LHCb National Computing Board

This page is devoted to the activity of the LHCb National Computing Board

• NCB mandate

Table of Contents

NCB Composition

The NCB membership is maintained in the lhcb-nat-comp-board E-group (authentication required). Alternates/deputies in brackets.

Meetings

• See NCB meetings category in Indico

LHCb Computing agreements

• LHCb-INT-2018-007
  • Rev 3 (June 19th 2019)
  • Rev 2 (September 17th 2018)
  • Rev 1 (March 28th 2018)

LHCb Computing Policy documents

• Copyright and licensing regime for LHCb centrally managed software
• HPC resource integration at LHCb
• LHCb-INT-2016-026 LHCb Tier-2A site definition
• LHCb-INT-2014-003 LHCb T2-D Centres "Tier-2 with Data" (replaced by LHCb-INT-2016-026)
• Policy for Remote Computing Operations Shifts
• LHCb Grid usage policy
• LHCb Analysis Centres

LHCb Computing RRB documents

Submitted to C-RSG August 30th, 2022, revised on September 23rd, 2022 ( CERN-RRB-2022-078 Report from C-RSG October 2022)

• LHCb-PUB-2022-016 LHCb Computing Resources: preliminary 2024 requests

Submitted to C-RSG February 22nd, 2022 ( CERN-RRB-2022-050 Report from C-RSG April 2022)

• LHCb-PUB-2022-010 LHCb Computing Resources: 2023 requests
• LHCb-PUB-2022-011 LHCb Computing Resource usage in 2021

CERN-RRB-2021-107

• LHCb-PUB-2021-008 LHCb Computing Resources: preliminary 2023 requests

Submitted to C-RSG February 16th, 2021 ( CERN-RRB-2021-023 Report from C-RSG April 2021)

• LHCb-PUB-2021-002 LHCb Computing Resources: 2022 requests
• LHCb-PUB-2021-003 LHCb Computing Resource usage in 2020

Submitted to C-RSG August 25th, 2020 ( CERN-RRB-2020-123 Report from C-RSG October 2020)

• LHCb-PUB-2020-005 LHCb Computing Resources: preliminary 2022 requests

Submitted to C-RSG February 20th, 2020 ( CERN-RRB-2020-057 Report from C-RSG April 2020, amended July 13th 2020)

• LHCb-PUB-2020-001 LHCb Computing Resources: update of 2021 requests
• LHCb-PUB-2020-002 LHCb Computing Resource usage in 2019

Submitted to C-RSG August 29th, 2019 ( CERN-RRB-2019-079 Report from C-RSG October 2019)

• LHCb-PUB-2019-012 LHCb Computing Resources: 2021 requests

Submitted to C-RSG February 18th, 2019 ( CERN-RRB-2019-058 Report from C-RSG April 2019)

• LHCb-PUB-2019-003 LHCb Computing Resources: 2020 requests and preview of the subsequent years
• LHCb-PUB-2019-004 LHCb Computing Resource usage in 2018

Submitted to C-RSG September 19th, 2018 ( CERN–RRB–2018–085 Report from C-RSG October 2018)

• LHCb-PUB-2018-011 LHCb Computing Resources: 2019/2020 requests and preview of Run 3 computing model

Submitted to C-RSG February 12th, 2018 ( CERN–RRB–2018–028 Report from C-RSG April 2018)

• LHCb-PUB-2018-001 LHCb Computing Resources: 2019 and 2020 requests
• LHCb-PUB-2018-002 LHCb Computing Resource usage in 2017

Submitted to C-RSG September 12th, 2017 ( CERN-RRB-2017-125 Report from C-RSG September 2017)

• LHCb-PUB-2017-019 LHCb Computing Resources: 2019 requests and reassessment of 2018 requests

Submitted to C-RSG February 26th, 2017 ( CERN-RRB-2017-056 Report from C-RSG April 2017)

• LHCb-PUB-2017-009 LHCb Computing Resources: 2018 requests and preview of 2019 requests
• LHCb-PUB-2017-010 LHCb Computing LHCb Computing Resource usage in 2016 (II)

Submitted to C-RSG September 6th, 2016 ( CERN-RRB-2016-128 Report from C-RSG September 2016)

• LHCb-PUB-2016-022 LHCb Computing Resources: reassessment of 2017 requests and preview of 2018 and 2019 requests
• LHCb-PUB-2016-023 LHCb Computing Resource usage in January — July 2016

Submitted to C-RSG February 15th, 2016 ( CERN-RRB-2016-049 Report from C-RSG April 2016)

• LHCb-PUB-2016-003 LHCb Computing Resources: finalization of 2017 requests
• LHCb-PUB-2016-004 LHCb Computing Resource usage in 2015(II)

Submitted to C-RSG September 4th, 2015 ( CERN-RRB-2015-091 Report from C-RSG October 2015)

