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**MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING**

**Between the**

**MINOS Experiment and the Computing Division**

May, 2000

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 3

I. PERSONNEL AND INSTITUTIONS 3

II\. FERMILAB COMPUTING DIVISION 3

III\. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS 5

SIGNATURES 6

APPENDIX I - PREP REQUEST 7

APPENDIX II - SUPPORT FOR NON-PREP ELECTRONICS 14

APPENDIX III - DAQ SYSTEM DESCRIPTION & REQUEST 19

APPENDIX IV - DATABASE RELATED REQUEST 22

APPENDIX V - NETWORKING RELATED REQUEST 23

APPENDIX VI - COMPUTING OFF-LINE ANALYSIS MODEL 24

APPENDIX VII - NUMI BEAM MONITORING DAQ REQUEST 30

# INTRODUCTION

This is a memorandum of understanding between the Fermi National
Accelerator Laboratory Computing Division and the experimenters of MINOS
(E-875). The memorandum is intended solely for the purpose of providing
a budget estimate and a work allocation for Fermilab, the funding
agencies and the participating institutions. It reflects an arrangement
that currently is satisfactory to the parties; however, it is recognized
and anticipated that changing circumstances of the evolving research
program will necessitate revisions. The parties agree to negotiate
amendments to this memorandum which will reflect such required
adjustments.

# I. PERSONNEL AND INSTITUTIONS

Spokesperson: S. Wojcicki

Deputy Spokesperson: D. Ayres

MINOS Project Manager: A. Byon-Wagner

MINOS Computing Off-line liaison: J. Urheim

MINOS Computing On-line liaison: G. Pearce

Relevant MINOS System Managers:

Front-End Electronics J. Thron, Argonne

(Institutions: Harvard, Oxford, Argonne, Fermilab)

Trigger and DAQ System G. Pearce, RAL

(Institutions: RAL)

Database P. Border, Minnesota

(Institutions: Minnesota, IHEP-Protvino)

Detector Control System M. Marshak, Minnesota

(Institutions: Wisconsin, Minnesota)

PREP Electronics A. Para

(Institutions: Texas A&M, Fermilab)

Computing at Soudan Lab: J. Meier

(Institutions: Soudan Mine/Minnesota)

# Fermilab Computing Division 

1.  The Computing Division liaison is E. Buckley-Geer.

2.  The attached off-line analysis plan contains the experiment\'s
    present understanding of its analysis model from code development,
    through production, stripping, final data analysis and Monte Carlo.
    A more detailed quantitative description is given in Appendix V. The
    Computing Division cannot guarantee, at this time, that these
    resources can be made available. The Computing Division, guided by
    priorities set by management, will attempt to allocate on a
    quarterly basis, the available resources. The present request and
    amendments will be used in attempting to plan the laboratory\'s
    computing acquisition strategies.

3.  A plan for short-term test stands is currently being developed and a
    list based on the current understanding has been included. MINOS
    will negotiate an amendment to this agreement with Computing
    Division as the plan is being finalized. The number and type of test
    stands will also be the subject of an amendment to this MOU.

4.  A plan for NuMI Beam Monitoring DAQ system is currently being
    developed. MINOS will submit an amendment as Appendix VI, as the
    design and plans are being finalized.

5.  Cost Accounting FY00 and beyond: The Fermilab Computing will
    maintain budget codes specific to the MINOS experiment, and all
    MINOS associated expenditures will be charged to those codes. Copies
    of the appropriate Laboratory Accounting System budget reports
    (2X-L4, ACT022, ACT070, ACT041) for all MINOS specific budget codes
    will be supplied to the MINOS Project Management on a monthly basis.

6.  Software support for the on-line, data acquisition,

database and other software products designated

as supported by the Computing Division. \$ xxx K

7.  Maintenance and update services for operating systems and

packages at versions levels supported by the Computing Division. \$ xxx
K

8.  Equipment as specified in Appendix I, III and VII.

> PREP equipment \$ xxx K
>
> Online DAQ equipment \$ xxx K
>
> Beam Monitoring system DAQ equipment \$ xxx K

9.  Maintenance and repair of PREP and DAQ equipment. \$ xxx K

# III. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

1.  For the purpose of estimating budgets, specific products and vendors
    may be mentioned within this memorandum. At the time of purchasing,
    the Fermilab procurement policies shall apply. This may result in
    the purchase of different products and/or from different vendors.

2.  The experiment spokesperson will undertake to ensure that no PREP
    and computing equipment be transferred from the experiment to
    another use except with the approval of and through the mechanism
    provided by the Computing Division management. He/she also undertake
    to ensure that no modifications of PREP equipment take place without
    the knowledge and consent of the Computing Division management.

