Transport protocols and bulk file transfer

[Steven Senger <>]

Date: 4.17.09, 1pm EDT

Present: Steve, Larry, Jason, Ezra, Martin, Micah, Terry, Chet, Aaron

- Review of Previous Action Items
	- status of several items was sent with the email reminder for this  
call

- Steve updated group on his progress with Phoebus
        - testing done between UW-La Crosse and Sunnyvale server
        - path involves WiscNet, I2/Phoebus, Cenic
        - able to test on Mac OS X by using parts of simple wrapper code
        - integrated into Mac client of tcp based visualization app

- Micah/Terry talk about REDDnet
        - experimenting with Phoebus for transfer between storage appliances
        - would like to see more Phoebus depots to enhance transport paths

- Discussion of current Phoebus deployment
        - existing nodes fell under observatory work
        - currently in NY, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles
        - to complete would need DC, Atlanta, Kansas City, Salt Lake, Seattle
        - discussion of hardware requirements and costs

- Discussion of drafting recommendation to complete the Phoebus  
deployment
	- recommendation will consist of use cases, costs for 1G (incremental  
costs
          for 10G), and functional requirements for this level of deployment
	- Steve will put together description of application, performance  
results, movies
        - Micah will put together similar information for REDDnet
	- minimal functional requirements: tooling for experimenter, is depot  
live?, is
          path usable?, routine NOC monitoring, mechanism for users to report
          problems
        - prepare draft of recommendation, use cases and minimal functional
          requirements for the next call