• LHCb-PUB-2015-018 LHCb Computing Resources: 2016 reassessment and 2017 requests
• LHCb-PUB-2015-019 LHCb Computing Resource usage in 2015(I)

Submitted to C-RSG February 16th, 2015 ( CERN-RRB-2015-014 Report from C-RSG April 2015)

• LHCb-PUB-2015-003 LHCb Computing Resources: 2016 request and 2017 outlook
• LHCb-PUB-2015-004 LHCb Computing Resource usage in 2014 (II)

Submitted to C-RSG September 5th, 2014 ( CERN-RRB-2014-079 Report from C-RSG Oct 2014)

• LHCb-PUB-2014-041 LHCb Computing Resources: 2015 recap, 2016 request and 2017 outlook
• LHCb-PUB-2014-042 LHCb Computing Resource usage in 2014(I)

Submitted to C-RSG February 17th, 2014 ( CERN-RRB-2014-048 (rev) Report from C-RSG April 2014)

• LHCb-PUB-2014-014 LHCb Computing Resources: 2015 request and looks beyond
• LHCb-PUB-2014-013 LHCb Computing Resource usage in 2013(II)

Submitted to C-RSG September 6th, 2013 ( CERN-RRB-2013-094 Report from C-RSG Oct 2013)

• LHCb-PUB-2013-014 LHCb Computing Resources: 2014 re-assessment and 2015 request
• LHCb-PUB-2013-013 LHCb Computing Resource usage in 2013(I)

Submitted to C-RSG March 5th, 2013 ( CERN-RRB-2013-008 (rev) Report from C-RSG April 2013)

• LHCb-PUB-2013-002 LHCb Computing Resources: 2013 re-assessment, 2014 request and 2015 forecast
• LHCb-PUB-2013-001 LHCb Computing Resource Usage in 2012(II)

Submitted to C-RSG September, 2012 ( CERN-RRB-2012-116 Report from C-RSG October 2012)

• LHCb-PUB-2012-015 LHCb Computing Resources: 2015 first estimates
• LHCb-PUB-2012-014 LHCb Computing Resources: 2012, 2013 re-assessment and 2014 request
• LHCb-PUB-2012-013 LHCb Computing Resource Usage in 2012(I)

Submitted to C-RSG March 5th, 2012 ( CERN-RRB-2012-045 Report from C-RSG April 2012)

• LHCb-PUB-2012-004 LHCb Computing Resources: 2012 re-assessment, 2013 request and 2014 forecast.
• LHCb-PUB-2012-003 LHCb Computing Resource usage in 2011. Submitted to C-RSG March 5th, 2012
• LHCb-PUB-2011-015.pdf: LHCb Computing Resource usage in 2011(I).

Submitted to C-RSG March 4th, 2011 ( Report from CRSG April 2011.)

• LHCb Computing Resource usage in 2010.
• LHCb Computing Resources: 2011 re-assessment, 2012 request and 2013 forecast.
  • Update to the above Submitted to C-RSG March 17th, 2011

• New LHCb resource estimates up to 2012 (last update 28th June 2010)
• Resource requirements to C-RRB, June 2009
• Replies to questions on the above from the Computing Resources Scrutiny Group, June 2009

• CERN-RRB-2005-010 Addendum No. 1 to the Memorandum of Understanding for Maintenance and Operation of the LHCb Detector - Core Computing

LHCC documents

• CERN-LHCC-2014-014 Update of the Computing Models of the WLCG and the LHC Experiments
• CERN-LHCC-2005-019 LHCb computing : Technical Design Report (LHCb-TDR-11)

Reviews of LHCb Computing

• LHCb-INT-2013-041 Review of LHCb Computing Model (2013)
• LHCb-INT-2013-027 Review of Distributed Computing and DIRAC in LHCb (2013)

Working documents

• LHCb-INT-2016-016 Upgrade Software and Computing TDR: a roadmap
• LHCb-INT-2015-010 LHCb Computing Tasks in 2015
• LHCb-INT-2014-025 LHCb Computing Tasks, May 2014

Document making call for interest in provision of T2-D sites, following NCB meeting of 28-Feb-2013

• 130400-LHCb-NCB-T2-D-discussion

Document discussing the T1 disk situation for 2013, following NCB meeting of 28-Feb-2013

• 130425-LHCb-NCB-T1-responses

• Report on 2011 (and 2012-13) resource needs. Presentation at LHCb-Tier1 Jamboree March 2011.
• Report on 2010 Resource Usage. Presented at LHCb-Tier1 Jamboree March 2011.

• 2010 space token allocations by site
• 2010 dataflow model with site specific numbers

Useful links

• WLCG web site
• REBUS portal

-- MarcoCattaneo - 1-Apr-2016