Computing Challenges for CERN's Large Hadron Collider - Data Storage and Grid Computing

Learn about the computing challenges faced by CERN's Large Hadron Collider in this conference talk from LISA '07. Explore how CERN and the global physics community prepared to handle massive data generation of up to 15 petabytes annually from four high-energy particle collision experiments. Gain insights into critical infrastructure aspects including cluster management, data storage and distribution systems, and grid computing implementations. Discover the technical foundations that enable particle acceleration research through this comprehensive presentation that begins with an overview of the accelerator and experiments before diving into the sophisticated computing solutions developed to support groundbreaking physics research.