Software and Computing

Software and Computing Meeting

2015-08-19 12:00
2015-08-19 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 19 August 2015
1-189, SRN, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00Run11 AuAu 200 GeV Low Refmult Period QA ( 00:20 ) 1 fileLi Yi (Yale)
12:20Tool development status - generic hit "efficiency" ( 00:20 ) 0 filesDmitri Smirnov (BNL)
12:40Online/Control system Finite-State Machine component ( 00:20 ) 1 fileDmitry Arkhipkin (BNL)
13:00AOB ( 00:10 ) 0 filesAll (All)

Software and Computing Meeting

2015-08-05 12:00
2015-08-05 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
1-189, SRN, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00Status of the HFT embedding ( 00:20 ) 0 filesMustafa Mustafa (LBNL)
12:20VF evaluation, a summary insofar ( 00:15 ) 0 filesDmitri Smirnov (BNL)
12:35Calibration status for Run 15 ( 00:15 ) 0 filesGene V. Buren (BNL)
12:50AOB ( 00:10 ) 0 filesAll (All)

Bridging EPICS and High-Level Services at STAR

Bridging EPICS and High-Level Services at STAR


Outline:

  1. Introduction: STAR, EPICS, MQ and MIRA/

Software and Computing Meeting

2015-07-08 12:00
2015-07-08 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 8 July 2015
1-189, SRN, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00Tracking recent developments and activities ( 00:20 ) 0 filesJason Webb (BNL)
12:20Update on KFV/Spin testing ( 00:20 ) 1 fileDmitri Smirnov (BNL)
12:40AOB ( 00:20 ) 1 fileAll (All)

Docker and STAR software walkthrough


On sl7alpha.star.bnl.gov (Scientific Linux 7.1):

Software and Computing Meeting

2015-06-10 12:00
2015-06-10 12:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
1-189, SRN, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 00:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00EvtGen integration as an external decayer ( 00:15 ) 1 fileXiaozhi Bai (UIC)
12:15Progress and proof of concept of a VMC application ( 00:20 ) 1 fileJason Webb (BNL)
12:35Introducing the Ceph Distributed Storage System to STAR ( 00:20 ) 1 fileMichael Poat (BNL)
12:55AOB ( 00:05 ) 0 filesAll (All)

Software and Computing Meeting

2015-05-27 12:00
2015-05-27 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
1-189, SRN, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00Spin QA of KFParticle VF ( 00:20 ) 1 fileGrant Webb (BNL)
12:20AOB ( 00:20 ) 0 filesAll (All)

eSTAR with Thin Solenoid

 In order to increase  magnetic field in endcap reagion it has been considered a possibility to remove STAR magnet pole tips and 

Software and Computing Meeting

2015-05-06 12:00
2015-05-06 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
1-189, SRN, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00Calibration update (Run 12-15) ( 00:20 ) 1 fileGene V. Buren (BNL)
12:20Embedding status ( 00:20 ) 1 fileXianglei Zhu (Tsinghua)
12:40Mixed emebdding report from UPC ( 00:20 ) 1 fileRamiro Debbe (BNL)
13:00AOB ( 00:10 ) 0 filesAll (All)

Software and Computing Meeting

2015-04-29 12:00
2015-04-29 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
1-189, SRN, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00Summary of the SSD workshop ( 00:20 ) 1 fileJonathan Bouchet (KSU)
12:20HF PicoDST proposal, format and space ( 00:20 ) 1 fileXin Dong (LBNL)
12:40AOB ( 00:20 ) 0 filesAOB (All)

Diving into Bareos backups

For the initial testing and familiarization, I am using burton.starp.bnl.gov (CentOS 6) as the central master.  It has a 550GB filesystem under /scratch - enough for a small number of client

Software and Computing Meeting

2015-04-22 12:00
2015-04-22 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
1-189, SRN, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
 
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00News from the front ( 00:15 ) 1 fileMustafa Mustafa (LBNL)
12:15HFT hit efficiency update ( 00:20 ) 0 filesDmitri Smirnov (BNL)
12:35Preparations for MTD filtered production ( 00:15 ) 0 filesGene Van Buren (BNL)
12:50AOB ( 00:10 ) 0 filesall

STAR in-house backup considerations

Background

notes on https access to ESL

HTTPS access to Tomcat, with or without Apache as an intermediary. 

Software and Computing Meeting

2015-04-08 12:00
2015-04-08 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 8 April 2015
1-189, SRN, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00News from the front ( 00:15 ) 0 filesMustafa Mustafa (LBNL)
12:15Tracking efficiency improvements ( 00:15 ) 1 fileVictor Perevoztchikov (BNL)
12:30HFT hit efficiency study ( 00:15 ) 0 filesDmitri Smirnov (BNL)
12:45AOB ( 00:15 ) 0 filesAll (All)

Software and Computing Meeting

2015-04-01 12:00
2015-04-01 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
1-189, SRN, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00News from the front ( 00:15 ) 1 fileOleg Eyser (BNL)
12:15Generic particle decay implementation in starsim ( 00:15 ) 2 filesJason Webb (BNL)
12:30Vertex finding revisit ( 00:20 ) 1 fileRosi Reed (WSU)
12:50AOB ( 00:10 ) 0 filesAll (All)

OLP disk performance notes - PowerEdge 2950 - Seagate ST2000NM0001

I was going to do testing on onl04, using sdc, sdd, sde, and sdf, all of which are Seagate model ST2000NM0001.  All were manufactured in week 31 of 2012.  [Note: The drives are newer th

Software and Computing Meeting

2015-03-11 12:00
2015-03-11 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 11 March 2015
1-189, SRN, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00News from the front ( 00:15 ) 1 fileSalvatore Fazio (BNL)
12:15Proposed changes to the SSD code ( 00:20 ) 1 fileJonathan Bouchet (KSU)
12:35Calibration status for Run 14 production ( 00:20 ) 0 filesGene Van Buren (BNL)
12:55AOB ( 00:05 ) 0 filesAll (All)

Software and Computing Meeting

2015-02-25 12:00
2015-02-25 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
1-189, SRN, at 17:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00News from the front ( 00:15 ) 2 filesSalvatore Fazio (BNL)
12:15HFT in tracking, summary ( 00:20 ) 2 filesJason Webb (BNL)
12:35Online Control System project status ( 00:20 ) 1 fileDmitry Arkhipkin (BNL)
12:55AOB ( 00:05 ) 0 filesAll (All)

Software and Computing Meeting

2015-02-18 12:00
2015-02-18 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
1-189, SRN, at 17:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00News from the front ( 00:15 ) 1 fileA. Vossen (CEEM)
12:15TPC Alignement work - summary and outcome ( 00:20 ) 0 filesTBC
12:35TPC Drift Velocity update ( 00:10 ) 1 fileGene V. Buren (BNL)
12:45Status of Sti / Run 14 ( 00:10 ) 2 filesJason Webb (BNL)
12:55AOB ( 00:20 ) 0 filesAll (All)