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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

 

 

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

1W030

Overview and Planning

Attendees: Jacob, Larry, Kim, Jason, Craig, Cory, Sarah Elkins, Gilberto, Rob

 

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

1W030

Overview and Planning
  • The group spent time reviewing the proposed agenda to understand who will need to attend and other logistics for the day (Tuesday)
  • 9:30 - Noon
    • Tech stack was discussed to determine which aspects of the tech stack to cover.   First, cover the items we have listed.  .
    • LexEVS API Browser section - both EVS and LexEVS development teams.  
    • It was noticed that it is now a tech catalog - and not tech stack.
  • 1:00 - 4:00 will include CTRP group
    • It was noted that they will move away from Oracle.
    • Need to discuss MySQL
  • 4:00 - 5:00
  • Thursday - Sarah may try to attend the graph/DB session.
  • Automating Data Loads and customization to be included in the Wednesday 1:30-4:00.  

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9:30 AM - Noon

1W030

Discussion: Tech Stack Updates

  • Migration to Java 8
  • Migration to centOS 7
  • Migration to Spring 4
  • Determine next steps/roadmap 
  

Discussion: LEXEVS API/Browser Performance and Usability Improvements

  • NCI to provide requirements/use cases
  • Areas for discussion:
    • value set
    • mapping 
    • multi-namespace
    • relationship querying
    • inferred data
  • Discuss the removal of caCORE and refactor Remote API
  • Determine next steps/roadmap

Attendees: Jacob, Larry, Kim, Jason, Craig, Cory, Sarah Elkins, Gilberto, Rob

 

  • centOS 7
    • centOS 7 hasn't been used by the Mayo team (as of yet.)
    • There is much interest in the automated environment setup provided by Docker.
    • Sarah indicated that it would NOT be an upgrade on the existing web servers.  They would recommend this for new servers.  
    • As of Sept 30, centOS 7 is to the current supported catalog at NCI.  They still provide previous centOS 6 for several years.  Redhat dates 2020 for centOS 6 and 2024 for centOS7.
    • Scott also suggested the use of a Sonatype Nexus server to distribute Docker artifacts.   NCI currently provides a Nexus server.  However Docker artifacts are fairly large and infrastructure would need to be considered.  
    • Additional Docker discussion later in the week.    There are 2 use cases - deploying at NCI and supporting other users (setup). 
    • MariaDB is a MySQL fork.  Advantages aren't known at this time.   The NCI database team would need provide support if MariaDB were to be used.  This may be in the future Tech Catalog. 
    • Sarah recommended that we hold off on deciding on CentOS 7 until the use of Docker is further defined.
    • Larry pointed out that centOS 7 has additional security enhancements. Jacob indicated there is no current mandates to move to centOS 7.
    • Gilberto shared that the Protege Project is planning on using Docker.
  • Java 8
    • Scott shared that he was able to compi

 

 

 

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