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View SchemaThe PROOF Distributed Parallel Analysis Framework based on ROOT
| Authors | Maarten Ballintijn, Rene Brun, Fons Rademakers, Gunther Roland |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0306110 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0306110 |
Abstract
The development of the Parallel ROOT Facility, PROOF, enables a physicist to analyze and understand much larger data sets on a shorter time scale. It makes use of the inherent parallelism in event data and implements an architecture that optimizes I/O and CPU utilization in heterogeneous clusters with distributed storage. The system provides transparent and interactive access to gigabytes today. Being part of the ROOT framework PROOF inherits the benefits of a performant object storage system and a wealth of statistical and visualization tools. This paper describes the key principles of the PROOF architecture and the implementation of the system. We will illustrate its features using a simple example and present measurements of the scalability of the system. Finally we will discuss how PROOF can be interfaced and make use of the different Grid solutions.
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