3.  Each institution will be responsible for maintaining and repairing
    both the electronics and the computing hardware supplied by them for
    the experiment. Any items for which the experiment requests that
    Fermilab performs maintenance and repair should appear explicitly in
    this agreement.

4.  If the experiment brings to Fermilab on-line data acquisition or
    data communications equipment to be integrated with Fermilab owned
    equipment, early consultation with the Computing Division is
    advised.

3.5 At the completion of the experiment: The spokesperson is responsible
for the return of all PREP, equipment, Computing equipment and non-PREP
data acquisition electronics. If the return is not completed after a
period of one year after the end of running the Spokesperson will be
required to furnish, in writing, an explanation for any non-return.

# SIGNATURES

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

M. Kasemann, Head of Fermilab Computing Division

# 

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

S. Wojcicki, MINOS Spokesperson

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

A. Byon-Wagner, MINOS Manager

# APPENDIX I - PREP REQUEST

Type 1: The following equipment will be in used until the completion of
the experiment.

a)  LeCroy 1440 HV system for Near and Far detectors

b)  test equipment needed at Near and Far detector halls

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  **Location**              **Detector Hall at Fermilab**               

  LRS 1440       Quantity   CLASS_NAME                                  TC
  system                                                                

                 1          LRS: 1441(POWER SUPPLY,LV,1440 SYS          FA

                 2          LRS: 1442(POWER SUPPLY,LV,1440 SYS          FA

                 16         LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

                 1          LRS: 1449M(MAINFRAME,HV,1440 SYS            FB

                 1          LRS: 1445(CONTROLLER,HV,1440 SYS            FI

                 1          LRS: 222(GENERATOR,GATE,2CH,NIM             AN

                 1          LRS: 2132(INTERFACE,HV,CAMAC                FB

  Test equipment 2          Oscilloscope (plus cart, probes)            

                 1          Digitizing scope (plus cart, probes)        

                 3          Digital voltmeter                           

                 2          Pulse generator                             

                 2          pocket pulser                               

  CAMAC crates   2          CAMAC Crate                                 

                 2          GPIB CAMAC Crate Controller                 

                                                                        

                                                                        

  **Location**   **Far**    **Detectorl Hall at Soudan**                

  LRS 1440       Quantity   CLASS_NAME                                  TC
  system                                                                

                 9          LRS: 1441(POWER SUPPLY,LV,1440 SYS          FA

                 18         LRS: 1442(POWER SUPPLY,LV,1440 SYS          FA

                 108        LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

                 9          LRS: 1449M(MAINFRAME,HV,1440 SYS            FB

                 9          LRS: 1445(CONTROLLER,HV,1440 SYS            FI

                 5          LRS: 222(GENERATOR,GATE,2CH,NIM             AN

                 1          LRS: 2132(INTERFACE,HV,CAMAC                FB

  Test equipment 2          Oscilloscope (plus cart, probes)            

                 1          Digitizing scope (plus cart, probes)        

                 3          Digital voltmeter                           

                 2          Pulse generator                             

                 2          pocket pulser                               

  CAMAC crates   2          CAMAC Crate                                 

                 2          GPIB CAMAC Crate Controller                 
  -------------- ---------- ------------------------------------------- ----

Type 2: The following equipment will be returned by end of year 2003

a)  PMT test stands at Texas, Oxford, UCL, Tufts and Athens

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  **Location**   **Texas-Austin**                                               

  TAG#           SERIAL#            CLASS_NAME                                  TC

  36535          418                KSC: 3388-G1A(INTERFACE,GPIB/CAMAC          CC

  49998          94363              LRS: 1441(POWER SUPPLY,LV,1440 SYS          FA

  513507         A37007             LRS: 1442(POWER SUPPLY,LV,1440 SYS          FA

  513509         A32553             LRS: 1442(POWER SUPPLY,LV,1440 SYS          FA

  45460          97656              LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  49876          A02639             LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  49884          A02668             LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  49892          A02637             LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  60232          A30465             LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  60349          A30386             LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  60877          A30450             LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  61424          A30416             LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  44567          69529              LRS: 1445(CONTROLLER,HV,1440 SYS            FI

  61350          A39246             LRS: 1449M(MAINFRAME,HV,1440 SYS            FB

  46549          93199              LRS: 2132(INTERFACE,HV,CAMAC                FB

  63490          A41711             LRS: 222(GENERATOR,GATE,2CH,NIM             AN

  63380          A60915             LRS: 2249W(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,WIDE           CG
                                    GATE,CAMAC                                  

  523366         B23924             LRS: 2249W(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,WIDE           CG
                                    GATE,CAMAC                                  

  24731          1892               ORTEC: 109A(PREAMPLIFIER,X1,X10 FET         AH

  13670          198                ORTEC: 114(POWER SUPPLY,PREAMP,12V,24V      FA

                                                                                

