2023-02-16 Meeting Notes

5.5.2 external checksums broken ?
WebDav: Invalid server checksum answer (5.5.2) · Issue #1901 · xrootd/xrootd

Fix appears to work (tested Bristol); to be included in a 5.5.3 release

5.5.2 ‘testing’

Aim to build 5.5.2 + fixes (including the checksum fix).
Run tests against dev and pre-prod instances; catch anything new before 5.5.3 hopefully …

simultaneous file reads issue

JW

https://stfc.atlassian.net/browse/XRD-54

Branch tested at Glasgow:
Buffered io multibuffers by snafus · Pull Request #38 · stfc/xrootd-ceph

Updated code to protect against case of too many open simultaneous files.

Status of space reporting and tests on Alice dev gateway

https://stfc.atlassian.net/browse/XRD-21

Alice gateway problems in 'ADD' file uploads

https://helpdesk.gridpp.rl.ac.uk/Ticket/Display.html?id=480759

http://alimonitor.cern.ch/display?imgsize=1024x600&interval.max=0&interval.min=13244400000&job_stats.owner=mcosenti&page=SE%2Ftests&pinned=true&plot_series=ALICE%3A%3ARAL%3A%3ACEPH

CMSD status

https://stfc.atlassian.net/browse/XRD-41

https://helpdesk.gridpp.rl.ac.uk/Ticket/Display.html?id=478561

certs now requested

Dev build environments

Create a personality etc to simplify / converge on building xrootd releases ?

checksumming scripts

Ensure working on python 3.7+ releases (rocky9 3.9.x)

memory spikes in gws