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Feb 13 – 17, 2006
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Europe/Zurich timezone

The Evolution of Databases in HEP - A Time-Traveler's Tale

Feb 13, 2006, 3:00 PM
20m
AG 69 (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)

AG 69

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Homi Bhabha Road Mumbai 400005 India
oral presentation Software Components and Libraries Software Components and Libraries

Speaker

Dr Jamie Shiers (CERN)

Description

The past decade has been an era of sometimes tumultuous change in the area of Computing for High Energy Physics. This talk addresses the evolution of databases in HEP, starting from the LEP era and the visions presented during the CHEP 92 panel "Databases for High Energy Physics" (D. Baden, B. Linder, R. Mount, J. Shiers). It then reviews the rise and fall of Object Databases as a "one size fits all solution" in the mid to late 90's and finally summarises the more pragmatic approaches that are being taken in the final stages of preparation for LHC data taking. The various successes and failures (depending on one's viewpoint) regarding database deployment during this period are discussed, culminating in the current status of database deployment for the Worldwide LCG.

Primary author

Dr Jamie Shiers (CERN)

Presentation materials