LAL Site Report Michel Jouvin LAL / IN2P3

12/10/2005LAL Site Report - HEPix - SLAC 2005 General News LAL has a new director : Guy Wormser LAL has a new director : Guy Wormser Strong support to GRID effort Strong support to GRID effort GRID group officially « blessed » GRID group officially « blessed » Leader : Cal Loomis (permanent position) Leader : Cal Loomis (permanent position) Formerly G. Wormser Formerly G. Wormser Coordination of LAL grid related efforts Coordination of LAL grid related efforts Not EGEE/LCG only : XtremWeb (collabarotion with CS) Not EGEE/LCG only : XtremWeb (collabarotion with CS) Computing engineers AND experiments members Computing engineers AND experiments members Involved in GRIF project Involved in GRIF project

12/10/2005LAL Site Report - HEPix - SLAC 2005 Main Resources NFS SMB Appletalk www Mail Print LSF Cluster Gb Ethernet DS20 PC (300)Mac (100) Linux Experiments (60 CPUs) DS20e 10 Mb Alpha Experiments (8 CPUs) Electronic CAD (20 Sun CPUs) 100 Mb 100 Go Xterm HDS TB FC GRID Fram (50 CPUs) HDS TB

12/10/2005LAL Site Report - HEPix - SLAC 2005 Main HW Changes 20 dual Opteron 2,2Ghz installed 20 dual Opteron 2,2Ghz installed 1/3 for GRIF T2 1/3 for GRIF T2 6TB installed, 9TB on order 6TB installed, 9TB on order ½ for GRIF T2 ½ for GRIF T2 2 Linux machines connected to SAN (QL2340) 2 Linux machines connected to SAN (QL2340) Single attachment, plan to look for path failover later Single attachment, plan to look for path failover later SRM based SE using LCG DPM (2 disk servers) SRM based SE using LCG DPM (2 disk servers) SATA extension to HDS 9570V SATA extension to HDS 9570V Acceptable cost : 12 k€ for 4,5 TB (Raid5) Acceptable cost : 12 k€ for 4,5 TB (Raid5) Very easy and flexible integration in current LAL infrastructure Very easy and flexible integration in current LAL infrastructure

12/10/2005LAL Site Report - HEPix - SLAC 2005 OS Updates Scientific Linux everywhere (3.0.5) Scientific Linux everywhere (3.0.5) Currently installed on all new machines (i386 or amd64, 32 bits) Currently installed on all new machines (i386 or amd64, 32 bits) Upgrade of RH 7.2/9 machines (25) by the end of year Upgrade of RH 7.2/9 machines (25) by the end of year Will be done with Quattor (fresh installation) Will be done with Quattor (fresh installation) Deploying LCG UI on all LAL physics servers (20) Deploying LCG UI on all LAL physics servers (20) Done with Quattor : easy to install and maintain Done with Quattor : easy to install and maintain VOMS with local VOs for non LHC users VOMS with local VOs for non LHC users

12/10/2005LAL Site Report - HEPix - SLAC 2005 Quattor In production for GRID and non GRID machines In production for GRID and non GRID machines Easy and flexible sharing of configuration information, removing duplication Easy and flexible sharing of configuration information, removing duplication Upgrade SL  done with Quattor Upgrade SL  done with Quattor Currently reinstalling all pre-Quattor machines Currently reinstalling all pre-Quattor machines Original CDB not used, replaced by SVN + http Original CDB not used, replaced by SVN + http Starting multi-sites usage for GRIF Starting multi-sites usage for GRIF 1 day Quattor tutorial held Sept. 30th 1 day Quattor tutorial held Sept. 30th DAPNIA : ½ day to setup specific configuration and install 2 test nodes DAPNIA : ½ day to setup specific configuration and install 2 test nodes Common configuration database, 1 Quattor server/node Common configuration database, 1 Quattor server/node

12/10/2005LAL Site Report - HEPix - SLAC 2005 Collaborative Tools : SPIP Web collaborative edition : SPIP Web collaborative edition : SPIP A « Content Management » solution A « Content Management » solution Collaborative/concurrent edition of Web pages Collaborative/concurrent edition of Web pages Individual authentication and privileges Individual authentication and privileges Basic workflow Basic workflow Easy site structure/navigation (re)organization Easy site structure/navigation (re)organization URLs independant of site structure URLs independant of site structure Forums Forums Look and feel customized through CSS Look and feel customized through CSS LAL implemented a Plone-like ( and a CNRS-like ( look and feel LAL implemented a Plone-like ( and a CNRS-like ( look and feelhttp://grif.frhttp:// Used by several LAL groups Used by several LAL groups Main LAL Web site, GRIF Web site, LAL support Main LAL Web site, GRIF Web site, LAL support

12/10/2005LAL Site Report - HEPix - SLAC 2005 Collaborative Tools : Trac Tools for project management integrating Tools for project management integrating A WiKi (based on MoinMoin) : A WiKi (based on MoinMoin) : An issue tracker (trouble ticket system) An issue tracker (trouble ticket system) Ticket submission through Web or Ticket submission through Web or A roadmap manager based on milestones A roadmap manager based on milestones A SVN browser A SVN browser Very clean plug-in API (0.9+) : all main features are plug-ins Very clean plug-in API (0.9+) : all main features are plug-ins Same model as Eclipse : Trac core is just a plug-in manager Same model as Eclipse : Trac core is just a plug-in manager Cross reference between all types of information Cross reference between all types of information Very attractive when you need documentation + action follow-up Very attractive when you need documentation + action follow-up SW development, computing operations, GRIF… SW development, computing operations, GRIF…

12/10/2005LAL Site Report - HEPix - SLAC 2005 Collaborative Tools : Agenda At the very beginning At the very beginning LAL director wants to publish its agenda… LAL director wants to publish its agenda… Web-based agenda sharing Web-based agenda sharing Currently using phpICalendar Currently using phpICalendar WebDAV upload/download of ICS files WebDAV upload/download of ICS files Compatible with a lot of clients : Mac, Sunbird, Mulberry… Compatible with a lot of clients : Mac, Sunbird, Mulberry… Interoperable with CERN CDS Agenda and (InDiCo) Interoperable with CERN CDS Agenda and (InDiCo) Difficult sharing between multiple writers (file granularity) Difficult sharing between multiple writers (file granularity)

12/10/2005LAL Site Report - HEPix - SLAC 2005 Windows Infrastructure IN2P3 forest still very successfull IN2P3 forest still very successfull 12 labs in production 12 labs in production Move of LAL AD domain to IN2P3 forest still delayed : lack of manpower Move of LAL AD domain to IN2P3 forest still delayed : lack of manpower Running well, management cost very low… Running well, management cost very low… New machines installed with WXP SP2 New machines installed with WXP SP2 No migration plan for WXP SP1 No migration plan for WXP SP1 Can be done on demand with SMS Can be done on demand with SMS Antivirus : successful move to McAfee Antivirus : successful move to McAfee + : MSI deployment + : MSI deployment