Hi John,
> Big files may make data management more efficient but what's the point
> in efficiently managing data you can't efficiently analyse (what we're
> ultimately here to do)?
data management is the back bone of all this. A site can have the
fastest local access in the world but if the data doesn't arrive or
arrives incomplete it's not much of a use.
> If LHC data can be ordered such that it can be read *linearly* from
> the file all of the above becomes unnecessary.
isn't this what reordering is supposed to do? or have I missed something?
cheers
alessandra
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The most effective way to do it, is to do it. (Amelia Earhart)
Northgrid Tier2 Technical Coordinator
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