Large Hadron Collider team flicks switch on Xeon grid | Linux Today

Large Hadron Collider team flicks switch on Xeon grid

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 5, 2009

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“Sverre Jarp, CTO at CERN OpenLab supporting the Large
Hadron Collider (LHC) buried beneath the Franco-Swiss border
outside Geneva, described the network, powered by Intel Xeons, as
“the largest grid service in the world”.

“Jarp certainly has a big job on his hands. The LHC is to resume
operations “within days” following its widely-publicised technical
mishaps last year. Once in operation, the mighty proton-punisher
will produce colossal amounts of data to be processed.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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