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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 337, 2025
27th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2024)
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| Article Number | 01095 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202533701095 | |
| Published online | 07 October 2025 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202533701095
ATLAS usage of the Czech national HPC center: HyperQueue, cvmfsexec, and other news
1 Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 1999/2, Prague, 18221, Czech Republic
2 Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Bˇrehová 7, Prague, 115 19, Czech Republic
* e-mail: Michal.Svatos@cern.ch
** e-mail: Jiri.Chudoba@cern.ch
*** e-mail: Petr.Vokac@cern.ch
Published online: 7 October 2025
The distributed computing of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) utilizes computing resources provided by the Czech national High Performance Computing (HPC) center, IT4Innovations. It is done through ARC-CEs deployed at the Czech Tier2 site, praguelcg2. Over the years, this system has undergone continuous evolution, marked by recent enhancements aimed at improving resource utilization efficiency. One key enhancement involves the implementation of the HyperQueue meta-scheduler. It enables a division of whole-node jobs into several smaller, albeit longer, jobs, thereby enhancing CPU efficiency. Additionally, the integration of cvmfsexec enables access to the distributed CVMFS filesystem on compute nodes without requiring any special configurations, thereby substantially simplify software distribution and broadening the range of tasks eligible for execution on HPC. Another notable change was the migration of the batch system from PBSpro to Slurm.
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