[gin-data] On SRB interoperability with gLite

[Erwin Laure]

Hi Jens,

Did you already do some of the tests you'd proposed below?

Cheers,

-- Erwin

Jensen, J (Jens) wrote:
> Just a quick update on the message below.
> 
> I did get feedback from Erwin, but not from anyone else.  If
> someone is taking it off to discuss on srb lists, could you
> summarise the result to gin-data please.  Ta.
> 
> Someone once told me that SRB has a GridFTP server, so I checked
> with Adil Hasan and he says his, yes, and his team got it working.
> 
> As I see it, it is essential to be able to drive the SRB via
> GridFTP to avoid copying files out to the client.  I.e., if copying
> files from SRM A to SRB B from Client C, then you want the data
> to travel from A to B, not via C.
> 
> If this is the case, then perhaps the FTS can drive the SRB like
> it does Classic SEs (I am told some countries still have Classic
> SEs :-)
> 
> STFC - our organisation, RAL's research council, has got all the
> experience in-house, so we can play with it a bit and see what
> happens.
> 
> I asked Adil to look into the GridFTP-for-SRB thing, and Matt
> Hodges from Tier 1 to test the FTS-to-GridFTP.  We can then plug
> it together and see if it works trivially.
> 
> Regards,
> 			--jens
>