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| by William Atkins | |
| Saturday, 04 October 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 3 The four-tiered computing process starts when primary backup recordings are made at CERN (Tier-0). This data is then distributed to eleven major centers (Tier-1 centers) that have the storage capability to support 24/7 operations. Featured Whitepaper
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Science DiscussionsThe Tier-1 centers will provide the data to Tier-2 centers, which have the storage capability for specific jobs and tasks. Most Tier-2 centers are housed within universities. Then, Tier-3 computing resources will be provided the data by the Tier-2 resources. These Tier-3 resources could consist of a computer department at a university or just a single computer, like a professor’s laptop. Additional information about the LHC Computer Grid is found at CERN’s “Worldwide LHC Computing Grid.” Its October 3, 2008 news release “Let the number-crunching begin: the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid celebrates first data” states that this gigantic amount of data is necessary because “hundreds of millions of subatomic collisions [are] expected inside the LHC every second.” Read page three for comments of three CERN officials, along with a simple comment made by a participating scientist on the vastness of this project. |
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