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minutes-20010122.txt
Minutes of meeting 22/01/2001 @ 2pm Location: UKC Computer Science Meeting Room Present: ab11, ajm4, pjm2, tdb1 Absent: None The meeting began, as usual, with a review of the current status. AJ told the group about the rework of the swing client, and the work he and Tim had done on the server to client protocol. Tim reported that the client interface of the server now conformed to this protocol, but that more work would need to be done to meet the full requirements. Tim also added that the bug found last week, of the server crashing, had be semi-solved by the use of Queue's. However, it was noted that the Queue's would still fill up and therefore cause the same problems. The group made a decision that when a Queue becomes full, data should be dropped. This has led to the obvious need for monitoring the state of the Queue's throughout the server, and this will provide valuable statistical information. Ash said the C++ host was nearing completion, and the group clarified some of the issues with regard to sampling and averaging of data. Paul added that the Perl script for grabbing the system information was now in place, and ready to be utilitised. Tim was quick to add that the Java host already used and supported it. The group made a decision, last week, to use a Perl script as a stopgap/solution to the C++ problem of getting system information. The overhead is negligable, and the code is portable. It was considered acceptable for now, and in the long run, could be perfectly usable in a working system. Paul made a request for the database to be populated with regard to demo'ing to Ian on Wednesday and data for graphing. It was decided to run the server and hosts for a period of around two days to provide a good supply of data. Tim added that permission had been granted by John Cinnamond to run the host on all the Rocks, providing that the load was not detrimental to other users. The group discussed what would be shown to Ian, and made plans to have things done by then. The next meeting will be on Wednesday afternoon after meeting with Ian - presumably he will have some ideas :) The meeting room is booked from 3pm to 5pm.
