Offline Data Handling in the NA48 Experiment

Author

Biino, C.

Author_Institution

INFN, Torino

Volume

3

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006

Firstpage

1636

Lastpage

1640

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2006. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0560-2

Electronic_ISBN

1095-7863

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354211

Filename

4179324