The LZ UK Data Centre

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a Dark Matter experiment based at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota, USA. It is currently under construction and aims to start data taking in 2020. Its computing model stipulates two independent data centres, one in the USA and one in the UK. Both data cent...

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Published inEPJ Web of Conferences Vol. 214; p. 3046
Main Authors Bauer, Daniela, Colling, David, Fayer, Simon, Korolkova, Elena, Richards, Alexander, Vacheret, Antonin
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Les Ulis EDP Sciences 2019
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Computer networks
Dark matter
Data centers
Data processing
Distributed processing
Experiments
Underground construction
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
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Summary:LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a Dark Matter experiment based at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota, USA. It is currently under construction and aims to start data taking in 2020. Its computing model stipulates two independent data centres, one in the USA and one in the UK. Both data centres will hold a complete copy of the experiment’s data and are expected to handle all aspects of data processing and user analysis. Here we discuss the set-up of the UK data centre within the context of the existing UK Grid infrastructure and show that a mature distributed computing system such as the Grid can be extended to serve as a central data centre for a reasonably large non-LHC experiment.
ISSN:2100-014X
2101-6275
2100-014X
DOI:10.1051/epjconf/201921403046