  **Location**   **Oxford**                                                     

  TAG#           SERIAL#            CLASS_NAME                                  TC

  27352          157                JORWAY: 41(REGISTER,12B,OUT,CAMAC           CP

  561719         473                JORWAY: 73A(CONTROLLER,CRATE,CAMAC,SCSI-2   CI

  3180           6495               LRS: 128L(FAN-OUT,2CH,8-OUT,LIN,NIM         AG

  44540          69644              LRS: 1441(POWER SUPPLY,LV,1440 SYS          FA

  506441         69232              LRS: 1442(POWER SUPPLY,LV,1440 SYS          FA

  513504         A37059             LRS: 1442(POWER SUPPLY,LV,1440 SYS          FA

  38398          62261              LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  42408          92903              LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  57432          94238              LRS: 1445(CONTROLLER,HV,1440 SYS            FI

  60158          98522              LRS: 1449M(MAINFRAME,HV,1440 SYS            FB

  61974          A52139             LRS:                                        AH
                                    612A-AC(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM    

  28349          36052              LRS:                                        AH
                                    612A-AC(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM    

  28351          36050              LRS:                                        AH
                                    612A-AC(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM    

  33706          54165              LRS:                                        AH
                                    612A-AC(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM    

  36165          58924              LRS:                                        AH
                                    612A-AC(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM    

  515607         A61920             LRS:                                        AH
                                    612A-AC(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM    

  60658          3085               PHILLIPS:                                   AD
                                    710(DISCRIMINATOR,8CH,UPDATE,150MHZ         

  68853          6119               PHILLIPS: 755(LOGIC,4CH,4-FOLD,MAJOR,150MHZ AE

                                                                                

  **Location**   **Tufts**                                                      

  TAG#           SERIAL#            CLASS_NAME                                  TC

  20056          16101              LRS: 222(GENERATOR,GATE,2CH,NIM             AN

  9989           7661               LRS: 365AL(LOGIC,2CH,4-FOLD,MAJORITY,NIM    AE

  34136          54184              LRS: 612A(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM  AH

  533314         A43267             LRS:                                        AD
                                    623B(DISCRIMINATOR,8CH,UPDATE,100MHZ,INH    

  47912          679                VK: 5900(POWER SUPPLY,HV,2CH,NEGATIVE,MWPC  FC

                                                                                

  **Location**   **UCL**                                                        

  TAG#           SERIAL#            CLASS_NAME                                  TC

  19204          14776              LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  19995          15648              LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  21409          17692              LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  22857          19862              LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  23066          14794              LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  24897          25315              LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  34137          54185              LRS: 612A(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM  AH

  36171          58950              LRS:                                        AH
                                    612A-AC(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM    

                                                                                

  **Location**   **Athens**                                                     

                 QUANTITY           CLASS_NAME                                  TC

                 1                  JORWAY: 41(REGISTER,12B,OUT,CAMAC           CP

                 2                  JORWAY: 73A(CONTROLLER,CRATE,CAMAC,SCSI-2   CI

                 1                  NIM Scaler                                  VS

                 1                  LRS: 1441(POWER SUPPLY,LV,1440 SYS          FA

                 1                  LRS: 1442(POWER SUPPLY,LV,1440 SYS          FA

                 4                  LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

                 1                  LRS: 1445(CONTROLLER,HV,1440 SYS            FI

                 1                  LRS: 1449M(MAINFRAME,HV,1440 SYS            FB

                 1                  LRS: 2132(INTERFACE,HV,CAMAC) & cable       FB

                 3                  LRS: 222(GENERATOR,GATE,2CH,NIM             AN

                 2                  LRS: 2249W(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,WIDE           CG
                                    GATE,CAMAC                                  

                 1                  LRS: 2301 (QVT-CAMAC INTERFACE) & cable     FB

                 2                  LRS: 365AL (MAJORITY LOGIC)                 FB

                 1                  LRS: 429A (LOGIC FAN-IN/FAN-OUT)            FB

                 3                  LRS: 612A(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM  AH

                 3                  LRS: 821(DISCRIMINATORS)                    AH

                 1                  NIM/TTL LEVEL TRANSLATOR                    
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b)  Vertical Slice Test stand at Rutherford

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  **Location**   **RAL**                                                

                 QUANTITY   CLASS_NAME                                  TC

                 1          LRS: 1441(POWER SUPPLY,LV,1440 SYS          FA

                 2          LRS: 1442(POWER SUPPLY,LV,1440 SYS          FA

                 2          LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

                 1          LRS: 1445(CONTROLLER,HV,1440 SYS            FI

                 1          LRS: 1449M(MAINFRAME,HV,1440 SYS            FB
  -------------- ---------- ------------------------------------------- ----

c)  Test stand for Scintillator module production factories at ANL,
    Caltech, UMN

