage software developers and expert storage administrators will be invited to share the tips on how to improve stability and scalability of deployed storage system. We would try to assess storage readiness for LHC and identify the area where we need improvements.
Participants
  • Alex Sim
  • Alexander Younts
  • Andrew Hanushevsky
  • Brian Bockelman
  • Burt Holzman
  • Charles Waldman
  • Dan Fraser
  • David Lesny
  • Doug Benjamin
  • Fengping Hu
  • Graham Allan
  • Haifeng Pi
  • Horst Severini
  • In-Saeng Suh
  • John Mora
  • Justin Ross
  • Karthik Arunachalam
  • Kevin Buterbaugh
  • Marco Mambelli
  • Michael Thomas
  • Neha Sharma
  • Nirmal Seenu
  • Paul Sheldon
  • Rob Snihur
  • Robert Engel
  • Shawn McKee
  • Suchandra Thapa
  • Tanya Levshina
  • Ted Hesselroth
  • Timur Perelmutov
  • Tom Rockwell
  • Will Maier
  • Yujun Wu
    • 13:00 13:30
      Kick-off talk 30m
      Speaker: Frank Wuerthwein
      Slides
    • 13:30 15:05
      Tier-2 dCache Storage Administrators talks Hornet's Nest - WH8E

      Hornet's Nest - WH8E

      Fermilab

      Topics include, but are not restricted to:
      Type of storage
      Hardware
      Software configuration
      Deployment/ upgrade method
      Usage patterns
      Monitoring, troubleshooting
      Grievances
      Support expectations

      Convener: Dr HESSELROTH Ted (Fermilab)
      • 13:30
        CMS Tier-2 UW-Madison 20m
        Speaker: Will Maier
        Slides
      • 13:50
        ATLAS Tier-2 UChicago 20m
        Speaker: Charles Waldman
        Slides
      • 14:10
        ATLAS Tier-2 UMich 15m
        Speaker: Shawn McKee
        Slides
      • 14:25
        CMS Tier-2 UCSD 20m
        Speaker: Frank Wuerthwein
      • 14:45
        CMS Tier-2 Purdue 10m
        Speaker: Fengping Hu
        Slides
    • 14:55 15:40
      dCache

      New Features in dCache 1.9
      Release Policies and Schedule
      SRM Status and Plans
      Best Practices

      • 14:55
        dCache Update 30m
        Speaker: Timur Perelmutov
        Slides
      • 15:25
        break 15m
    • 15:40 17:00
      Tier-2 BeStMan/DFS Storage Administrators talks

      Topics include, but are not restricted to:
      Type of storage
      Hardware
      Software configuration
      Deployment/ upgrade method
      Usage patterns
      Monitoring, troubleshooting
      Grievances
      Support expectations

      • 15:40
        Bestman + Hadoop at CMS Tier-2 Caltech 20m
        Speaker: Micheal Thomas
        Slides
      • 16:00
        CMS Tier-2 Nebraska 20m
        Speaker: Brian Bockelman
        Slides
      • 16:20
        Scalability test of BeStMan and Hadoop at UCSD 20m
        Speaker: Haifeng Pi
        Slides
      • 16:40
        ATLAS Tier-2 OU (Horst Severni) 10m
        Speaker: Horst Severni
        Slides
      • 16:50
        LIGO 10m
        Speaker: Robert Engel
        Slides
    • 17:00 18:00
      Open discussion
    • 09:00 11:00
      Tier-3 Storage Planning Hornet's Nest - WH8E

      Hornet's Nest - WH8E

      Fermilab

      • 09:00
        Tier-3 Storage Requirements 20m
        Speaker: Dan Frasier
        Slides
      • 09:20
        Tier-3 ATLAS planning 30m
        Speaker: Doug Benjamin
        Slides
      • 09:50
        Tier-3 CMS planning 30m
        Speaker: Rob Snihur
        Slides
      • 10:20
        Tier-3 UofI 10m
        Speaker: David Lesny
        Paper
        Slides
      • 10:30
        Tier-3 Vanderbilt 15m
        Speaker: Kevin L. Buterbaugh
        Slides
      • 10:45
        Tier-3 University of Minnesota 5m
        Speaker: Graham Allan
        Slides
      • 10:50
        break 10m
    • 11:00 12:00
      BeStMan/Xrootd experts
      • 11:00
        BeStMan Overview 20m
        Speaker: Alex Sim
        Slides
      • 11:20
        Xrootd Overview 40m
        Speaker: Andrew Hanushevsky
        Slides
    • 12:00 13:30
      lunch 1h 30m
    • 13:30 15:05
      Emerging storage technologies for Tier-2/Tier-3 FCC2A

      FCC2A

      Fermilab

      • 13:30
        Hadoop Overview 40m FCC2A

        FCC2A

        Fermilab

        Speaker: Brian Bockeleman
        Slides
      • 14:10
        Lustre Overview 30m FCC2A

        FCC2A

        Fermilab

        Speaker: Nirmal Seenu
        Slides
      • 14:40
        Lustre work in Florida for Tier-2/Tier-3 data storage and access 15m FCC2A

        FCC2A

        Fermilab

        Speaker: Yujun Wu
        Slides
      • 14:55
        break 10m FCC2A (Fermilab)

        FCC2A

        Fermilab

    • 15:05 16:40
      OSG Storage for VDT
      • 15:05
        GIP and Storage Element 15m
        Speaker: Burt Holzman
        Slides
      • 15:20
        Storage Information Servcies 20m
        Glue schema for SE, the new search tool, storage job matching, dCache information provider
        Speaker: Ted Hesselroth
        Slides
      • 15:40
        Packaging of dCache software 15m
        Speaker: Neha Sharma
        Slides
      • 15:55
        Storage software support, packaging and certification 20m
        Speaker: Tanya Levshina
        Slides
      • 16:15
        Storage Operations Toolkit 15m
        Production-driven community-contributed.
        Speaker: Abhishek Singh Rana
        Slides
        Web URL
      • 16:30
        break 10m
    • 16:40 17:30
      Open discussion