Use of glide-ins in CMS for production and analysis

D Bradley, O Gutsche, K Hahn, B Holzman, S Padhi, H Pi, D Spiga, I Sfiligoi, E Vaandering, F Würthwein, the Cms Offline and Computing Projects
2010 Journal of Physics, Conference Series  
On behalf of the CMS Offline and Computing Projects) Abstract. With the evolution of various grid federations, the Condor glide-ins represent a key feature in providing a homogeneous pool of resources using late-binding technology. The CMS collaboration uses the glide-in based Workload Management System, glideinWMS, for production (ProdAgent) and distributed analysis (CRAB) of the data. The Condor glide-in daemons traverse to the worker nodes, submitted via Condor-G. Once activated, they
more » ... e the Master-Worker relationships, with the worker first validating the execution environment on the worker node before pulling the jobs sequentially until the expiry of their lifetimes. The combination of late-binding and validation significantly reduces the overall failure rate visible to CMS physicists. We discuss the extensive use of the glideinWMS since the computing challenge, CCRC-08, in order to prepare for the forthcoming LHC data-taking period. The key features essential to the success of large-scale production and analysis on CMS resources across major grid federations, including EGEE, OSG and NorduGrid are outlined. Use of glide-ins via the CRAB server mechanism and ProdAgent, as well as first hand experience of using the next generation CREAM computing element within the CMS framework is discussed.
doi:10.1088/1742-6596/219/7/072013 fatcat:wtvks45z5vb3xi4wnzhgj22gki