2021

Simili, E. , Stewart, G., Roy, G., Skipsey, S. and Britton, D. (2021) A Hybrid System for Monitoring and Automated Recovery at the Glasgow Tier-2 Cluster. In: 25th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2021), 17-21 May 2021, 02047. (doi: 10.1051/epjconf/202125102047)

2020

Roy, G., Simili, E. , Stewart, G., Skipsey, S.C. and Britton, D. (2020) Using Continous Deployment techniques to manage software change at a WLCG Tier-2. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1525, 012066. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1525/1/012066)

2019

Albrecht, J. et al. (2019) A roadmap for HEP software and computing R&D for the 2020s. Computing and Software for Big Science, 3, 7. (doi: 10.1007/s41781-018-0018-8)

Roy, G., Simili, E. , Skipsey, S. C. , Stewart, G. and Britton, D. (2019) Using the Autopilot pattern to deploy container resources at a WLCG Tier-2. EPJ Web of Conferences, 214, 07013. (doi: 10.1051/epjconf/201921407013)

Skipsey, S. C. , Brew, C., Forti, A., Traynor, D., Li, T., Boutcher, A., Roy, G., Stewart, G. and Britton, D. (2019) Caching technologies for Tier-2 sites: a UK perspective. EPJ Web of Conferences, 214, 04002. (doi: 10.1051/epjconf/201921404002)

2018

Roy, G., Stewart, G., Crooks, D., Skipsey, S.C. and Britton, D. (2018) A container model for resource provision at a WLCG Tier-2. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1085(3), 032026. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1085/3/032026)

2017

Skipsey, S. C. , Dewhurst, A., Crooks, D., MacMahon, E., Roy, G., Smith, O., Mohammed, K., Brew, C. and Britton, D. (2017) Storageless and caching Tier-2 models in the UK context. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 898, 062047. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/898/6/062047)

2016

Qin, G., Roy, G., Crooks, D., Skipsey, S.C. , Stewart, G.P. and Britton, D. (2016) Cluster optimisation using Cgroups at a tier-2. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 762(1), 012010. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/762/1/012010)

2015

Roy, G., Washbrook, A., Crooks, D., Qin, G., Skipsey, S. C. , Stewart, G. and Britton, D. (2015) Evaluation of containers as a virtualisation alternative for HEP workloads. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(2), 022034. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/2/022034)

Skipsey, S. C. , De Witt, S., Dewhurst, A., Britton, D. , Roy, G. and Crooks, D. (2015) Enabling object storage via shims for grid middleware. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(4), 042052. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/4/042052)

Skipsey, S. C. , Todev, P., Britton, D. , Crooks, D. and Roy, G. (2015) Extending DIRAC file management with erasure-coding for efficient storage. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(4), 042051. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/4/042051)

Washbrook, A., Crooks, D., Roy, G., Skipsey, S. , Qin, G., Stewart, G.P. and Britton, D. (2015) Development of site-oriented analytics for grid computing centres. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(2), 022041. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/2/022041)

Forti, A. et al. (2015) Multicore job scheduling in the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(6), 062016. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/6/062016)

2014

Crooks, D., Mitchell, M., Purdie, S., Roy, G., Skipsey, S. and Britton, D. (2014) Monitoring in a grid cluster. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2013), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 14-18 Oct 2013, 062010. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/513/6/062010)

Roy, G., Crooks, D., Mertens, L., Mitchell, M., Purdie, S., Skipsey, S. and Britton, D. (2014) A voyage to Arcturus: a model for automated management of a WLCG Tier-2 facility. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2013), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 14-18 Oct 2013, 062040. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/513/6/062040)

Skipsey, S. , Purdie, S., Britton, D. , Mitchell, M., Bhimji, W. and Smith, D. (2014) Analysis and improvement of data-set level file distribution in Disk Pool Manager. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2013), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 14-18 Oct 2013, 042042. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/513/4/042042)

2012

Bhimji, W., Clark, P., Doidge, M., Hellmich, M. P., Skipsey, S. and Vukotic, I. (2012) Analysing I/O bottlenecks in LHC data analysis on grid storage resources. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2012), New York, NY, USA, 21-25 May 2012, 042010. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/396/4/042010)

Crooks, D. et al. (2012) Multi-core job submission and grid resource scheduling for ATLAS AthenaMP. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2012), New York, NY, USA, 21-25 May 2012, 032115. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/396/3/032115)

