Design Decisions (2)

• Should SRMs support asynchronous requests?

  • Yes, non-blocking, unlike FTP and other services
  • Support long delays, multi-file requests

• Support call-backs

  • Basic: no
  • Advanced: yes
    • LBNL’s choice

• Who assigns the requestID?

  • Support SRM-assigned requestIDs, with an optional requestID-description.
  • Implies method: requestID-description ? requestIDs

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