A5022069573- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Advanced Data Storage Technologies
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Neutrino Physics Research
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Computational Physics and Python Applications
- Cloud Computing and Resource Management
- Nuclear Physics and Applications
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
- Distributed systems and fault tolerance
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Nuclear physics research studies
- Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
- Big Data and Business Intelligence
- Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
- X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Research Data Management Practices
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
2008-2025
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro
2004-2024
Institute of High Energy Physics
2017-2024
A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory
2024
University of Milan
2023
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano
2021
University of Padua
2015-2018
University of Trento
2016-2018
European Organization for Nuclear Research
2013
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino
2013
The Cloud Area Padovana, deployed in 2014, is a scientific IaaS cloud, spread between two different sites: the INFN Padova Unit and Legnaro National Labs. It provides about 1100 logical cores 50 TB of storage. entire computing facility, owned by INFN, satisfies computational storage demands more than 100 users belonging to 30 research projects, mainly related HEP nuclear physics. data centre also has hosted operated since 2015 an independent cloud managing network, resources 10 departments...
The Legnaro-Padova Tier-2 is a computing facility serving the ALICE and CMS LHC experiments. It also supports other High Energy Physics experiments virtual organizations of different disciplines, which can opportunistically harness idle resources if available.
Grid systems must provide its users with precise and reliableinformation about the status usage of available resources. The efficient distribution this information enables Virtual Organizations (VOs) to optimize utilization strategies theirresources complete planned computations. In paper, we describe recent evolution GridICE, a monitoring tool for systems. Such evolutions are targeted at satisfying requirements from main categories users: operators, site administrators, Organization (VO)...
The monitoring of the grid user activity and application performance is extremely useful to plan resource usage strategies particularly in cases complex applications. Large VOs, such as LHC do their by means dashboards. Other VOs or communities, like for example BioinfoGRID one, are characterized a greater diversification types: so effort provide dashboard monitor heavy. main theme this paper show improvements introduced GridICE, web tool built provides an almost complete monitoring. These...
GridICE is a monitoring tool for Grid systems that support the operations and management activities of different types users: site administrators, VO managers, operators end-users. The designed to deal with dynamics, diversity geographical distribution observed resources. It continuously evolved driven by user requirements. purpose this paper disseminate evolution strategy in order solicit community feedback.
While in the business world cloud paradigm is typically implemented purchasing resources and services from third party providers (e.g. Amazon), scientific environment there's usually need of on-premises IaaS infrastructures which allow efficient usage hardware distributed among (and owned by) different administrative domains. In addition, requirement open source adoption has led to choice products like OpenStack by many organizations.
The Cloud Area Padovana has been running for almost two years. This is an OpenStack-based scientific cloud, spread across different sites: the INFN Padova Unit and Legnaro National Labs. hardware resources have scaled horizontally vertically, by upgrading some hypervisors adding new ones: currently it provides about 1100 cores. Some in-house developments were also integrated in OpenStack dashboard, such as a tool user project registrations with direct support INFN-AAI Identity Provider...
CloudVeneto is a private cloud targeted to scientific communities based on OpenStack software. It was designed in 2013 and put operation one year later, support INFN projects, mainly HEP ones. Its resources are physically distributed among two sites: the Physics Department of University Padova-INFN Padova Unit Legnaro National Laboratories. During these 10 years evolved integrate also funded by ten Departments Padova, several disciplines different domains. The use cases have face up often...
WorldGRID is an intercontinental testbed spanning Europe and the US integrating architecturally different Grid implementations based on Globus toolkit. The has been successfully demonstrated during demos at SuperComputing 2002 (Baltimore) IST2002 (Copenhagen) where real HEP application jobs were transparently submitted from using "native" mechanisms run resources available, independently of their location. To monitor behavior performance such spot problems as soon they arise, DataTAG...
A monitoring tool of a complex Grid system can gather huge amount information that have to be presented the users in most comprehensive way. Moreover different types consumers could interested inspecting and analyzing subsets data. The main goal designing Web interface for presentation is organize data simple, user-friendly usable structure. One more problem consider approaches, skills interests all possible categories looking desired information. Starting from Information Architecture...
CloudVeneto.it was initially funded and deployed by INFN in 2014 for serving the computational storage demands of research projects mainly related to HEP Nuclear Physics. It is an OpenStack-based scientific cloud with resources spread across two different sites connected a high speed optical link: Padova Unit Legnaro National Laboratories. The infrastructure has grown throughout years additional funds from ten University departments, nowadays supports broader range engineering disciplines....
The CMS 2004 Data Challenge (DC04) was devised to test several key aspects of the Computing Model in three ways: by trying sustain a 25 Hz reconstruction rate at Tier-0; distributing reconstructed data six Tier-1 Regional Centres (CNAF Italy, FNAL US, GridKA Germany, IN2P3 France, PIC Spain, RAL UK) and handling catalogue issues; granting accessibility remote centres for analysis. Simulated events, up digitization step, were produced prior DC as input Pre-Challenge Production (PCP04). In...
The Cloud Area Padovana is an OpenStack-based scientific cloud, spread across two different sites - the INFN Padova Unit and Legnaro National Labs located 10 km away but connected with a dedicated Gbps optical link. In last years its hardware resources have been scaled horizontally by adding new ones: currently it provides about 1100 logical cores 50 TB of storage. Special in-house developments were also integrated in OpenStack dashboard, such as tool for user project registrations direct...