Skipsey, S. , Bhimji, W. and Rocha, R. (2012) Testing performance of standards-based protocols in DPM. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2012), New York, NY, USA, 21-25 May 2012, 052064. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/396/5/052064)

Skipsey, S. , Doherty, T. and Turner, A. G. D. (2012) Taking the C out of CVMFS. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2012), New York, NY, USA, 21-25 May 2012, 042054. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/396/4/042054)

2011

Bhimji, W., Bland, J., Clark, P. J., Mouzeli, E. G., Skipsey, S. and Walker, C. J. (2011) Tuning grid storage resources for LHC data analysis. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2010), Taipei, Japan, 18-22 Oct 2010, 062001. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/331/6/062001)

Purdie, S., Stewart, G., Kenyon, M., Skipsey, S. , Washbrook, A., Bhimji, W. and Filipčič, A. (2011) Hiding the complexity: building a distributed ATLAS Tier-2 with a single resource interface using ARC middleware. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2010), Taipei, Japan, 18-22 Oct 2010, 072029. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/331/7/072029)

Doherty, T., Skipsey, S. , Turner, A. and Watt, J. (2011) A NeISS collaboration to develop and use e-infrastructure for large-scale social simulation. In: UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2011, York, United Kingdom, 26-26 Sep 2011,

Skipsey, S. C. , Bhimji, W. and Kenyon, M. (2011) Establishing applicability of SSDs to LHC Tier-2 hardware configuration. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 331(5), 052019. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/331/5/052019)

2010

Skipsey, S. , Ambrose-Griffith, D., Cowan, G., Kenyon, M., Richards, O., Roffe, P. and Stewart, G. (2010) ScotGrid: providing an effective distributed Tier-2 in the LHC era. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 09), Prague, Czech Republic, 21-27 Mar 2009, 052014. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/219/5/052014)

Skipsey, S. , Cowan, G., Kenyon, M., Purdie, S. and Stewart, G. (2010) Optimised access to user analysis data using the gLite DPM. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 09), Prague, Czech Republic, 21-27 Mar 2009, 062066. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/219/6/062066)

Articles

Roy, G., Simili, E. , Stewart, G., Skipsey, S.C. and Britton, D. (2020) Using Continous Deployment techniques to manage software change at a WLCG Tier-2. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1525, 012066. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1525/1/012066)

Albrecht, J. et al. (2019) A roadmap for HEP software and computing R&D for the 2020s. Computing and Software for Big Science, 3, 7. (doi: 10.1007/s41781-018-0018-8)

Roy, G., Simili, E. , Skipsey, S. C. , Stewart, G. and Britton, D. (2019) Using the Autopilot pattern to deploy container resources at a WLCG Tier-2. EPJ Web of Conferences, 214, 07013. (doi: 10.1051/epjconf/201921407013)

Skipsey, S. C. , Brew, C., Forti, A., Traynor, D., Li, T., Boutcher, A., Roy, G., Stewart, G. and Britton, D. (2019) Caching technologies for Tier-2 sites: a UK perspective. EPJ Web of Conferences, 214, 04002. (doi: 10.1051/epjconf/201921404002)

Roy, G., Stewart, G., Crooks, D., Skipsey, S.C. and Britton, D. (2018) A container model for resource provision at a WLCG Tier-2. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1085(3), 032026. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1085/3/032026)

Skipsey, S. C. , Dewhurst, A., Crooks, D., MacMahon, E., Roy, G., Smith, O., Mohammed, K., Brew, C. and Britton, D. (2017) Storageless and caching Tier-2 models in the UK context. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 898, 062047. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/898/6/062047)

Qin, G., Roy, G., Crooks, D., Skipsey, S.C. , Stewart, G.P. and Britton, D. (2016) Cluster optimisation using Cgroups at a tier-2. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 762(1), 012010. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/762/1/012010)

Roy, G., Washbrook, A., Crooks, D., Qin, G., Skipsey, S. C. , Stewart, G. and Britton, D. (2015) Evaluation of containers as a virtualisation alternative for HEP workloads. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(2), 022034. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/2/022034)

Skipsey, S. C. , De Witt, S., Dewhurst, A., Britton, D. , Roy, G. and Crooks, D. (2015) Enabling object storage via shims for grid middleware. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(4), 042052. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/4/042052)

