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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.