XCache DevOps Meeting Jan 21, 2021

Name: XCache DevOps Meeting Jan 21, 2021
Start: 2021-01-21T13:00:00-06:00
End: 2021-01-21T14:00:00-06:00
Location: No location set

Thursday 21 Jan 2021, 13:00 → 14:00 US/Central

Derek Weitzel (University of Nebraska - Lincoln), Marian Zvada (US CMS)

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Time: 11AM PT/1PM CT/2PM ET/8PM CET
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Attendees: Marian, Derek, Diego, Matevz, Andy, Edgar, JohnH, Matevz, Matyas, Ilija

News
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* CHEP papers? We don't seem to have candicate paper for submission this time from xcache group
* OSG AHM virtual soon

XRootD development for XCache
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* still sorting out missing one piece that holds new RC for SciTokens
* working version of 5.1.0 RC5 ready, ~week or more for the release

XCache issues
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* multi-stream TPC issue (github #1379) - devs don't understand what is going there, need somebody who understand what going on because the core code didn't change, curl is complaining in mystic way when going multi-stream. Trace through it would help, gdb with breakpoints would be appreciated.

ATLAS XCache deployment
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* all changed made for image are fine, v5.1.0 RC4 on two instances also doing well
* will upgrade rest of SLATE federation in a few days with v5.1.0 RC4 if things remain stable
* want to test performance

CMS XCache deployment
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* no news
* discussion about multi-user and checksums issue (Diego), hadoop related

OSG StashCache deployment
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* waiting for the fix with multi-stream
* need to make config changes in SciTokens (++ notations), Andy will reflect change in README
* Amsterdam cache no news (SurfNet), some issues with transport from the dock

XRootD transfers monitoring
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* progress ongoing for the accounting (Derek, Diego)

AOB
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* Riccardo: no news for XCache at CERN

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- News
  
  Conveners: Dr Derek Weitzel (University of Nebraska - Lincoln), Mr Marian Zvada (US CMS)
- XRootD development for XCache
  
  General status of development, XRootD releases with new cache features, bug fixes, etc...
  
  Conveners: Mr Andrew Hanushevsky (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Matevz Tadel (UCSD), Wei Yang (SLAC)
- XCache issues
  
  XCache issues experienced during the deployment, configuration or otherwise causing problems in production or development.
- ATLAS XCache deployment
  
  Conveners: Dr Ilija Vukotic (LAL), Wei Yang (SLAC)
- CMS XCache deployment
  
  Conveners: Diego Ciangottini (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT)), Mr Edgar Fajardo Hernandez (UCSD), Prof. Frank Wuerthwein (UCSD)
- OSG StashCache deployment
  
  Status of OSG deployment, origin/caches operations, stashcp, usage, etc...
  
  Conveners: Brian Bockelman, Brian Lin (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Dr Derek Weitzel (University of Nebraska - Lincoln), Mr Edgar Fajardo Hernandez (UCSD), John Hicks (Internet2), Mr John Thiltges (University of Nebraska - Lincoln), Mr Marian Zvada (US CMS), Mr Matyas Selmeci (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- XRootD transfers monitoring
  
  Conveners: Dr Derek Weitzel (University of Nebraska - Lincoln), Diego Davila (CMS), Mr Edgar Fajardo Hernandez (UCSD)
- AOB