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HUMPF [Heterogeneous Unix Montecarlo Production Facility] users guide

Abstract

The Heterogenous Unix Monte Carlo Production Facility (HUMPF) simplifies the running of particle physics simulation programs on Unix workstations. Monte Carlo is the largest consumer of IBM (CPU) capacity within the Atlas centre at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL). It is likely that the future computing requirements of the LEP and HERA experiments cannot be satisfied by the IBM 3090 system. HUMPF adds extra capacity, and can be expanded with minimal effort. Monte Carlo programs are CPU-bound, and make little use of the vector or the input/output capacity of the IBM 3090. Such programs are therefore excellent candidates to use the spare capacity of powerful workstations. The main data storage is still handled centrally by the IBM 3090 and its peripherals. The HUMPF facility is suitable for any program with a similar profile. (author).
Publication Date:
Nov 01, 1992
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
RAL-92-076
Reference Number:
SCA: 990200; PA: AIX-24:043148; SN: 93000991249
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Nov 1992
Subject:
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DOCUMENTATION; REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; COMPUTERS; DATA PROCESSING; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DATA TRANSMISSION; H CODES; HERA STORAGE RING; LEP STORAGE RINGS; MANUALS; MEMORY DEVICES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; 990200; MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS
OSTI ID:
10153804
Research Organizations:
Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton (United Kingdom)
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE93626606; TRN: GB9300537043148
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
GBN
Size:
[24] p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 06, 2005

Citation Formats

Cahill, P, Edgecock, R, Fisher, S M, Gee, C N.P., Gordon, J C, Kidd, T, Leake, J, Rigby, D J, and Roberts, J H.C. HUMPF [Heterogeneous Unix Montecarlo Production Facility] users guide. United Kingdom: N. p., 1992. Web.
Cahill, P, Edgecock, R, Fisher, S M, Gee, C N.P., Gordon, J C, Kidd, T, Leake, J, Rigby, D J, & Roberts, J H.C. HUMPF [Heterogeneous Unix Montecarlo Production Facility] users guide. United Kingdom.
Cahill, P, Edgecock, R, Fisher, S M, Gee, C N.P., Gordon, J C, Kidd, T, Leake, J, Rigby, D J, and Roberts, J H.C. 1992. "HUMPF [Heterogeneous Unix Montecarlo Production Facility] users guide." United Kingdom.
@misc{etde_10153804,
title = {HUMPF [Heterogeneous Unix Montecarlo Production Facility] users guide}
author = {Cahill, P, Edgecock, R, Fisher, S M, Gee, C N.P., Gordon, J C, Kidd, T, Leake, J, Rigby, D J, and Roberts, J H.C.}
abstractNote = {The Heterogenous Unix Monte Carlo Production Facility (HUMPF) simplifies the running of particle physics simulation programs on Unix workstations. Monte Carlo is the largest consumer of IBM (CPU) capacity within the Atlas centre at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL). It is likely that the future computing requirements of the LEP and HERA experiments cannot be satisfied by the IBM 3090 system. HUMPF adds extra capacity, and can be expanded with minimal effort. Monte Carlo programs are CPU-bound, and make little use of the vector or the input/output capacity of the IBM 3090. Such programs are therefore excellent candidates to use the spare capacity of powerful workstations. The main data storage is still handled centrally by the IBM 3090 and its peripherals. The HUMPF facility is suitable for any program with a similar profile. (author).}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1992}
month = {Nov}
}