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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 | 01147 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202533701147 | |
| Published online | 07 October 2025 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202533701147
Experience with ARM WNs at the WLCG Tier1 GridKa
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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Published online: 7 October 2025
Abstract
Computing centers are always looking for new worker nodes (WNs) that can reduce operational costs, especially energy consumption, and provide higher performance. ARM CPUs promise higher power efficiency than x86 CPUs. The WLCG Tier1 center GridKa will therefore partially use WNs with ARM CPUs. It has already conducted various energy consumption and performance benchmarkings for several such ARM WNs based on the benchmark HEPScore23 as well as a CPU frequency scan to determine their best performance and power efficiency. We present the results of these benchmarkings in comparison to those of the x86 WNs currently operated at GridKa and summarize the progress made at GridKa in providing ARM WNs to the HEP community.
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