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  **Location**   **Caltech**                                                 

  TAG#           SERIAL#         CLASS_NAME                                  TC

  20625          134             JORWAY: 41(REGISTER,12B,OUT,CAMAC           CP

  30925          42493           LRS: 2232A(ADC,32CH,12B,DIFF                CG
                                 VOLTAGE,SCAN,CAM                            

  30926          44360           LRS: 2232A(ADC,32CH,12B,DIFF                CG
                                 VOLTAGE,SCAN,CAM                            

  19207          13811           LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  19999          15730           LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  21402          16996           LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  24678          25324           LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  25676          28530           LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  25691          28523           LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  25695          28482           LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  71298          A49163          LRS: 2301(INTERFACE,QVT,CAMAC               CY

  60772          A35460          LRS: 2365(LOGIC,MATRIX,8CH,CAMAC            CY

  64944          A66845          LRS: 2365(LOGIC,MATRIX,8CH,CAMAC            CY

  65186          A35308          LRS: 2371(REGISTER,DATA,ECL,CAMAC           CF

  65188          A35316          LRS: 2371(REGISTER,DATA,ECL,CAMAC           CF

  28733          37322           LRS: 429A(FAN-IN/OUT,4CH,LOGIC,NIM          AF

  544562         C62908          LRS: 429A(FAN-IN/OUT,4CH,LOGIC,NIM          AF

  37561          4643            LRS: 4416(DISCRIMINATOR,16CH,CAMAC          CW

  36826          3517            LRS: 4416A(DISCRIMINATOR,16CH,CAMAC         CW

  36833          3474            LRS: 4416A(DISCRIMINATOR,16CH,CAMAC         CW

  66635          70832           LRS: 4616(CONVERTER,16CH,ECL/NIM/ECL,NIM    AR

  25189          27595           LRS: 612(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM   AH

  25192          27579           LRS: 612(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM   AH

  30733          42779           LRS: 612A(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM  AH

  33698          54177           LRS: 612A(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM  AH

  36166          58926           LRS: 612A(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM  AH

  59647          97670           LRS: 612A(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM  AH

  516704         A80396          LRS: 612A(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM  AH

  34129          54170           LRS: 612A(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM  AH

  61977          A52164          LRS: 612A(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM  AH

  521313                         LRS: ADP/QVT60(CABLE,QVT INTERFACE          CD

                                                                             

  **Location**   **ANL**                                                     

  TAG#           SERIAL#         CLASS_NAME                                  TC

  561714         478             JORWAY: 73A(CONTROLLER,CRATE,CAMAC,SCSI-2   CI

  501496         148             JORWAY: BH-1M(CABLE,BRANCH                  CD
                                 HIGHWAY,PARALLEL,1                          

                                                                             

  **Location**   **Minnesota**                                               

  TAG#           SERIAL#         CLASS_NAME                                  TC

  549407         6013            BERTAN: 320N(POWER SUPPLY,HV,0-10KV@2MA     FB

  502331         31              BLP: 1012(POWER SUPPLY,6@5A,12@2A,24@1A,NIM AB

  61381          7080            DSP: 860C(CRATE,CAMAC                       CA

  513612         7080            DSP: 860F(FAN,CRATE,CAMAC                   CA

  513291         7016            DSP: 860P(POWER SUPPLY,CAMAC,6@50;12@3;24@6 CB

  8808                           FERMI: 11X2562(DIVIDER,HIGH VOLTAGE         FD

  10774                          FERMI: ES-7092(DIVIDER,HIGH VOLTAGE         FD

  21099          132             FERMI: ES-7109(POWER                        FC
                                 SUPPLY,HV,2CH,NEGATIVE,M                    

  22757          251             FERMI: ES-7109(POWER                        FC
                                 SUPPLY,HV,2CH,NEGATIVE,M                    

  6656           1.41E+04        FLUKE: 415B(POWER SUPPLY,HV,3KV@30MA        FB

  63110          404             JORWAY: 1880B(SCALER,2CH,VISUAL,NIM         AO

  21156          A28710          LAMBDA: LPD-425A-FM(POWER                   FA
                                 SUPPLY,HV,2CH,0-250                         

  44536          69256           LRS: 1441(POWER SUPPLY,LV,1440 SYS          FA

  59958          A37050          LRS: 1442(POWER SUPPLY,LV,1440 SYS          FA

  514485         A62602          LRS: 1442(POWER SUPPLY,LV,1440 SYS          FA

  42478          97749           LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  45410          97703           LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  45418          97695           LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  52939          A16582          LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  57132          A28986          LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  59943          A28969          LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  60347          A30506          LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  60348          A30469          LRS: 1443NF/12(CARD,HV,16CH,NEG,1440 SYS    FB

