Mass Storage Management and the Grid

TL;DR

This paper discusses the development of software interfaces for mass storage systems to facilitate integration across grid computing resources, focusing on the UK's particle physics grid infrastructure.

Contribution

It introduces new software interfaces connecting SDSC Storage Resource Broker, EU DataGrid, and Storage Resource Manager for improved grid storage management.

Findings

Successful integration of storage systems across multiple grid platforms

Enhanced data management capabilities for particle physics research

Collaborative development with multiple research institutions

Abstract

The University of Edinburgh has a significant interest in mass storage systems as it is one of the core groups tasked with the roll out of storage software for the UK's particle physics grid, GridPP. We present the results of a development project to provide software interfaces between the SDSC Storage Resource Broker, the EU DataGrid and the Storage Resource Manager. This project was undertaken in association with the eDikt group at the National eScience Centre, the Universities of Bristol and Glasgow, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and the San Diego Supercomputing Center.