Title :
Offline Data Handling in the NA48 Experiment
Author_Institution :
INFN, Torino
fDate :
Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006
Abstract :
The NA48 experiment at CERN has collected for 8 years an amount of data larger than 100 TB/year. The CASTOR storage management system has been used for all kinds of data. Simple and robust mechanisms were implemented to handle the data starting from the online Level-3 trigger system up to the Central Data Recording and the final analysis. To enable data analysis at remote institutes, suitable procedures were prepared to export data, using tapes at first and then directly on the network. The architecture of the NA48 data handling system will be described as well as the performance figures.
Keywords :
beam handling techniques; data handling; high energy physics instrumentation computing; storage management; synchrotrons; CASTOR storage management system; CERN; NA48 offline data handling system; SPS accelerator; central data recording; kaon beams; online Level-3 trigger system; Collaboration; Current measurement; Data analysis; Data handling; Detectors; Event detection; Mesons; Particle beam handling; Particle beam measurements; Particle beams;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0560-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354211
