2006-10-26 15:45:27
ATLAS
Athletes might say that 1 is the best number, I am however a sucker for larger ones.
And if something has large numbers, it's the ATLAS project over at CERN.
The database is planned to store a staggering 30,000,000 Gigabytes (100 Megabytes per second) during the first 10 years, which really sets all my storage problems into perspective.
The storage requirements is 20 times higher than the max capacity of Sun's - not yet released - blackbox.
Data stored in the project will originate from a massive 7,000 ton detector, measuring 5-stories-high.
The detector will experiment with the origin of particle masses and most likely rule in - or out, a few predictions, including the predicted "sparticles".
For a total novice introduction to ATLAS and the physics behind it, visit http://atlas.ch/movie/index.html and spend 20 minutes watching the streamed video.
As for the languages used, C++ is dominating. The databases engines will be Oracle, MySQL and SQLite, the latter chosen for it's possibility to use file-based storage. Even though MySQL and SQLite will be implemented into some parts, this will mainly be on installations outside of institutional IT departments, while Oracle will do all of the data archiving at CERN IT.
Read more about the Data storage and management at
http://atlas-proj-computing-tdr.web.cern.ch/atlas-proj-computing-tdr/Html/Computing-TDR-35.htm
I can help but to be impressed by the project, the goal as well as the numbers, stating what a heavy taskt this indeed is.
I'm also very eager in seeing what the detector can find out, about the particles that we exist of.
And if something has large numbers, it's the ATLAS project over at CERN.
The database is planned to store a staggering 30,000,000 Gigabytes (100 Megabytes per second) during the first 10 years, which really sets all my storage problems into perspective.
The storage requirements is 20 times higher than the max capacity of Sun's - not yet released - blackbox.
Data stored in the project will originate from a massive 7,000 ton detector, measuring 5-stories-high.
The detector will experiment with the origin of particle masses and most likely rule in - or out, a few predictions, including the predicted "sparticles".
For a total novice introduction to ATLAS and the physics behind it, visit http://atlas.ch/movie/index.html and spend 20 minutes watching the streamed video.
As for the languages used, C++ is dominating. The databases engines will be Oracle, MySQL and SQLite, the latter chosen for it's possibility to use file-based storage. Even though MySQL and SQLite will be implemented into some parts, this will mainly be on installations outside of institutional IT departments, while Oracle will do all of the data archiving at CERN IT.
Read more about the Data storage and management at
http://atlas-proj-computing-tdr.web.cern.ch/atlas-proj-computing-tdr/Html/Computing-TDR-35.htm
I can help but to be impressed by the project, the goal as well as the numbers, stating what a heavy taskt this indeed is.
I'm also very eager in seeing what the detector can find out, about the particles that we exist of.
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It wouldn't surprise me if you were right. The tool available now, will be experimenting with 10 times as high energies than before, there is certainly a high chance of very large discoveries.
Higgs particle
Supersymmetric particles