DocumentCode
3353512
Title
ATLAS detector data processing on the Grid
Author
Vaniachine, Alexandre V.
Author_Institution
Div. of High Energy Phys., Argonne Nat. Lab., Argonne, IL, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
23-29 Oct. 2011
Firstpage
104
Lastpage
107
Abstract
The ATLAS detector is in the second year of continuous LHC running. A starting point for ATLAS physics analysis is data reconstruction. Following the prompt reconstruction, the ATLAS data are reprocessed, which allows reconstruction of the data with updated software and calibrations providing coherence and improving the quality of the reconstructed data for physics analysis. The large-scale data reprocessing campaigns are conducted on the Grid. Computing centers around the world participate in reprocessing providing tens of thousands of CPU-cores for a faster throughput. Reprocessing relies upon underlying ATLAS technologies providing reproducibility of results, scalable database access, orchestrated workflow and performance monitoring, dynamic workload sharing, and petascale data integrity control. These technologies are also empowering ATLAS physics and subsystem groups in further data processing steps on the Grid. We present the experience of large-scale data reprocessing campaigns and group data processing on the Grid.
Keywords
grid computing; high energy physics instrumentation computing; position sensitive particle detectors; ATLAS detector data processing; CPU-cores; LHC running; data reconstruction; grid; large-scale data reprocessing campaigns; petascale data integrity control; Cloud computing; Mesons; Monitoring; Neodymium;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location
Valencia
ISSN
1082-3654
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0118-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154460
Filename
6154460
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