Speaker
Yves Kemp
(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY))
Description
Preserving data from past experiments and preserving the ability to
perform analysis with old data is of growing importance in many
domains of science, including High Energy Physics (HEP). A study group on this issue, DPHEP, has been established in this field to provide guidelines and a structure
for international collaboration on data preservation projects in HEP.
This contribution presents a framework that allows experimentalists to
validate their software against a previously defined set of tests in
an automated way. The framework has been designed with a special
focus for longevity, as it makes use of open protocols, has a modular
design and is based on simple communication mechanisms. On the fabrics
side, tests are carried out in a virtual environment using a cloud
infrastructure. Within the framework, it is easy to run validation
tests on different hardware plattforms, or different major or minor
versions of operating systems. Experts from IT or the experiments can
automatically detect failures in the test procedure by the help of
reporting tools. Hence, appropriate actions can be taken in a timely
manner. The design and important implementation aspects of the
framework are shown and first experiences from early-bird-users will
be presented.
Primary author
Yves Kemp
(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY))
Co-authors
Hermann Heßling
(HTW Berlin)
Marco Strutz
(HTW Berlin)
