-=-=-=-=-= Beginning of submission data (step 1)=-=-=-=-=- Contact Person: Name: Jens G Jensen Address: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Chilton Didcot OX11 0QX Phone: 01235 446104 Fax: 01235 5945 Email: j.jensen@rl.ac.uk Title: Enabling access to mass storage Author 1: Name: Jens G Jensen Affiliation: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Author2: Name: John Gordon Affiliation: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Author3: Name: Owen Synge Affiliation: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Author is PC Member: No Main Fields: 1. Middleware Abstract: A number of different storage systems are in use in the scientific communities. We present a solution for accessing data in a uniform manner and for replicating it across sites. This work will be of interest to anyone with large scale storage requirements, e.g. the UK Grid community Remarks: [None Given] -=-=-=-=-=-= End of abstract submission data =-=-=-=-=-=-