Experience with OOFS - Andy Hanuschevsky Need robust system, includes recovery from crashes must not take the system down. AMS is a page server, it is not cognizant of objects. Today's Gbit networks enable such separation of the tape server from the data servers. AMS is an ideal PPDG server application. Proven to work with INFN staging and CERN rfio, it is a real world application not only used b y BaBar but by several other parts of the world.
Big question is how to make reservation policies and usage restriction across multiple networks.
Once the pipe is on the doorstep where does it go, is it routed over the campus backbone, are there dedicated links to participating researchers. We came up with a list of two people that need to be hired. One is a project coordinator, the other an implementer. It is unclear where they will be located. Dave Millsom will coordinate the network working group .