Blog from October, 2008

20081015-Agenda in NOLA

PERFORMANCE WORKING GROUP MEETING
AT THE FALL MEMBER MEETING IN NEW ORLEANS, LA
OCTOBER 15, 2008
TIME:   12:00 pm - 1:15 pm

1. Welcome and Announcement of Monthly Meeting Time: (4th Monday of every month at 12pm 11/24) (Carla Hunt)

2. Review/Overview of existing Task Forces (Carla Hunt): (1) Optical/L1 Monitoring, (2) Access Requirements (SAML assertions), (3) Campus and RON guidelines document

3. Update from Campus and RON guidelines Task Force (Ken Lindahl):

Documentation Roadmap Overview -

Three documents:
   document #1. Campus/RON Guidelines
   document #2. Checklist for Measurement Infrastructure Operators (who may also be the same as network operators)
   document #3. Functional Specifications for Developers

Details on Campus/RON Guidelines:
Time line - Finished Document by the next Member Meeting (April 27-29, 2009)
Audience - Measurement Infrastructure and Network Operators
   Purpose - Rationale for using tools/Benefits of building a measurement
infrastructure
Status - We have taken a first pass through the LHC document. Need folks
willing to complete a second review of LHC document and contribute to
revisions.
Next Steps - Ken Lindahl to send Doodle Poll to setup next conference call. Homework for conference call participants.

 4. perfSONAR Update (Jeff Boote)

5. Discussion - challenges with transition of measurement tools and infrastructure from research to operations (Carla Hunt)

challenges implementing end to end performance (i.e outreach to researchers)