WP4 Hardware is:
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-1- cpu architecture
-2- cpu speed
-3- memory type
-4- memory size
-5- memory cache
-6- swap space
-7- disk type
-8- disk size

WP4 Services are:
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-1- software: operating system
-2- software: dll's
-3- software: runtime libs
-4- software: tools
-5- architecture: mpi?
-5- hardware: service level

There will be a translation from WP4 hardware into WP4 services which will
be published to the Grid.
A job will need WP4 services and they will be compared to the services
offered.
A metric will determine whether the job will run:
#5 or lower :the job can not run
#6 or higher :the job can run
to be compared to metrics for this job w.r.t. other service centers.

WP4 shall ...
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--- outside-user requirements ---
-1- publish it resources to the grid
-2- provide a way to use the published services

--- computer center managers repuirements ---

a computer resource shall ...
-3-  know its configuration form a database
-4-  determine its configuration by auto detect
-5-  compare these configurations,
-6-  and publish differences
-7-  allow to change the hardware database
-8-  allow to change the software database
-9-  allow to change the policy database

For the 9-months deliverable
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NIKHEF will provide ..
-1- PC farms
-2- of a certain topology (server,switch,nodes)
-3 -software for LHCb
-4- software for ALICE
-5- Linux RedHat 6.2 operating system
-6- with patches
-7- software distribution service (afs, ups/upd, ..)
-8- a batch service (pbs, fbs, ..)
-9- a disk cache
-10- globus authentication, authorisation, certification, pre-staging
-11- local authorisation (from testbed sub group)
-11- 1 Gbit network
-12- NO mass storage


Questions to WP8
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-1- interactive jobs?
-2- checkpointing?
-3- debugging on/off in real time?
-4- job pinning?
-5- graphics?

Question to WP?
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-1- at what level is the batch? grid-wide or local, or both ?



Kors Bos