Stephen Brooks / RAL / May 2004
Distributed Computing System
•How do you run 3`900`000 simulations?
•Distributed computing
–Internet-based / FTP
–~450GHz of processing power
–~130 users active, 75`000 results sent in last week
–Periodically exchange sample results file
–Can test millions of designs
•Accelerator design-range specification language
–Includes “C” interpreter
–Examples: SolenoidsTo15cm, ChicaneLinacA
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