The Effect of Network Performance on High Energy Physics Computing

Jukka Kommeri, Aleksi Vartiainen, Seppo Heikkilä, Tapio Niemi

2016

Abstract

High Energy Physics (HEP) data analysis consists of simulating and analysing events in particle physics. In order to understand physics phenomena, one must collect and go through a very large quantity of data generated by particle accelerators and software simulations. This data analysis can be done using the cloud computing paradigm in distributed computing environment where data and computation can be located in different, geographically distant, data centres. This adds complexity and overhead to networking. In this paper, we study how the networking solution and its performance affects the efficiency and energy consumption of HEP computing. Our results indicate that higher latency both prolongs the processing time and increases the energy consumption.

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Kommeri J., Vartiainen A., Heikkilä S. and Niemi T. (2016). The Effect of Network Performance on High Energy Physics Computing . In Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Business Modeling and Software Design - Volume 1: BMSD, ISBN 978-989-758-190-8, pages 227-234. DOI: 10.5220/0006224202270234


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@conference{bmsd16,
author={Jukka Kommeri and Aleksi Vartiainen and Seppo Heikkilä and Tapio Niemi},
title={The Effect of Network Performance on High Energy Physics Computing},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Business Modeling and Software Design - Volume 1: BMSD,},
year={2016},
pages={227-234},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006224202270234},
isbn={978-989-758-190-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Business Modeling and Software Design - Volume 1: BMSD,
TI - The Effect of Network Performance on High Energy Physics Computing
SN - 978-989-758-190-8
AU - Kommeri J.
AU - Vartiainen A.
AU - Heikkilä S.
AU - Niemi T.
PY - 2016
SP - 227
EP - 234
DO - 10.5220/0006224202270234