  59953          A28304          LRS: 1445(CONTROLLER,HV,1440 SYS            FI

  23063          19907           LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  31762          47210           LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  68116          A75674          LRS: 2249W(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,WIDE           CG
                                 GATE,CAMAC                                  

  27640          3.41E+05        LRS: 2249W(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,WIDE           CG
                                 GATE,CAMAC                                  

  30721          43371           LRS: 2551(SCALER,12CH,24B,100MHZ,CAMAC      CE

  12075          9633            LRS: 365AL(LOGIC,2CH,4-FOLD,MAJORITY,NIM    AE

  14955          11849           LRS: 621AL(DISCRIMINATOR,4CH,100MHZ,NIM     AD

  15688          13059           LRS: 621AL(DISCRIMINATOR,4CH,100MHZ,NIM     AD

  14407          12288           ORTEC: 401A(BIN,NIM                         AA

  537732         13268           PHILLIPS: 776(AMPLIFIER,16CH,X10,PMT,275MHZ AH

  51848          B031560         TEK: 2465(OSCILLOSCOPE,4CH,350MHZ           EA
  -------------- --------------- ------------------------------------------- ----

Type 3: Will be returned by end of year 2002

a)  4PP readout system and cosmic ray test stand at New Muon Lab

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  **Location**   **New     **Lab**                                     
                 Muon**                                                

  TAG#           SERIAL#   CLASS_NAME                                  TC

  21047          4119      BNC: 8010(GENERATOR,PULSE,50MHZ,NIM         AU

  503224         29811     FERMI: 029029(FAN,CRATE,NIM                 LC

  503242         29774     FERMI: 029029(FAN,CRATE,NIM                 LC

  504355         P072186   FERMI: 029065(FAN,CRATE,NIM                 LC

  509997                   FERMI: 2107(FAN,CRATE,NIM                   LC

  18762                    FERMI: ES-7092(DIVIDER,HIGH VOLTAGE         FD

  21583                    FERMI: ES-7092(DIVIDER,HIGH VOLTAGE         FD

  29022          31        INTERSTD: DTM-299(DISPLAY,CRATE             CC
                           DATAWAY,CAMAC                               

  43355          217       JORWAY: 41(REGISTER,12B,OUT,CAMAC           CP

  58589          287       JORWAY: 41(REGISTER,12B,OUT,CAMAC           CP

  61983          A39217    LRS: 222(GENERATOR,GATE,2CH,NIM             AN

  540034         97778     LRS: 222(GENERATOR,GATE,2CH,NIM             AN

  63488          A41860    LRS: 222(GENERATOR,GATE,2CH,NIM             AN

  25206          26917     LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  50700          A04448    LRS: 2249W(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,WIDE           CG
                           GATE,CAMAC                                  

  25751          27626     LRS: 2341S(REGISTER,16CH,COINC,CAMAC        CF

  8744           8417      LRS:                                        AE
                           364AL(LOGIC,2CH,4-FOLD,MAJORITY,W/VETO,N    

  14964          11276     LRS: 365AL(LOGIC,2CH,4-FOLD,MAJORITY,NIM    AE

  15719          23531     LRS: 365AL(LOGIC,2CH,4-FOLD,MAJORITY,NIM    AE

  63166          A63534    LRS: 365AL(LOGIC,2CH,4-FOLD,MAJORITY,NIM    AE

  28751          38000     LRS: 429A(FAN-IN/OUT,4CH,LOGIC,NIM          AF

  20325          15789     LRS: 620BL(DISCRIMINATOR,8CH,100MHZ,NIM     AD

  30806          42075     LRS: 620BL(DISCRIMINATOR,8CH,100MHZ,NIM     AD

  30815          46012     LRS: 620BL(DISCRIMINATOR,8CH,100MHZ,NIM     AD

  32817          49853     LRS: 620BL(DISCRIMINATOR,8CH,100MHZ,NIM     AD

  15970          13301     LRS: 621AL(DISCRIMINATOR,4CH,100MHZ,NIM     AD

  15701          13014     LRS: 621AL(DISCRIMINATOR,4CH,100MHZ,NIM     AD

  515366         891011    MECHTRON: 201(POWER                         AB
                           SUPPLY,6V@10A,12V@3A,24V@                   

  511097                   MECHTRON: 3034(BIN,NIM                      AA

  515369         892002    MECHTRON: 3034(BIN,NIM                      AA

  20797          505046    PD: 1570-M4(POWER SUPPLY,HV,3KV@40MA        FB

  23584          512046    PD: 1570-M4(POWER SUPPLY,HV,3KV@40MA        FB

  506096         211361    PD: AEC-320-9(POWER                         AB
                           SUPPLY,6@10A,12@3A,24@1.5                   

