Speaker
Ian Collier
(UK Tier1 Centre)
Description
In the last three years the CernVM Filesystem (CernVM-FS) has transformed the distribution of experiment software to WLCG grid sites. CernVM-FS removes the need for local installations jobs and performant software at sites, in addition it often improves performance at the same time. Furthermore the use of CernVM-FS standardizes the computing environment across the grid and removes the need for software tagging at sites.
Now established and proven to work at scale, CernVM-FS is beginning to perform a similar role for non-LHC computing.
We discuss the deployment of a non-LHC Stratum 0 'master' CernVM-FS repository at the RAL Tier 1 and the development of a network of Stratum 1 replicas somewhat modeled upon the infrastructure developed to support WLCG computing.
Author
Ian Collier
(UK Tier1 Centre)
Co-author
Catalin Condurache
(STFC - Science & Technology Facilities Council (GB))
