Speaker
Dr
William Badgett
(Fermilab)
Description
The CDF Experiment's control and configuration system consists of several database
applications and supportive application interfaces in both Java and C++. The CDF
Oracle database server runson a SunOS platform and provide both configuration data,
real-time monitoring information and historical run conditions archiving. The Java
applications running on the Scientific Linux operating system implement novel
approaches to mapping a relational database onto an object oriented language, while
maintaining efficiency for modifying run configurations in a rapidly changing physics
environment. Configuration and conditions data are propagated in real time from
the central online system to multiple remote database sites in an effort to provide
grid-like support for offline end-user analysis applications. We review details of
the design, successes and pitfalls of a complex interoperative configuration system.
Primary author
Dr
William Badgett
(Fermilab)
