Computing Seminar

CVS Services for ATLAS

Helge Meinhard/EP

Abstract

In many large software projects, CVS [Concurrent Versions System] is the tool of choice for version control. Local access to the CVS repository does not scale; a client/server implementation is required. I will describe the CVS server that has been set up for the ATLAS experiment at CERN. It has been built of standard hardware and software components, and has been designed such that serving other projects from the same server is easily possible. Recently, the CVS repository of the CHORUS experiment has been moved to the same CVS server. I will cover both the services offered to the users, and the implementation from a provider's point of view.

About the speaker: Helge Meinhard has been a staff member in CERN's EP Division since 1994, and has since worked on software, software support and computing infrastructure for the CHORUS and ATLAS experiments.