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= ARC 15.03 update 16 = | |||
== Description == | |||
The Advanced Resource Connector (ARC) middleware is an Open Source software solution to enable distributed computing infrastructures with the emphasis on processing large volumes of data. ARC provides an abstraction layer over computational resources, complete with input and output data movement functionalities. The security model of ARC is identical to that of Grid solutions, relying on delegation of user credentials and the concept of Virtual Organisations. ARC also provides client tools, as well as API in C++, Python and Java. | |||
== Release notes == | |||
This is a minor release, introducing new features and addressing bugs discovered since release 15.03u15. | |||
NorduGrid ARC 15.03 has received an update to: | |||
core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.3.2 to 5.4.0 | |||
documents - from 2.0.16 to 2.0.17 | |||
Nagios plugins, Gangliarc and metapackages are unchanged. | |||
'''Note''': | |||
In the process of fixing [http://bugzilla.nordugrid.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3666 bug 3666] for ARC 5.3.2 a backward incompatibility was introduced in the EMI-ES interface. This backward incompatibility is still present in 5.4.0. | |||
If you run ARC < 5.3.2 you are asked to not turn on the EMI-ES interface, hence avoiding any problems. Sites running ARC >= 5.3.2 should not suffer from the issue. | |||
Find more details at http://www.nordugrid.org/arc/releases/15.03u16/release_notes_15.03u16.html | |||
= CVMFS 2.4.1 = | = CVMFS 2.4.1 = |
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ARC 15.03 update 16
Description
The Advanced Resource Connector (ARC) middleware is an Open Source software solution to enable distributed computing infrastructures with the emphasis on processing large volumes of data. ARC provides an abstraction layer over computational resources, complete with input and output data movement functionalities. The security model of ARC is identical to that of Grid solutions, relying on delegation of user credentials and the concept of Virtual Organisations. ARC also provides client tools, as well as API in C++, Python and Java.
Release notes
This is a minor release, introducing new features and addressing bugs discovered since release 15.03u15.
NorduGrid ARC 15.03 has received an update to:
core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.3.2 to 5.4.0 documents - from 2.0.16 to 2.0.17 Nagios plugins, Gangliarc and metapackages are unchanged.
Note: In the process of fixing bug 3666 for ARC 5.3.2 a backward incompatibility was introduced in the EMI-ES interface. This backward incompatibility is still present in 5.4.0. If you run ARC < 5.3.2 you are asked to not turn on the EMI-ES interface, hence avoiding any problems. Sites running ARC >= 5.3.2 should not suffer from the issue.
Find more details at http://www.nordugrid.org/arc/releases/15.03u16/release_notes_15.03u16.html
CVMFS 2.4.1
Description
The CernVM File System provides a scalable, reliable and low-maintenance software distribution service. It was developed to assist High Energy Physics (HEP) collaborations to deploy software on the worldwide-distributed computing infrastructure used to run data processing applications. CernVM-FS is implemented as a POSIX read-only file system in user space (a FUSE module). Files and directories are hosted on standard web servers and mounted in the universal namespace /cvmfs. More info here.
Release notes
CernVM-FS 2.4 is a feature release that comes with performance improvements, new functionality, and bugfixes. Please find detailed release notes in the technical documentation.
DMLite 0.8.8
Description
DMLite is a plugin-based C++ framework that gives functionality for namespace management, pool management and i/o access. More information on the website.
Release notes
http://lcgdm.web.cern.ch/dmlite-088-being-released-epel
gfal2 2.14.2
Description
GFAL (Grid File Access Library ) is a C library providing an abstraction layer of the grid storage system complexity. The version 2 of GFAL tries to simplify at the maximum the file operations in a distributed environment. The complexity of the grid is hidden from the client side behind a simple common POSIX API.
Release Notes
Detailed release notes at http://dmc.web.cern.ch/release/gfal2-2.14.2
gfal2-python 1.9.3
Detailed release notes at http://dmc.web.cern.ch/release/gfal2-python-1.9.3
gfal2-utils 1.5.1
Description
GFAL 2 utils are a group of command line tools for file manipulations with any protocol managed by gfal 2.0
Release Notes
Detailed release notes at http://dmc.web.cern.ch/release/gfal2-util-1.5.1
STORM 1.11.12
The StoRM Product Team is pleased to announce the release of StoRM 1.11.12 that includes the following updated components:
- StoRM Backend v. 1.11.12
- StoRM Frontend v. 1.8.10
- StoRM WebDAV v. 1.0.5
- StoRM Native Libs v. 1.0.5
- YAIM StoRM v. 4.3.9
and the brand new INDIGO DataCloud CDMI server plugin:
- CDMI StoRM v. 0.1.0
Important: this release requires Java 8 and dismisses the use of gridhttps-plugin component that must be removed. So, please, read carefully the installation notes.
Read the release notes for more details.
VOMS Admin 3.7.0
This release provides fixes to some outstanding bugs and provides some improvements:
- DNs are now correctly normalized by VOMS Admin when voms.skip_ca_check is on
- Improvements in the management of the permission cache introduced in VOMS Admin 3.6.0
- Improved REST API to query VOMS user information, documented in the voms admin guide
The full list of bug fixes and improvements, as well the information for installing and configuring this product, are reported in the release notes.