DCacheGrid

Protocols

Available protocols:

• gridftp (port 2811)
• webdav (port 2880)
• xrootd (port 1094).

SRM is not used.

VO Details

• Each VO has a separate endpoint to access dCache. They are named: vo.dcache.nikhef.nl .

• There is a separate directory for each VO named /pnfs/nikhef.nl/data/vo .

• The organisation of VO directory is left up to each VO.

• Example: for the pvier VO the xrootd endpoint is xrootd://pvier.dcache.nikhef.nl and to access to the file /pnfs/nikhef.nl/data/pvier/test.txt via xrootd the url is xrootd://pvier.dcache.nikhef.nl/pnfs/nikhef.nl/data/pvier/test.txt