Readiness of the ATLAS Trigger and Data Acquisition system for the first LHC beams
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The ATLAS Trigger and Data Acquisition (TDAQ) system is based on O(2k) processing nodes, interconnected by a multi-layer Gigabit network, and consists of a combination of custom electronics and commercial products. In its final configuration, O(20k) applications will provide the needed capabilities in terms of event selection, data flow, local storage and data monitoring. In preparation for the first LHC beams, many TDAQ sub-systems already reached the final configuration and roughly one third of the final processing power has been deployed. Therefore, the current system allows for a sensible evaluation of the performance and scaling properties. In this paper we introduce the ATLAS TDAQ system requirements and architecture and we discuss the status of software and hardware component. We moreover present the results of performance measurements validating the system design and providing a figure for the ATLAS data acquisition capabilities in the initial data taking period.
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