SDCC Liaison Meeting

US/Eastern
3-192 (Bldg 510)

3-192

Bldg 510

Kevin Casella (SDCC), Saroj Kandasamy (BNL), Tony Wong (Brookhaven National Lab (Physics Department))
Description

Bi-weekly meetings between SDCC staff and Liaisons. Zoom connecting details are given below:

https://bnl.zoomgov.com/j/1616916563

By phone:       

+1 669 254 5252 US (San Jose)
+1 646 828 7666 US (New York)

Meeting ID: 161 691 6563

Experimental Computing

  • sPHENIX - Review held, waiting for report details
  • STAR - Isobar analysis completed - slots returned
  • CAD - HPSS storage, purchases cleared

IT Fabric

  • HPSS upgrade - tests done - scheduled maintenance
  • GPFS client update to be scheduled

IT Services

  • OTP self service completed
  • MFA app push setup - alternate way, similar to DUO
  • Mattermost email notifications to be enabled - global changes, but can be customized according to user preferences
  • NX - testing load balancing options - changes transparent to user
  • Results of user support survey - mostly satisfaction with current tool with some upgrades, Queue reorganization/granularity as needed. Statistics in which queues used mostly.

Tools and Services

  • Overleaf - web portal being created, licenses will be available, instructions on making requests and verifications
  • DocDB systems 5-6 yrs old, updates
  • Improving the SDCC website documentation
There are minutes attached to this event. Show them.
    • 14:00 14:05
      Facility News & Announcements 5m
      Speaker: Tony Wong (Brookhaven National Lab (Physics Department))
    • 14:05 14:30
      Facility Operations 25m
      • Network
      • Storage
      • Fabric
      • General Services
      • Tools & Services
      Speakers: Mr Alexandr Zaytsev (Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)), Christopher Hollowell (RHIC/ATLAS Computing Facility), Hironori Ito (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Jason Smith (RACF/SDCC), Jerome LAURET (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Tony Wong (Brookhaven National Lab (Physics Department))
    • 14:30 14:40
      Overleaf at SDCC 10m
      Speaker: Tony Wong (Brookhaven National Lab (Physics Department))
    • 14:40 14:50
      Results of the User Support Survey 10m
      Speaker: John Steven De Stefano Jr (BNL)