Hi everyone,
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A little while ago, the WLCG VO ATLAS started investigating how to do
storage accounting in a platform neutral fashion (i.e., not depending on
SRM).
Their idea was that a site would "somehow" ensure that their storage
system always has a file containing the necessary information. The file
would be stored in a standard location. ATLAS could then read this file
using whichever protocol is easiest.
The plan was for this file would be encoded as JSON. They also put
together a rough description of how this file should look like.
I suggested that they investigate GLUE 2 and the GLUE-JSON binding,
rather than coming up with their own proprietary solution.
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So, ATLAS are asking for some information:
o people with whom they can discuss how to use
GLUE2 and GLUE-JSON.
o tools that parse GLUE-JSON. I guess this would be mostly
from XSEDE guys.
So, does anyone want to help them evaluate GLUE 2?
Cheers,
Paul.