  70847          7593      PHILLIPS:                                   AR
                           726(TRANSLATOR,LVL,TTL/NIM/ECL,150M         

  73255          8979      PHILLIPS: 794(GENERATOR,4CH,GATE/DELAY      AN

  49756          5843      SEC: 850C(CRATE,CAMAC                       CA

  508725         5841      SEC: 850F(FAN,CRATE,CAMAC                   CA

  509624         6371      SEC: PCS850(POWER                           CB
                           SUPPLY,6@50A,12@3A,24@6A,CA                 

  502301         18644     FERMI: 029029(FAN,CRATE,NIM                 LC

  14280                    FERMI: 11X2562(DIVIDER,HIGH VOLTAGE         FD

  23836                    FERMI: ES-7092V(DIVIDER,HIGH                FD
                           VOLTAGE,VERNIER                             

  517046                   FERMI:                                      NA
                           RFDVS(SCALER,VISUAL,3CH,100MHZ,RACKMOU      

  9910           55425     FLUKE: 415B(POWER SUPPLY,HV,3KV@30MA        FB

  12208          2361      GENRAD: 1340(GENERATOR,PULSE,0.2HZ TO 20MHZ GA

  31116          315       JORWAY: 1880B(SCALER,2CH,VISUAL,NIM         AO

  50072          364       JORWAY: 1880B(SCALER,2CH,VISUAL,NIM         AO

  41503          209       JORWAY: 41(REGISTER,12B,OUT,CAMAC           CP

  57457          3677      LRS: 222(GENERATOR,GATE,2CH,NIM             AN

  61980          A39155    LRS: 222(GENERATOR,GATE,2CH,NIM             AN

  21407          17007     LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  68119          A75691    LRS: 2249W(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,WIDE           CG
                           GATE,CAMAC                                  

  68115          A75680    LRS: 2249W(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,WIDE           CG
                           GATE,CAMAC                                  

  61735          A34329    LRS: 2249W(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,WIDE           CG
                           GATE,CAMAC                                  

  523326         B23950    LRS: 2249W(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,WIDE           CG
                           GATE,CAMAC                                  

  8749           8425      LRS:                                        AE
                           364AL(LOGIC,2CH,4-FOLD,MAJORITY,W/VETO,N    

  15799          11812     LRS:                                        AE
                           364AL(LOGIC,2CH,4-FOLD,MAJORITY,W/VETO,N    

  17762          15791     LRS: 428S(FAN-IN/OUT,4CH,LIN,NIM            AG

  544279         B51868    LRS: 429A(FAN-IN/OUT,4CH,LOGIC,NIM          AF

  544576         B51844    LRS: 429A(FAN-IN/OUT,4CH,LOGIC,NIM          AF

  544575         B51839    LRS: 429A(FAN-IN/OUT,4CH,LOGIC,NIM          AF

  62215          A29734    LRS: 465(LOGIC,3CH,4-FOLD,COINC,W/VETO,NIM  AE

  544020         B38935    LRS: 465(LOGIC,3CH,4-FOLD,COINC,W/VETO,NIM  AE

  61970          A52135    LRS: 612A(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM  AH

  34131          54176     LRS: 612A(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM  AH

  59656          97665     LRS: 612A(AMPLIFIER,12CH,X10,PHOTOMULT,NIM  AH

  17578          12586     LRS: 620AL(DISCRIMINATOR,8CH,100MHZ,NIM     AD

  17583          13400     LRS: 620AL(DISCRIMINATOR,8CH,100MHZ,NIM     AD

  15918          13286     LRS: 621AL(DISCRIMINATOR,4CH,100MHZ,NIM     AD

  72027          904014    MECHTRON: 151(BIN,NIM                       AA

  517007         902012    MECHTRON: 201(POWER                         AB
                           SUPPLY,6V@10A,12V@3A,24V@                   

  543183         901015    MECHTRON: 201(POWER                         AB
                           SUPPLY,6V@10A,12V@3A,24V@                   

  543182         905001    MECHTRON: 3034(BIN,NIM                      AA

  41118          4144      SEC: 850C(CRATE,CAMAC                       CA

  509865         6448      SEC: 850F(FAN,CRATE,CAMAC                   CA

  507862         5401      SEC: PCS850(POWER                           CB
                           SUPPLY,6@50A,12@3A,24@6A,CA                 
  -------------- --------- ------------------------------------------- ----

Type 4: Other test stand equipment, which will be returned by end of
year 2000

  -------------- ---------------- ------------------------------------------- ----
  **Location**   **Pittsburgh**                                               

