EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2019)

Advances and enhancements in the FabrIc for Frontier Experiments project at Fermilab

  • Herner Kenneth,
  • Alba Hernandez Andres Felipe,
  • Bhat Shreyas,
  • Box Dennis,
  • Boyd Joeseph,
  • Coimbra Bruno,
  • Di Benedetto Vito,
  • Ding Pengfei,
  • Dykstra Dave,
  • Fattoruso Michele,
  • Giacchetti Lisa,
  • Kirby Michael,
  • Levshina Tanya,
  • Mazzacane Anna,
  • Mengel Marc,
  • Mhashilkar Parag,
  • Kuropatkin Nikolay,
  • Podstavkov Vladimir,
  • Retzke Kevin,
  • Teheran Jeny

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921403059
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 214
p. 03059

Abstract

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The FabrIc for Frontier Experiments (FIFE) project within the Fermilab Scientific Computing Division is charged with integrating offline computing components into a common computing stack for the non-LHC Fermilab experiments, supporting experiment offline computing, and consulting on new, novel workflows. We will discuss the general FIFE onboarding strategy, the upgrades and enhancements in the FIFE toolset, and plans for the coming year. These enhancements include: expansion of opportunistic computing resources (including GPU and high-performance computing resources) available to experiments; assistance with commissioning computing resources at European sites for individual experiments; StashCache repositories for experiments; enhanced job monitoring tools; and a custom workflow management service. Additionally we have completed the first phase of a Federated Identity Management system to make it easier for FIFE users to access Fermilab computing resources.