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De Witt, Shaun (STFC), Huang, Jhen-Wei (ASGC)

Tier 1 Site Evolution In Response to Experiment Requirements. De Witt, Shaun (STFC), Huang, Jhen-Wei (ASGC). Challenge is to meet the requirements of Disk/Tape Separation: Tape is becoming more of a true archival medium, tending towards the ideal WORN ( W rite O nce, R ead N ever)

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De Witt, Shaun (STFC), Huang, Jhen-Wei (ASGC)

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  1. Tier 1 Site Evolution In Response to Experiment Requirements De Witt, Shaun (STFC), Huang, Jhen-Wei (ASGC) • Challenge is to meet the requirements of Disk/Tape Separation: • Tape is becoming more of a true archival medium, tending towards the ideal WORN (Write Once, Read Never) • Tape is cheap, but prone to wear after 5-10k mounts • Slow to read • Disk at all Tiers is becoming more like a cache • If the file exists on disk somewhere else, use that copy, only go to tape as a last resort. • Xrootd fallback is the vehicle for this. • User jobs should only access disk pool; only production jobs should access the tape system • Two Methods to achieve this: Physical and Logical Separation Physical Separation (ASGC) Logical Separation (STFC) FTS FTS Storage System 1 Storage System 1 Storage System 2 Disk Cache Disk Pool Disk Pool Disk Cache Tape System Tape System Tape System (CASTOR) Disk System (DPM) • Provide Two Separate End Points • Advantages: • True Disk/Tape Separation (no ‘backdoors’) • Ability to select Best Solution for Each Task • Can optimise performance separately • Access to Tape System easily restricted to allowed users • Based on VOMS role • Two systems can be upgraded independently • No blanket downtime • Disadvantages: • Requires deployment of two (different) storage systems • May require extra staff, particularly if both storage systems are different • Not easy to move hardware between cache and pool • Provide Single End Point • Advantages: • Fewer systems to manage (lower staff costs potentially) • Relatively easy to move hardware between disk pool and tape cache • Potentially lower licensing costs • Disadvantages: • Difficult to restrict user access to disk cache • STFC use ACL’s and VOMS information • Risk of ‘leakage’ if a user recalls a tape file directly onto the disk pool • Storage system is a Single Point of Failure • FTS or lcgutils Mediates Transfer between tape cache and disk • 3rd Party GridFTP is the usual protocol (but could use xrdcp) • In case of logical separation, other protocols such as file are possible (if supported) • Compute Nodes only read from disk pool • Access to tape is both restricted and planned such that typically many files are ‘staged’ in one hitto minimise tape mounts CHEP 2013, Amsterdam October 14-18

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