  TAG#           SERIAL#          CLASS_NAME                                  TC

  501942         391              BLP: 1011(POWER SUPPLY,6@5A,12@2A,24@1A,NIM AB

  502398         74               BLP: 1012(POWER SUPPLY,6@5A,12@2A,24@1A,NIM AB

  5198                            FERMI: ES-7092(DIVIDER,HIGH VOLTAGE         FD

  21316          204              FERMI: ES-7109(POWER                        FC
                                  SUPPLY,HV,2CH,NEGATIVE,M                    

  22774          225              FERMI: ES-7109(POWER                        FC
                                  SUPPLY,HV,2CH,NEGATIVE,M                    

  25076          138              FERMI: ES-7125(POWER                        FC
                                  SUPPLY,HV,2CH,POSITIVE,M                    

  25095          109              FERMI: ES-7125(POWER                        FC
                                  SUPPLY,HV,2CH,POSITIVE,M                    

  11724          155              JORWAY: 1880(SCALER,2CH,VISUAL,NIM          AO

  549360         408              JORWAY: 73A(CONTROLLER,CRATE,CAMAC,SCSI-2   CI

  508248         E99198           LAMBDA: LCS-2-01(POWER SUPPLY,LV,0-7V@550MA FA

  515592         E35914           LAMBDA: LCS-2-01(POWER SUPPLY,LV,0-7V@550MA FA

  26640          30254            LRS: 222(GENERATOR,GATE,2CH,NIM             AN

  31668          47266            LRS: 2228A(TDC,8CH,11B,CAMAC                CH

  67810          A78125           LRS: 2229(TDC,8CH,11B,ECL,CAMAC             CH

  68939          A78124           LRS: 2229(TDC,8CH,11B,ECL,CAMAC             CH

  68940          A78123           LRS: 2229(TDC,8CH,11B,ECL,CAMAC             CH

  68941          A78126           LRS: 2229(TDC,8CH,11B,ECL,CAMAC             CH

  72671          A98804           LRS: 2229(TDC,8CH,11B,ECL,CAMAC             CH

  20005          15738            LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  55036          A10216           LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  20004          15724            LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  24901          26966            LRS: 2249A(ADC,12CH,10B,CHRG,CAMAC          CG

  1988           6793             LRS: 364(LOGIC,2CH,4-FOLD,MAJORITY,NIM      AE

  7035           6742             LRS: 364(LOGIC,2CH,4-FOLD,MAJORITY,NIM      AE

  40257          5287             LRS: 4434(SCALER,32CH,24B,ECL,CAMAC         CE

  544033         B49750           LRS: 4616(CONVERTER,16CH,ECL/NIM/ECL,NIM    AR

  11985          10336            LRS: 621L(DISCRIMINATOR,4CH,NIM             AD

  11997          10575            LRS: 621L(DISCRIMINATOR,4CH,NIM             AD

  513888         872024           MECHTRON: 3034(BIN,NIM                      AA

  16790                           ORTEC: 401A(BIN,NIM                         AA

  24040          78               ORTEC: AD811(ADC,8CH,12B,PEAK VOLTAGE,CAMAC CG

  19282          26               ORTEC: ND027(REGISTER,OUTPUT,12B,CAMAC      CP

  53491          6375             SEC: 850C(CRATE,CAMAC                       CA

  507972         5417             SEC: 850F(FAN,CRATE,CAMAC                   CA

  509053         5983             SEC: PCS850(POWER                           CB
                                  SUPPLY,6@50A,12@3A,24@6A,CA                 
  -------------- ---------------- ------------------------------------------- ----

APPENDIX II - SUPPORT FOR NON-PREP ELECTRONICS

[Background]{.underline}

The electronics to be maintained by the CD consists of:

-   Certain commercial electronics purchased by MINOS project for MINOS
    experiment as specified below

-   Far detector front end electronics boards developed at Harvard
    University

-   Far detector front end electronics boards developed at Oxford
    University

-   Near detector front end electronics boards developed at ANL

-   Near detector front end electronics boards developed at Fermilab-PPD

The life cycle of any complex electronic module includes the initial
development and certification, integration into the experiment's data
acquisition system, initial commissioning and achieving long term
stability under operational running conditions. At any of these stages,
problems with a module may be discovered and may require significant
resources to understand and correct.

To plan for the timely solution of such problems, CD and MINOS agree on
the following points:

-   The design engineers will retain engineering responsibility for
    their modules for the duration of the project.

-   Both pre-production and early production modules will be tested by
    the design engineer and the CD repair technician together in the
    test stand located in the CD repair area.

[Support Levels]{.underline}

There are differing levels of support that the Computing Division
provides for any specific module:

Expediting Service: CD maintains spares for exchange and sends the
broken module for repair to the vendor or repair organization. CD will
then follow up with the vendor to ensure timely repair and return of the
modules.

Limited Repair Support: The Computing Division will perform initial
checks and verification of performance of the module. It will perform
well defined repairs of easy to diagnose, fix and test, failure modes.
For more complex failure modes, CD will return the module to an expert
for diagnosis or repair.

