1. Lana Abadie1 Conception et optimisation d’une base de données relationnelle pour la configuration d’expériences HEP Implementation and optimization of a relational database to configure and manage HEP equipment

2. Lana Abadie2 Sections Acknowledgments Abstract General introduction : context of the problem 1)State of the art 2)LHCb experiment 3)Introduction to databases 4)Requirements and use cases 5)Data table schema 6)Integration in the LHCb environment 7)Validation 8)Conclusions 9)Bibliography 10)French summary 11)annexes

3. Lana Abadie3 1) State of the art 1.1 HEP experiments : what are the main characteristics 1.2 Configuring Equipment of an experiment : what are the different steps? What are the specific concepts? 1.3 Need to use DB technology 1.4 Solutions in the past : ALEPH & DELPHI 1.5 Current possible solution : CMS & ATLAS 1.6 Use of conf DB in other fields

4. Lana Abadie4 2) LHCb experiment 2.1 LHCb overview : Give the objectives, dataflow. 2.2 The detector : what are the different parts? 2.3 The online system: what is it? 2.4 LHCb Equipment management : what does it consist of? 2.5 Scope of investigation : what are the boundaries of my work? 2.6 Thesis objectives : what are my objectives?

5. Lana Abadie5 3) Introduction to databases 3.1 DBMS : what is it? What are the different types? 3.2 ERM : what does it consist of? 3.3 SQL: what is it? 3.4 Oracle : how does it work? 3.5 PL/SQL : what is it? 3.6 Database interfaces: what are the different types?

6. Lana Abadie6 4) Requirements and use cases 4.1 Requirements. What are the requirements? 4.2 Use case 1 TFC. How will the TFC use CIC DB? 4.3 Use case 2 sub-detectors. How will the sub-detectors use CIC DB? (ones which are different from the TFC) 4.4 Use case 3 the DAQ. How will the DAQ use CIC DB? 4.5 Use case 4 Inventory and history. What do the different subsystems expect as information? 4.6 Conclusion

7. Lana Abadie7 5) Data table schema 5.1 Introduction. Why did I choose the ERM? 5.2 Configuration representation. How did IT-JCOP represent configuration data? 5.3 Inventory and history design : How did I model this info? 5.4 Connectivity design. How did I model this info? 5.5 Routing tables and paths. How did I model paths using information from the CIC DB? 5.6 Conclusion

8. Lana Abadie8 6) Integration in the LHCb environment 6.1 JCOP ConfDB tool : what are the features of this tool? 6.2 A C-library to query connectivity & inventory data : what are the different functions? How was it implemented? 6.3 CDBVis : What are the different features of this tool? 6.4 Security and concurrency and consistency. What about security issues? How did I ensure consistency updates? Are my queries safe enough when concurrent accesses? 6.6 Conclusion

9. Lana Abadie9 7) Validation 6.1 Validity of the table schema (connectivity + inventory) 6.2 Benchmarks to test queries against a prototype of CIC DB (connectivity and inventory info). Simulation of multi- user environment (stress testing).

10. Lana Abadie10 8) Conclusions 8.1 Project status : were the aims and objectives satisfied? 8.2 Future work : ?