Agenda for REDDnet meeting 4Dec06

Goal: Develop a plan for REDDnet

The main goal of the REDDnet Tools and Applications Meeting is to develop a plan for deploying REDDnet, so that REDDnet user communities are able to quickly put it to productive use in the context of their own applications and their own research and education projects.

Elements of the plan

Schedule of deployment of background nodes

• Where are they going?
• How will they be manage?
• Milestones required

Software release/availability

• Bug reports
• Milestones required

Application community testing

• Engage with application communities through our PI's
• Identify occasions for trials of infrastructure

User and application support

• Gather requirements of application communities
• FAQ
• Documentation

Support for independent/campus deployments of LN storage infrastructure

• REDDnet node cookbook
• Wide area vs. more local uses

National and international network plans

• Ampath
• Ultralight
• Phoebus

Schedule

• 7:00 Continental Breakfast
• 8:00 Welcome (Paul Sheldon)
• 8:15 Orientation on REDDnet tools and application (Micah Beck)
• 9:00 L-Store Services and Demo (Alan Tackett)
  • Deployment Schedule: Software and Hardware
  • Software releases and features at each release
  • Planned Documentation releases
  • Demo of software
• 10:00 Morning Break
• 10:30 StorCor Windows software (Hunter Hagewood)
  • Software releases and features at each release
  • Demo of software
• 11:15 Secure LN and Virtual Organization (Ludek Matyska)
• 12:00 Lunch
• 12:30
• 1:00 Short Talks from Application Community (with or without slides)
  • What doing and where going?
  • AmericaView - PR Blackwell
  • Bio - Phoebe Stewart
  • CMS - Paul Sheldon
  • Open Science Grid - TBA
  • Campus Deployment - Boyd Knosp
• 2:45-3:15 Afternoon break
• 3:15 Open Discussion with Application Community
  • What are needs and requirements
  • Plans for adoption and use
• 4:00
• 4:30 Meeting Ends
• 5:00