CDF software distribution on the grid using Parrot

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2010 · J.Phys.Conf.Ser.219:062009,2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/219/6/062009· OSTI ID:986997

Compostella, G; Pagan Griso, S; Lucchesi, D; Sfiligoi, I; Thain, D

Large international collaborations that use decentralized computing models are becoming a custom rather than an exception in High Energy Physics. A good computing model for such big collaborations has to deal with the distribution of the experiment-specific software around the world. When the CDF experiment developed its software infrastructure, most computing was done on dedicated clusters. As a result, libraries, configuration files and large executables were deployed over a shared file system. In order to adapt its computing model to the Grid, CDF decided to distribute its software to all European Grid sites using Parrot, a user-level application capable of attaching existing programs to remote I/O systems through the filesystem interface. This choice allows CDF to use just one centralized source of code and a scalable set of caches all around Europe to efficiently distribute its code and requires almost no interaction with the existing Grid middleware or with local system administrators. This system has been in production at CDF in Europe since almost two years. Here, we present CDF implementation of Parrot and some comments on its performances.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 986997
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-10-285-E
• Conference Information: Journal Name: J.Phys.Conf.Ser.219:062009,2010
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
CONFIGURATION
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NUCLEAR PHYSICS
PRODUCTION