EIC/BNL Computing discussion

[Maxim Potekhin <potekhin AT bnl.gov>]

Many thanks Jerome!

Maxim


On 2020-06-04 12:19, Jerome LAURET via Eic-bnl-comp-l wrote:
> Yes you have asked and I answered (I thought). Let me
> try again.
>
>         There is no explicit intent to have multiple instances
> of zenodo, one for each experiment. The experiment will
> decide what they want and from a maintenance perspective,
> one for all is best (but in the past, experiments have
> demanded their own instance for some services).
>
>         Now, the deployment of THIS instance was done in a
> way that we do not impact the Covid19 effort (which pre-dated
> the request for a testbed).
>
>         We created an alias/name for this
> instance ( https://eic-zenodo.sdcc.bnl.gov/) to make easier to
> all to remember where it is. Aliases are "cheap". We can
> ask for another  https://lalal-zenodo.sdcc.bnl.gov/ for
> experiment lalala and this surely does not mean it points
> to a different instance (again depends on what the experiment
> wants and what are their requirements as well). I do not
> see a problem following a path of maximal flexibility ...
> Do you?
>
>         Hopefully, this answers your inquiry.
>         Thanks,
>
>
>
> On 2020-06-04 11:51, Maxim Potekhin wrote:
> > Hello Jerome,
> >
> > I apologize if I asked this before but I don't have a clear 
> > understanding of the following:
> > why does BNL need multiple instances of Zenodo e.g. for COVID, PHENIX 
> > and EIC? There is a single instance at CERN which serves multiple 
> > types of research and communities.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Maxim