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Transition of German University Tier-2 Resources to HPC Compute and Helmholz Storage
The March 2022 perspective paper of the German Committee for Elementary Particle Physics proposes a transformation of the provision of computing resources in Germany. In preparation for the HL-LHC, the German university Tier 2 centres are to undergo a transition towards a more resource-efficient and environmentally friendly provision of computing and disk storage. To this end, the mass storage facilities of the university Tier 2 centres are to be gradually replaced by the Helmholtz centres DESY and KIT and the computing capacities by computing time at the the National High Performance Computing centres of the NHR Alliance (NHR).
This article will summarise the transformation, the technical implementation and initial experiences.