Skipsey, S. C. , Todev, P., Britton, D. , Crooks, D. and Roy, G. (2015) Extending DIRAC file management with erasure-coding for efficient storage. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(4), 042051. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/4/042051)

Washbrook, A., Crooks, D., Roy, G., Skipsey, S. , Qin, G., Stewart, G.P. and Britton, D. (2015) Development of site-oriented analytics for grid computing centres. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(2), 022041. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/2/022041)

Forti, A. et al. (2015) Multicore job scheduling in the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(6), 062016. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/6/062016)

Skipsey, S. C. , Bhimji, W. and Kenyon, M. (2011) Establishing applicability of SSDs to LHC Tier-2 hardware configuration. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 331(5), 052019. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/331/5/052019)

Conference Proceedings

Simili, E. , Stewart, G., Roy, G., Skipsey, S. and Britton, D. (2021) A Hybrid System for Monitoring and Automated Recovery at the Glasgow Tier-2 Cluster. In: 25th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2021), 17-21 May 2021, 02047. (doi: 10.1051/epjconf/202125102047)

Crooks, D., Mitchell, M., Purdie, S., Roy, G., Skipsey, S. and Britton, D. (2014) Monitoring in a grid cluster. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2013), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 14-18 Oct 2013, 062010. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/513/6/062010)

Roy, G., Crooks, D., Mertens, L., Mitchell, M., Purdie, S., Skipsey, S. and Britton, D. (2014) A voyage to Arcturus: a model for automated management of a WLCG Tier-2 facility. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2013), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 14-18 Oct 2013, 062040. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/513/6/062040)

Skipsey, S. , Purdie, S., Britton, D. , Mitchell, M., Bhimji, W. and Smith, D. (2014) Analysis and improvement of data-set level file distribution in Disk Pool Manager. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2013), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 14-18 Oct 2013, 042042. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/513/4/042042)

Bhimji, W., Clark, P., Doidge, M., Hellmich, M. P., Skipsey, S. and Vukotic, I. (2012) Analysing I/O bottlenecks in LHC data analysis on grid storage resources. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2012), New York, NY, USA, 21-25 May 2012, 042010. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/396/4/042010)

Crooks, D. et al. (2012) Multi-core job submission and grid resource scheduling for ATLAS AthenaMP. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2012), New York, NY, USA, 21-25 May 2012, 032115. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/396/3/032115)

Skipsey, S. , Bhimji, W. and Rocha, R. (2012) Testing performance of standards-based protocols in DPM. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2012), New York, NY, USA, 21-25 May 2012, 052064. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/396/5/052064)

Skipsey, S. , Doherty, T. and Turner, A. G. D. (2012) Taking the C out of CVMFS. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2012), New York, NY, USA, 21-25 May 2012, 042054. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/396/4/042054)

Bhimji, W., Bland, J., Clark, P. J., Mouzeli, E. G., Skipsey, S. and Walker, C. J. (2011) Tuning grid storage resources for LHC data analysis. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2010), Taipei, Japan, 18-22 Oct 2010, 062001. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/331/6/062001)

Purdie, S., Stewart, G., Kenyon, M., Skipsey, S. , Washbrook, A., Bhimji, W. and Filipčič, A. (2011) Hiding the complexity: building a distributed ATLAS Tier-2 with a single resource interface using ARC middleware. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2010), Taipei, Japan, 18-22 Oct 2010, 072029. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/331/7/072029)

Doherty, T., Skipsey, S. , Turner, A. and Watt, J. (2011) A NeISS collaboration to develop and use e-infrastructure for large-scale social simulation. In: UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2011, York, United Kingdom, 26-26 Sep 2011,

Skipsey, S. , Ambrose-Griffith, D., Cowan, G., Kenyon, M., Richards, O., Roffe, P. and Stewart, G. (2010) ScotGrid: providing an effective distributed Tier-2 in the LHC era. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 09), Prague, Czech Republic, 21-27 Mar 2009, 052014. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/219/5/052014)

Skipsey, S. , Cowan, G., Kenyon, M., Purdie, S. and Stewart, G. (2010) Optimised access to user analysis data using the gLite DPM. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 09), Prague, Czech Republic, 21-27 Mar 2009, 062066. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/219/6/062066)