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Minutes of meeting 05/03/2001 @ 2pm |
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Location: UKC Computer Science Meeting Room |
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Present: ab11, ajm4, pjm2, tdb1 |
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This meeting started with the long awaited demonstration to |
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John... except he brought a few colleagues along :) With our |
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captive audience, we demonstrated the past 20 odd week's |
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work, and fortunately got lots of positive feedback. This |
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certainly boosted the confidence of the group as it made all |
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the effort seem worthwhile. One comment worth nothing was: - |
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"I wasn't expecting it to be quite so useful!" |
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After the demonstration, the group proceeded to discuss |
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where to head next. Particular issues on the agenda were the |
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webpage front end, and the alerting mechanisms. |
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Both AJ and Tim had spent a couple of very late nights |
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writing the alerting mechanisms (the local clients) for the |
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server. They noted that the logic behind it all was a lot |
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more complex than had been anticipated, and that it really |
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was a major part of the system. This work had been mostly |
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done for some basic data (CPU levels) and just needed to be |
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expanded to cover the rest. This was to be done over the |
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following week. |
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Ash was pleased to report that the host was now working, |
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although there still existed a problem with packet size. All |
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the other issues with it crashing etc had been tidied up. He |
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again noted that he was keen to get some work done on the |
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webpage frontend. |
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Paul said he had completed most tasks, including the winhost |
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and the DBReports. He volunteered to do some work on the |
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webpage frontend. |
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The webpage frontend was something that needed doing. The |
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group agreeded it should be broken down into sections on |
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latest host data, latest alerts, and historical information |
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(db reports). These would all be tied together into one |
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easily navigatable interface, with a nice summary page. This |
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would tie closely with the alerting mechanisms discussed |
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above, so no plans for the actual implementation details |
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could be made at this stage. |
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Another issue that evolved from this was the host sampling |
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data and sending averages, and alerts. Ash said logic was in |
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place to start this, and he had it planned. AJ pointed out |
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that the initial design for the host was to be as |
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lightweight as possible, and this would just complicate it, |
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especially when the same work is carried out in the server. |
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The topic wasn't completely resolved, although the group |
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seemed to agree that it shouldn't be a priority with the |
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short time left. |
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The final issue was documentation. This would be looked at |
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over the week, and maybe another meeting arranged later on |
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to plan it. |
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There will be a meeting with Ian at 2.15pm on Wednesday, and |
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the usual meeting on Monday at 2.15pm. There may be an extra |
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meeting in the week to discuss documentation. |
