Developing LHCb Grid software: experiences and advances

I. Stokes-Rees, A. Tsaregorodtsev, V. Garonne, R. Graciani, M. Sanchez, M. Frank, J. Closier
2006 Concurrency and Computation  
The LHCb grid software has been used for two Physics Data Challenges, the most recent of which will have produced 90 TB of data and required over 400 processor-years of computing power. This paper discusses the group's experience with developing Grid Services, interfacing to the LCG, running LHCb experiment software on the grid, and the integration of a number of new technologies into the LHCb grid software. Our experience and utilisation of the following core technologies will be discussed:
more » ... I, XML-RPC, grid services, LCG middle-ware, and instant messaging.
doi:10.1002/cpe.1048 fatcat:2rcfalzmsjf4vlkybiu36kk6bm