Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store Supporting Multiple Interfaces to Mass Storage Providing Tape and Mass Storage to Diverse Scientific Communities
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store Requirements Data Management Locate data Retrieve data
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store Requirements Analyse data on the Grid Dual access – Grid and non-Grid
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store Requirements Curation Long term storage and archival
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store Requirements Very large volumes Very large real-time data rates
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store Requirements Recover data in emergency = backup
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store What is Atlas? 1.2 Petabyte capacity Tape STK Powderhorn Interfaces, services
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store What is Atlas? 1.2 Petabyte capacity Tape STK Powderhorn Interfaces, services New robot coming in
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store We support – Grid protocols SRB –Data management interface –Metadata, data SRM –Built for very large data volumes –Very high transfer rates via GridFTP
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store What is the Grid? Distributed computing Distributed collaborations and Virtual Organisations
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store What is the Grid? Access is brokered job Data is replicated
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store What is the Grid? Well defined protocols (sort of) File access Information providers Job submission Security
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store Grid Architecture, SRB Atlas SRB Scientist
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store Grid Architecture, SRB Atlas Local SRB Scientist Group files into container Slow network Fast network Store container Remote SRB
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store Grid Architecture, SRM Storage Element (SRM) File Transfer Service Replica Manager Replica Catalogue Application Information Services Components fit together to provide Grid services Atlas
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store We support – non-Grid protocols Tape Disk cache vtp, rfio, dcap,…
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store Who are the customers GridPP Tier 1 CCLRC facilities Research councils e-Science projects
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store Who are the customers Small – a few gigabytes To large – hundreds of Terabytes Different customers drive different areas of service Be all things to all people?
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store Community User group meetings Helpdesk How to tie the community together?
Jens G Jensen Atlas Petabyte store Conclusions Supporting multiple communities via multiple interfaces –Grid interfaces and non-Grid –Multiple requirements Diversity is good – (up to a point?) –Volume and rates driven by GridPP –Metadata driven by e-Science projects and RCUK