Tier 3 Science Data/Network requirements workshop - CA (West coast region)

Thursday 15 Mar 2007, 08:30 → 17:00 US/Central

ARC Ballroom A (UC-Davis)

Richard Carlson (Internet2)

This is the second in a series of 1 day workshops to develop a common understanding of how university-based physicists will obtain and use LHC data. This workshop will bring together the university-based physicists and the Campus/Regional/Connector/National network providers to develop a common understanding of what is required to meet the science needs. All LHC-related scientists and support staff for whom this conference is convenient in the surrounding area are invited.

Internet2 - Advanced tools page http://e2epi.internet2.edu/

Internet2 - Knoppix LiveCD NPToolkit ISO http://e2epi.internet2.edu/network-performance-toolkit/network-performance-toolkit.iso

LBNL - Host Tuning Guide http://dsd.lbl.gov/TCP-tuning

PSC - Host Tuning Guide http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/tcptune

08:30 → 08:45 Welcome

Greeting from local hosts

Speaker: Rodger Hess (UC-Davis)

08:45 → 09:40 Background on LHC Computing and Networking

Background information describing the LHC ATLAS and CMS computing models

Speaker: Mr Richard Carlson (Internet2)

09:45 → 10:00 break

10:00 → 11:00 Overview of compute resources and usage plans

Attendees will hear from physicists representating the LHC ALICE, ATLAS, and CMS experiments. Presentors will discuss thir institutional , regional, and local computational resources, data storage, and processing facilities. They will also discuss their usage plans for LHC-related Monte Carlo and detector data.

Speakers: John Conway (UC-Davis), Prof. Maxwell Chertok (University of California Davis), Mr Michael Squires (University of California, Davis)

Slides

• Conway-Tier3.pdf
• Maruyama-Tier3.pdf
• Squires-Tier3.pdf

11:00 → 12:00 Overview of network infrastructures

Network operators should give a description of each of the facility infrastructures presently available to transmit and receive LHC-related data

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:00 Technology updates

Attendees will learn about new/emerging technologies that can be used by LHC experimenters

14:00 → 15:00 Science/Technology match

Guided discussion on using network services

15:00 → 15:15 break

15:15 → 16:15 Regional and local grid projects

Discussion of grid projects that can provide resources to the LHC experimenters.

Speaker: Ruth Pordes (Fermilab)

Slides UCDavisTier3.ppt

16:15 → 17:00 Roadmap

Guided discussion on next steps, services, and missing pieces