[Swift-devel] Re: [Dsl-seminar] REMINDER: discussion on dCache

[Rob Gardner]

Mike,

We have dcache deployed on our tier2 and tier3 centers here at UC -

http://uct2-dc3.uchicago.edu:2288/

but we've not yet done detailed scalability studies.  So far it has  
met our needs but we've not yet hit it too hard.

Rob



On Apr 25, 2007, at 1:44 PM, Mike Wilde wrote:

> I'm very interested in understanding dCache and its relationship to  
> SRM and GridFTP better, as this is a critical topic for using OSG  
> and running workflows there.  And for doing space management within  
> workflows in general.
>
> Rob, Marco and Suchandra, all cc'ed here, might be able to point to  
> the best docs.
>
> And there is a growing body of info on the OSG Storage Management  
> wiki pages.
>
> It would be great for the Swift team to stay in the loop on this.
>
> - Mike
>
>
> Ioan Raicu wrote, On 4/25/2007 1:36 PM:
>> Hi everyone,
>> We will have our weekly seminar tomorrow at 4:30PM in RI405.   
>> Tomorrow's topic of discussion is dCache (http://www.dcache.org/ 
>> index.shtml).  I tried to find some detailed papers on dCache's  
>> performance and scalability, but could not.
>> I did find general and short papers about the architecture and  
>> features of dCache:
>>     * http://www.dcache.org/manuals/dcache-whitepaper-light.pdf
>>     * http://www.dcache.org/manuals/dcache-dresden-sep-2006.pdf
>>     * http://www.dcache.org/manuals/hepix-2006-paper.pdf
>> We can discuss these, and if it seems interesting for our group,  
>> keep looking for other more technical papers.  If anyone runs  
>> across any technical papers on dCache and perhaps how it compares  
>> to GFarm and GFS, please forward them on to the list. See you  
>> tomorrow,
>> Ioan
>
> -- 
> Mike Wilde
> Computation Institute, University of Chicago
> Math & Computer Science Division
> Argonne National Laboratory
> Argonne, IL   60439    USA
> tel 630-252-7497 fax 630-252-1997

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