Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade to OSG Version 1.0.0

Rob QuickOSG Operations Coordinator

231 Jan 2008

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10 - It’s as easy as riding a bike…Seriously, if you’ve done it before you

should have no issues with the new installation, however if it is your first time, you may need some training wheels… see the OSG Docs.

9 - All the cool sites are doing it!23 of 81 OSG Resources ~28%

8 - New simplified configuration See Suchandra’s talk next

331 Jan 2008

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7 - New OIM interfaceOK, this really has nothing to do with

OSG 1.0.0, but it is still a really nice recent release.

6 - Debian 4 and limited AIX 5.3 supportAs an added bonus RHEL 5

support for VOMS5 - LCG-Utils added

a collection of tools developed by LCG to access storage elements

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4 - More bug fixes and updates than I can countSee This and THIS!

3 - Updated RSV New Probes, Configuration, and Proxy

procedures allows increased yet simplified functionality

2 - 1.0.0 Uses the system OpenSSLWe no longer bring along the Globus

provided OpenSSL

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And the number one reason to upgrade to OSG Version 1.0.0

The new 1.0.0 version number no longer contains the stigma of looking like a beta version.

.ie -- 0.x.x