is that all there is to the the grid? tony doyle

Is that all there is to the the Grid?

Tony Doyle

12 March 2008 GridPP20 Collaboration Meeting Tony Doyle - University of Glasgow

Contents

Something old, something new, something borrowed (from Gary Larson, Edward de Bono, Nick Hornby and Peggy Lee) and something blue

1. Old hat – TD was PL (come April Fool’s Day..)

2. New hat – TD is TD

3. Hats and stats

4. Is that all there is to the Grid?


Role of Technical Director

The role of the Technical Director is to:

1.To sit on the Project Management Board representing technical (middleware) activities and advising the project leader on technical issues;

2.To ensure that the Project Management Board is fully aware of middleware activities and issues that might affect the project;

3.To ensure that the Deployment Board are kept fully aware of the middleware issues by sitting on the Deployment Board;

4.To ensure that the User Board are kept fully aware of the middleware issues by liaison through the User Board chair;



4. To report on technical issues, as necessary, to the Collaboration, the Collaboration Board and STFC.

5. To identify the need for, and facilitate arrangement of, meetings covering middleware technologies, operational support, technical experiment requirements, site issues related to middleware, and technical training;

6. To work towards integration of middleware activities in the wider context, particularly of LCG and EGEE, and within the general UK eScience programme;

7. To ensure that progress towards technical deliverables or metrics against the project schedule and use of resources is monitored on a quarterly basis;

8. To report to the Project Manager on matters relating to any project deliverables and milestones defined within his or her purview.


Specific responsibilities of the Technical Director include:Grid Storage Management: To maintain an overarching view of the work in the storage areas in order to: Advise the project on issues and risks; to ensure that an appropriate set of milestones and metrics are developed against which this area can be monitored; to ensure that appropriate operational support is provided to the community; to facilitate sensible plans for maintenance and development of storage technologies; to review quarterly reports and ensure that they are received by the project manager. This area presently covers the DPM, DCache and CASTOR technologies but a weather eye should be kept on others such as STORM that may be deployed in the UK. The related posts directly funded by GridPP3 are Post C5: DPM Service support (Edinburgh) and Post C4/C6: Castor/DCache support (RAL). Grid Data Management: To maintain an overarching view of the work in the area of Data Management in order to: Advise the project on issues and risks; to ensure that an appropriate set of milestones and metrics are developed against which this area can be monitored; to ensure that appropriate operational support is provided to the community; to facilitate sensible plans for maintenance and development of Grid Data Management services within the constraints of the effort available but within the wider context of possible complementary work in ScotGrid; to review quarterly reports and ensure that they are received by the project manager. The related posts in this area are Posts C1 (Data Management Support, Glasgow) and NC31 (Metadata Transition, Glasgow). Grid Information and Monitoring: To ensure that the limited effort in this area is sensibly targeted at (a) providing support for R-GMA for the period it is required and (b) supporting and facilitating any transition to replacement technologies. The related post is Post C7 (R-GMA support, RAL). Workload Management Systems: To maintain an overview of the WLMS work at Imperial, consisting of WLMS release testing and RB logging, to advise the project on issues and risks; to ensure that an appropriate set of milestones and metrics are developed against which this area can be monitored; to ensure that appropriate operational support is provided to the community; to facilitate sensible plans for maintenance and development of WLMS services within the UK; to review quarterly reports and ensure that they are received by the project manager. The related posts in this area are Posts C15 (WLMS support - rather ill defined) and C19 (RB logging and WLMS support: this is 50% FTE until Mar 09).

Security: To maintain an overview of the Security work funded by GridPP3 in order to advise the project on issues and risk; to ensure that an appropriate set of milestones and metrics are developed against which these areas can be monitored; to ensure that appropriate operational support is provided to the community; to review the quarterly reports and ensure that they are received by the Project Manager. The related posts are: Post C20 (Operational Security at RAL); Post C21 (GridSite development); Post C22 (GridSite); Post NC28 (VOMS service at Manchester); Post C25 (Dave Kelsey – International liaison).

Networking: To maintain an overview of the Network issues in order to advice the project on issues and risks; to ensure that an appropriate set of milestones and metrics are developed against which this area can be monitored; to ensure that appropriate operational support is provided to the community; to review quarterly reports and ensure that they are received by the project manager. The related post in this area is Post C26 (Tasker).

To be discussed are who maintains the overview of the GOC posts (D7 to D10) and the 50% FTE Technical Documentation post: At first glance these too would report via the Technical Director. At second glance they’re not (yet).


Read the small print



New hat


RolesThinking hats:

1.Use hats to focus on 1 hat; 2.Take on that role; 3.Switch hats;4.Use all hats to assess problem fully.

Edward de Bono

Thinking hats (1/4/08):

1.Remember to take old hat off;2.Put on new hat; 3.Don’t lose this hat (you’ve just lost one);4.Eventually it will fit.

Tony de Oly


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Q: what are the top ten GridPP Google images?

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Summary1. The new hat hasn’t been worn in yet2. The old hat fitted quite nicely 3. Is that all there is to GridPP? No, with

better things to come..

4. Thanks to images and PicLens

5. Thank you GridPP– for (c)hats &

statsPS for those waiting for something blue..

the slides are (mainly) blue

is that all there is to the the grid? tony doyle

Documents

technical issues

project management board

project manager

middleware issues

project deliverables

project leader

project schedule

area of data management