8th. Conference.- The creation of a Tier-1 Data Center for the ALICE experiment in the UNAM

Abstract

The computing model used by the LHC experiments, including ALICE, is based on distributed computing using grid technologies. The group in the ICN-UNAM has participated in the computing effort for over a decade with a small Tier-2 node. In 2010, the ALICE collaboration approached our group with the suggestion to create a Tier-1 data center for ALICE, which will be part of the computing grid for the LHC (WLCG). At the moment, the data center is classified as Tier-2, with plans to become a Tier-1 candidate and eventually a full Tier-1 center.