Speaker
Maxim Goncharov
(MIT)
Description
Since its establishment in 2006, the MIT Tier-2 computing center has been a long-standing contributor to CMS computing efforts. Recently, an opportunity arose to take part in the usage of a shared tape storage system operated by Harvard University. In the context of a pilot project to explore this system we acquired tape cartridges with a total capacity of 15 PB and successfully integrated them for use by CMS. A key challenge was the lack of direct access to the tape libraries. To address this, we developed a novel setup that is currently unique within the CMS infrastructure. In this talk, we present our technical approach and share insights that may benefit other sites considering participation in shared tape storage systems.
