[glue-wg] publishing srb information on glue

Laurence Laurence.Field at cern.ch
Wed Oct 31 08:21:32 CDT 2007


Hi Shunde,

It might be best if we discussed this over the phone. You can phone me 
on the following number. +41 22 76 74741.

Thanks

Laruence

Shunde Zhang wrote:
> Hi Laurence,
>
> Thanks for the reply. Can I ask how to put SRM interface onto SRB? Yes, we have
> sucessfully put gridftp interface on SRB. but we just want to
> publish 'authenic' SRB information to our MDS. if I make my own schema to do
> that, would it be a problem of using 3rd party software since other people only
> support the standard GLUE schema? thanks a lot.
>
> Cheers,
> Shunde.
>
>
> Quoting Laurence <Laurence.Field at cern.ch>:
>
>   
>> Hi Shunde,
>>
>> Everything is possible, it just depends on what you hope to achieve and
>> what is required. If the SRB exposes an SRM interface and this is what
>> the users are looking for then it should be possible to publish it. If
>> you are wanting to just expose the gridftp interface then this should be
>> possible too. Alternatively, if you are wanting to publish the SRB as a
>> service then there are a number of possibility's. Publish the SRB using
>> the generic service, see if the Stroage Schema works or define a schema
>> specifically for the SRB if it is significantly different.
>>
>> The main purpose of the glue schema is to facilitate interoperability
>> between the grid infrastructures. It is use case driven and hence we
>> have to understand how the users are using SRB between the
>> infrastructures. As soon as we understand these use cases it will be
>> easier to work out what to do.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Laurence
>>
>> Shunde Zhang wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am new to glue schema. May I ask if I can publish SRB information with
>>>       
>> GLUE
>>     
>>> schema? Since the examples I saw are all gridftp. thanks a lot.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Shunde.
>>>
>>>
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