ATLAS Canada lightpath data transfer trial

  • Authors:

  • Corrie Kost;Steven McDonald;Bryan Caron;Wade Hong

  • Affiliations:

  • TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2A3;TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2A3;TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2A3 and Center for Subatomic Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., Canada T6G 2N5;Department of Physics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont., Canada K1S 5B6

  • Venue:
  • Future Generation Computer Systems - iGrid 2002
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Emerging grids will play a significant role in the computational, data, storage, and network requirements of High Energy Physics experiments coming online in the next few years. One such requirement, the bulk transfer of data over advanced high speed optical networks is necessary as such experiments are highly distributed with resources and participants from research laboratories and institutions spanning the globe. This trial at the iGrid 2002 conference attempts to stress the feasibility of high speed bulk data transfer over an end-to-end lightpath, a dedicated point-to-point optical link. Specifically, the objective was to transfer 1 TB of Monte Carlo data from TRIUMF in Vancouver, Canada, to CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. A rate equivalent to transferring a full CD of data every 8s was achieved.