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Minutes of meeting 22/01/2001 @ 2pm |
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Location: UKC Computer Science Meeting Room |
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Present: ab11, ajm4, pjm2, tdb1 |
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Absent: None |
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The meeting began, as usual, with a review of the current |
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status. AJ told the group about the rework of the swing |
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client, and the work he and Tim had done on the server to |
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client protocol. Tim reported that the client interface of |
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the server now conformed to this protocol, but that more |
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work would need to be done to meet the full requirements. |
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Tim also added that the bug found last week, of the server |
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crashing, had be semi-solved by the use of Queue's. However, |
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it was noted that the Queue's would still fill up and |
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therefore cause the same problems. The group made a decision |
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that when a Queue becomes full, data should be dropped. This |
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has led to the obvious need for monitoring the state of the |
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Queue's throughout the server, and this will provide |
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valuable statistical information. |
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Ash said the C++ host was nearing completion, and the group |
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clarified some of the issues with regard to sampling and |
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averaging of data. Paul added that the Perl script for |
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grabbing the system information was now in place, and ready |
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to be utilitised. Tim was quick to add that the Java host |
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already used and supported it. |
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The group made a decision, last week, to use a Perl script |
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as a stopgap/solution to the C++ problem of getting system |
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information. The overhead is negligable, and the code is |
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portable. It was considered acceptable for now, and in the |
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long run, could be perfectly usable in a working system. |
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Paul made a request for the database to be populated with |
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regard to demo'ing to Ian on Wednesday and data for |
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graphing. It was decided to run the server and hosts for a |
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period of around two days to provide a good supply of data. |
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Tim added that permission had been granted by John Cinnamond |
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to run the host on all the Rocks, providing that the load |
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was not detrimental to other users. |
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The group discussed what would be shown to Ian, and made |
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plans to have things done by then. |
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The next meeting will be on Wednesday afternoon after |
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meeting with Ian - presumably he will have some ideas :) The |
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meeting room is booked from 3pm to 5pm. |
