Large Scale and Performance tests of the ATLAS Online Software

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2001-01-11
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Oneofthesub-systemsoftheTrigger/DAQsystemofthefutureATLASexperimentistheOnlineSoftwaresystem.Itencompassesthefunctionalityneededtoconfigure,controlandmonitortheDAQ.ItsarchitectureisbasedonacomponentstructuredescribedintheATLASTrigger/DAQtechnicalproposal.ResularintegrationtestsensureitssmoothoperationintestbeamsetupsduringitsevolutionarydevelopmenttowardsthefinalATLASonlinesystem.Feedbackisreceivedandreturnedintothedevelopmentprocess.Studiesofthesystem.behaviorhavebeenperformedonasetofupto111PCsonaconfigurationwhichisgettingclosertothefinalsize,Largescaleandperformancetestsoftheintegratedsystemwereperformedonthissetupwithemphasisoninvestigatingtheaspectsoftheinter-dependenceofthecomponentsandtheperformanceofthecommunicationsoftware.Ofparticularinterestweretheruncontrolstatetransitionsinvariousconfigurationsoftheruncontrolhierarchy.Forthepurposeofthetests,thesoftwarefromotherTrigger/DAQsub-systemshasbeenemulated.Thispaperpresentsabriefoverviewoftheonlinesystemstructure,itscomponentsandthelargescaleintegrationtestsandtheirresults.