Problem with putFile API checksum calcuation.

[dhrjklt]

Hey everyone,

I'm having an issue with the Storage Element putFile API. We have some standalone xrootd servers at a remote location that don't split out checksums. In my dirac setup, I have some proper grid storage elements (which splits checksum) and some non-grid storage elements. The 'ChecksumType' is a global configuration in StorageElements.

The problem is that when I use the putFile API, it needs the checksum to be returned from the remote SE. But in the getFile API, we have the option to disable the checksum by defining DisableChecksum=True. Is it possible we can have the same option in the putFile API too? or is there any solution already available to that ?

If not can we have some thing similar in putFile api to what we had in getFile api src/DIRAC/Resource/Storage/GFAL2_StorageBase.py

useChecksum = bool(self.checksumType and not DisableChecksum)