Speaker
Michael Davis
(CERN)
Description
CTA uses the same tape format as CASTOR. There is interest from the community in adding support to read (but not write) tapes in alternate formats, such as OSM and Enstore. The main use case is to allow sites to migrate from their existing tape storage system to CTA without needing to physically repack all of their tapes.
This BoF session will be a round-table for stakeholders with an interest in reading tapes which are not in CASTOR/CTA format. The goal is to ensure that all the use cases are understood, and to converge on a technical solution/roadmap to add this functionality to CTA.
Primary author
Michael Davis
(CERN)
