CERN Tape Archive Documentation

Main Documentation

• The CERN Tape Archive
• CTA Administrators Guide
• CASTOR Tape Server Handbook

Design Documents

• EOS-CTA interface (preliminary document, Jan. 2017)
• Queuing an archive/retrieve request in CTA
• The Tape Storage Element—Integrating CTA into the data archiving chain of CERN
• EOSTAPE Archival Scenario
• EOSTAPE Retrieval Scenario

Installation Instructions

• Set up a test environment using Kubernetes on a ctadev virtual machine
• Set up a development environment using Kubernetes on your own virtual machine

Conference Papers

• An efficient, modular and simple tape archiving solution for LHC Run-3 (CHEP2016)

Presentations

• CTA Motivations and Context/Programme of Work (2015)
• CTA Rationale and Status (Jan. 2016)
• What, Why and When: CTA and the Tier 1s (Feb. 2017)