What is ESRFUP-WP11?

The objective of the work package is to study the feasibility to participate in the Enable Grids for eScience (EGEE) Grid initiative as a complementary data management tool (storage and analysis) for data intensive Synchrotron Radiation research.

Grid software could help us handling the enormous data output of certain experiments the upgraded ESRF will allow for. The implementation of Grid software and the porting of scientific software to such an environment is integral part of the ESRF Upgrade Programme.

Scientists coming to the ESRF for data intensive experiments do not necessarily have the means in their home laboratory to store and analyse the vast amount of data they will collect at the ESRF. Grid software is expected to provide a cost effective solution to this problem.