Minutes:Collaborative Middleware

Discussed putting together NSF mounted storage that will be available via GPN repository
Duncan will send greg specs on
- PCI Card for GPN server
- SATAII 500GB Drives
MU will take care of making storage available via repository once installed
As people get GPN IDs, if they want storage then we send Gordon or Denis their info.
Greg will learn from Duncan how to add people to GPN ldap.

I2 Update
- InCommon, COManage & Shibboleth
  - Greg will get InCommon form to Gordon.
  - Update: Ron Johnson has sponsored GPN to InCommon
- Shibboleth CAMP: Denis Hancock attending
- Federation Soup in June
  - Gordon, Greg (?)
  - Update: There is an announcement circulating
- Cyberinfrastructure issues from other campuses
  - It’s people to help the researchers that are in need
Postponed: Start of a needs assessment regarding computational science, grid computing and middleware:
- Get input on what is being done at each school and what is needed.
- What does your campus program need and how could you contribute or benefit from a gpn program?
- What are the obstacles to where we think we each want to go?
Duncan has configured and run a job on the GPN cluster at KSU.

Status of Arkansas storage.
- Amy has two 8 core clusters that were received and will build a couple of clusters with storage.
- Problems were encountered with dcache, originally, and looking for another alternative.
- Gordon mentioned dSpace. Del mentioned that SDSU has brought up a test server on dSpace.
Update from UNL on OSG - David or Brian
- Received email from David.
Update on Argonne involvement - Gordon, Dan, Rachana (Thanks for joining us Dan and Rachana!)
- We had some discussion. We will have a follow-up call to begin discussing specifications -- ideas for some times, dates?
GPN Annual Meeting is scheduled for May 29-30 in KCMO. Any thoughts?
- Opportunity for meeting in KCMO with Rachana Ananthakrishnan & Dan Fraser.