February 1, 2007

REDDnet Steering Committee Meeting

Attending

• Blondin (NCState)
• Beck, Moore (UTK)
• Sheldon, Stewart, Tackett (VU)
• Blackwell (SFA)
• Cavanaugh (Florida)
• Swany (UDel/CERN)

Current Agenda

1. MOU w/ Nevoa Networks (Terry Moore leads)
2. Library of Congress Grant (Terry)
3. Quick report on goings on at San Diego NDIPP conference (Alan)
4. Status report of TexasView AmericaView (PR)
5. Quick report on plans for deployment/status of L-Store (Alan)
6. L-Store at UTK (Terry)

Discussion

Nevoa Networks

Nevoa Networks is a private company started by Hunter Hagewood, located in Brazil. They are writing software that is very useful for us, the issue is what will its availability be for REDDnet since it is commercial?

Our arrangement is currently that the software will be free for use since ACCRE is paying for development costs currently. The only catch is that we are not completely sure who is a member of REDDnet. We will need to continue to visit this.

What is being provided? A GUI interface, primarily for Windows but also works on Unix and Mac. Longer term, a CIFS interface so it can look like a locally attached drive. Secondly, software that will allow a large depot to be divided into logical units.