Towards automation of computing fabrics using tools from the fabric management workpackage of the EU DataGrid project

Olof Bärring, Maite Barroso Lopez, German Cancio, Sylvain Chapeland, Lionel Cons, Piotr Poznañski, Philippe Defert, Jan Iven, Thorsten Kleinwort, Bernd Panzer-Steindel, Jaroslaw Polok, Catherine Rafflin, Alan Silverman, Tim Smith, Jan Van Eldik CERN, CH1211 Geneva-23, Switzerland Massimo Biasotto, Cristine Aiftimiei, Enrico Ferro, Gaetano Maron INFN-LNL, Viale dell’Universita 2, I-35020 Legnaro (PADOVA), Italy Andrea Chierici, Luca Dellagnello INFN-CNAF, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, I-40127 Bologna, Italy Marco Serra INFN-Roma1, P.le Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Roma, Italy Michele Michelotto INFN-PADOVA, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padova, Italy Thomas Röblitz, Florian Schintke ZIB, Takustraße 7, D-14195 Berlin – Dahlem, Germany Lord Hess, Volker Lindenstruth, Frank Pister, Timm Morten Steinbeck Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany David Groep, Martijn Steenbakkers NIKHEF, PO Box 41882, 1009 DB Amsterdam, The Netherlands Paul Anderson, Tim Colles, Alexander Holt, Alastair Scobie University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UK Michael George Oxford Street, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom Rafael A. García Leiva Departament of Theoretical Physics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Ctra Colmenar Km 15 28049 Madrid, Spain