4–8 Nov 2024
US/Central timezone

Carbon costs of storage: a UK perspective

Speaker

Samuel Cadellin Skipsey

Description

In order to achieve the higher performance year on year required by the 2030s for future LHC up- grades at a sustainable carbon cost to the environment, it is essential to start with accurate measurements of the state of play. Whilst there have been a number of studies of the carbon cost of compute for WLCG workloads published, rather less has been said on the topic of storage, both nearline and archival. We present a study of the embedded and ongoing carbon costs of storage in multiple configurations, from Tape farms through to SSDs, within the UK Tier-1 and Tier-2s and discuss how this directs future policy.

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Authors

Alison Packer Alison Packer (STFC - Science & Technology Facilities Council (GB)) Samuel Cadellin Skipsey

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