Performance Working Group Meeting of 15-October-2008
at I2 Fall Member Meeting 2008, New Orleans
Attendees:
Carla Hunt, (Chair)
Ken Lindahl, UC Berkeley
Ana Lucia De Moura, Brazil
Yasuchi Kitamura,
Shawn McKee
Frank Van Lingen
Sherilyn Evans (for Eric Lui)
John T. Killebrew
Chester Ruszczyk, MIT Haystack
Steven Senger
James Deaton
Mark Johnson
Eric Boyd, Internet2
Andrew Lake, Internet2
Matt Zekauskas, Internet2
Susan Evett, Internet2
Jeff Boote, Internet2 (flywheel)
Emily Eisbruch, Internet2 (scribe)
Welcome and Announcement of Monthly Meeting Time
Carla welcomed the group.
She announced that regular Performance Working Group calls will be held the 4th Monday of every month at noon, starting Monday, November 24, 2008.
Review/Overview of existing Task Forces
Carla reviewed the current status of the three task forces formed at the Performance Working Group meeting at Joint Techs in Lincoln, NE (July 2008).
Task Force |
Chair |
STATUS |
|---|---|---|
Campus and RONs Requirements |
Ken Lindahl, UC Berkeley, |
This task force has started working on a guidelines document. |
|
Dan Magorian, Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) |
Dan could not be here at the Fall Member Meeting |
Access Requirements |
Jeff Boote, |
Not much activity yet on this task force |
Update from Campus and RON Requirements/Best Practices Task Force
Ken reported that the Campus and RON's Requirements/Best Practices (BCP) task force now includes several members and is eager to add more members. Information is found at:
https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/PerformanceWG/BCP+-+Task+Force
The BCP task force aims to produce 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
Work is underway on Document #1.
Details on Campus/RON Guidelines Document
The BCP task force took the LHC best practices document (http://code.google.com/p/perfsonar-ps/wiki/Tier2BCP) as a starting point. They will update it to make it fit the more general environment of a campus or RON. Changes will be made on the wiki at:
https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/PerformanceWG/BCP+-+Campus+and+RON+Guidelines
The time goal is to finish the guidelines document by the next Internet2 member meeting (April 27-29, 2009)
The audience is Measurement Infrastructure and Network Operators.
The purpose is to provide a rationale for using tools; to detail the benefits of building a measurement
infrastructure
Status - The task force took a first pass through the LHC document. They 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 task force participants is to read the Guidelines document and prepare some thoughts on how to update it.
perfSONAR Update
Jeff Boote reviewed the new Toolkit CD, available at http://www.internet2.edu/performance/node/. The perfSONAR PS development team is getting feedback from users and making the toolkit even better. They are also preparing better documentation on individual services and the analysis client. They hope to make use of more and more of these tools in the Network Performance Workshops, to show how perfSONAR can be leveraged.
There is still some development work to do, especially in netflow analysis.
Anyone who can help with testing the tools (or provide any feedback at all) should email performancenodeuser@internet2.edu.
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)
STILL WORKING ON THIS SECTION OF MINUTES.... PLEASE CHECK BACK
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