CDF new CAF project. Collected Docs

History & Specs

• CAF review web pages
• Physics Computing Needs Assessment (ps)
• Final CAF review report (ps)
• selected presentations
  • 24 jan 2002: CAF Plans (F.Wurthwein) (ps)
  • 28 feb 2002: CDF Requests @ INFN CSN1 (S.Belforte)) (pdf) (ppt)
  • 16 may 2002: status of CAF (F.Wurthwein) (pdf)
• ongoing discussion forum = archive of e-mails to cdf_caf distribution list (html)
• new CAF design, Administrator's guide and User's Guide (ps) (html)
  also CAF slide in ppt format
• The new CAF home page
• New Ignazio's and Silvia's CAF Monitor
• Guidelines for adding our own stuff and details of FNAL purchase reqs. (ps)

File Server

• Fnal CD Stragegy meeting on TB fileserver (html)
• Specs and Evaluation (by M.Neubauer) (html)

Worker node

• hardware survey (by Y.Gotra) (pdf)
• typical Dual Athlon quote (pdf)
• Performance chart (by Y.Gotra) (ps) (jpg)
• Fermilab 2002 Evaluation report (ps) of Athlon / P4(aka XEON) of the systems in this list that scale as CPU power in relation to 1GHz P3 as indicate in this page. Alsso plots of benchmark results: SpecInt2K CDF reconstruction

• CNAFCAF: CDF Analysis Farm at CNAF embryo
  • INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
  • FBSNG monitor
  • Ignazio's monitor
  • Tier1 monitor (requires personal INFN id certificate for access)
  • partial and preliminary installation guide from Shahram at San Diego
  • Hyperthread benchmarking from Massimo Casarsa

• selected presentations
  • 24 Jan 2002 - CDF Italy computing plans - S.Belforte (pdf) (ppt)
  • 5 Feb 2002 - first ideas for CDF@CNAF - S.Belforte (pdf) (ps) (ppt)
  • 03 Apr 02 - CDF needs at Tier1 - S.Belforte (pdf) (ps) (ppt)
  • 20 Dec 02 - CDF in 2003 - S.Belforte - impromptu using slides from November's talk at CSN1 (ppt) (pdf) (ps) (ps2up)
  • 12 Feb 03 - CDF status and requests - A.Sidoti (pdf) (ppt)
  • 2 Apr 03 - CDF status and schedule - A.Sidoti (pdf) (ppt)
• Architecture draft (gif) explained (html)
• Software needed (html)
• Prototype (html)