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Overview of software contributions, PC farm proposal, storage specifications, worker nodes setup, workshop advertisement, and communication strategies for the UK DØ experiment.
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UK Status Iain Bertram Lancaster University
UK Groups • Imperial College • 2 + 1 Faculty, 1 Research Staff, 1.5 RA and 3 students • Manchester University • 1 Faculty, 1 Research Staff, 1 student (October) • Lancaster University • 2 Faculty, 1 RA, 1 + ? student (October)
Status????? • Software Contributions barely beginning • IC has worked on Tracking and Vertexing Software in London: using d02ka! • Plans • DØ software ported to UK in October • UK PC Farm Proposal (large effort) • First News end September • Decision November?
1 TB Disk Storage 2 Exabyte Tape Libraries Mammoth II ~24 TB Control PC Control PC 10/100 MB/s Ethernet Hub Worker Node Worker Node Worker Node Worker Node Worker Node Worker Node Worker Node Worker Node Worker Node Worker Node Worker Node Worker Node Worker Node Worker Node Worker Node Worker Node Worker Node Worker Node 18 GB 18 GB 18 GB 18 GB 18 GB 18 GB 18 GB 18 GB 18 GB 18 GB 18 GB 18 GB 18 GB 18 GB 18 GB 18 GB 18 GB 18 GB UK DØ Farm 120 Worker Nodes
Advertisement Imperial College Trigger Workshop London, January 6-8 2000 Register Now!!! DØ Web Site For Details
What Do We Want? Communication Documentation Participation
Communication • Video Conferencing of Meetings • Talks on Computer before meeting • Good Minutes • Important Meetings at a reasonable time! • 3pm Chicago time is 9-10pm Europe Time!!
Documentation • The Current Web Pages are not Sufficient! • All ID groups need to have clear easy to find documentation: • How to use the package • What the package does • Contact Person
Conclusion • Significant Contributions coming to an experiment near you…..