WLCG Open Technical Forum (OTF) #8

from Tuesday, 3 February 2026 (09:00) to Wednesday, 4 February 2026 (17:00)
CERN (IT Amphi (3 Feb) + Kjell Johnson Amphi (4 Feb))

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
3 Feb 2026
4 Feb 2026
AM
09:00 Alice and Tapes - retrospective and future needs  
09:30 ATLAS and Tapes - retrospective and future needs - Mario Lassnig (CERN)  
10:00 CMS and Tapes - retrospective and future needs - Panos Paparrigopoulos (CERN) Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))  
10:30 LHCb and Tapes - retrospective and future needs  
11:00 --- Coffee and tea ---
11:30 Operational retrospective - feedback from the Tier1s - Julien Leduc (CERN) Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))  
PM
13:30 WLCG OTF#8 Introduction - Johannes Elmsheuser (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)) James Letts (Univ. of California San Diego (US)) Alessandro Di Girolamo (CERN) Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))  
13:40 Technology and Market Evolution of Tape - Vladimir Bahyl (CERN)  
14:30 HPSS+dCache - BNL - Tim Chou Tim Chou (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
15:10 CTA+dCache - FNAL experience  
15:50 --- Coffee and Tea ---
16:20 dCache evolution plans - Mr Tigran Mkrtchyan (DESY) Tigran Mkrtchyan (CERN)  
17:00 CTA+EOS CERN tape experience  
18:00 --- drinks and chips/snacks in R1 ---
12:10 Performance Tape Tests (PTT) - Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB)) Panos Paparrigopoulos (CERN)  
12:45 --- Lunch ---
13:45 CNAF experience - storm evolution wrt tape  
14:15 SARA experience  
14:45 Tape archive metadata - Xin Zhao (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
15:15 FTS and Tapes (and Tokens)