Full Repair Support: CD personnel are fully trained to support modules
classified at this level. The module is repaired and fully tested before
returning it to the experiment for use. Repair parts are kept in stock
or are readily available.

[Equipment Base/Quantity]{.underline}

The smooth operation of the MINOS experiment and the CD repair process
requires a suitable number of spare modules to be available at the
experiment to ensure fast replacement during operations and in the CD
PREP Pool to avoid the need for unreasonably short module repair time.
The planned spares are listed below for each module covered by this
agreement. Typically, 10% spare modules are planned for large-quantity
modules, while the spare fraction is larger for small-quantity items.
Equipment designated as \"counting room\" spares at the experiment
should not become part of the established readout system or be deployed
in new or existing systems, except to replace defective units.

[Support Infrastructure & Scheduling]{.underline}

The required test stands, related equipment and software will be
provided as detailed specifically below. The CD repair organization will
review modules at their prototype stage, and may request changes to the
testing procedures and software before accepting responsibility for the
repair or diagnosis of any module. The actual acceptance of
responsibility for support of a specific module by the CD will be
through an E-mail to this effect from the PREP pool manager to the CD
and MINOS management.

[Field Modifications/Engineering Change Orders]{.underline}

The CD repair organization will be part of the planning for any change
orders needed on the production modules. Manpower for implementation of
resulting changes will be negotiated as needed.

[ES&H Issues]{.underline}

A representative of the CD will participate in the "MINOS Printed
Circuit Board Review Committee" review of all new non-commercial PC
boards covered under this MOU to ensure the CD ES&H concerns are
addressed at an early stage. This representative will supply the
relevant documentation to the CD repair organization.

[Logistics]{.underline}

The logistics for processing and repair of modules covered under this
MOU will follow the normal PREP Pool channels. Any module sent off-site
for repair will be shipped through the PREP expediting service. All
modules covered under this MOU will either be tracked by the Computing
Division equipment database or be regarded as consumables. MINOS will
adapt the PREP inventory database for the inventorying, tracking,
changing and movement of the module. MINOS will review generated
reports, pay attention to their accuracy and perform QA on the data
presented.

[Restrictions]{.underline}

A module may be deemed uneconomical to repair if the resources required
are excessive. This decision to retire a module is made on a case by
case basis, jointly by CD and MINOS.

[Reporting]{.underline}

Quarterly reports will be provided to Computing Division and MINOS
management as to the number of modules serviced, the resources and costs
expended, and to provide charge backs for expensive parts. This is an
extension to the currently existing process used to charge costs
associated with repair and support of electronic equipment. It is
expected that hybrids and other special components spares from
production fabrication will be supplied by the design engineers for
support of the modules.

Type 5: Commercial hardware which will need PREP maintenance support

-   6U VME crate & power supplies

-   9U VME crate & power supplies

-   DCS hardware (rack monitors, network cards etc)

**[VME 9U crates]{.underline}**

[Quantity]{.underline}: 42

[Support Infrastructure]{.underline}: CD will develop a check-in
verification procedure. This procedure will be generated by the
manufacturer, ESD and ETT/PPD.

[Type of CD Service]{.underline}: Limited Repair Support. Initial
inspection will be provided in house. Minimal electrical maintenance
will be provided and most of the mechanical maintenance is provided
during initial check-in. Any failure beyond basic diagnosis would be
returned to the vendor.

[Inventory Tracking]{.underline}: Tracked in the PREP inventory
database.

[CD & MINOS Contacts]{.underline}: Carl Schirtzinger (CD), Craig Drennan
(ETT/PPD)

  -------------- --------------------- -------------- ------------- ---------------- ------------ -------------
  **Quantity**   **Area (System)**     **Designer**   **Contact**   **Fabricator**   **Tester**   **Support**

                                                                                                  

  8              Near                                                                CD           CD

  16             Far                                                                 CD           CD

  6              Test stands                                                         CD           CD

  8              Spares                                                              CD           CD
  -------------- --------------------- -------------- ------------- ---------------- ------------ -------------

**[VME Crate Power Supplies]{.underline}**

[Quantity]{.underline}: 36 power supply assemblies

[Support Infrastructure]{.underline}:

[Type of CD Service]{.underline}: Support level depends on type of
supply

[Inventory Tracking]{.underline}: Tracked in the PREP inventory
database.

[Open Issues & Notes]{.underline}: There will be two models of power
supplies which are defined by their output voltages and current ratings.
These two models will have an identical electrical input and physical
packaging (housed in one relay rack mounted enclosure. Detailed
information on contact and fabricator will be updated fall of 2000.

[CD & MINOS Contacts]{.underline}: Hank Connor (CD), Craig Drennan
(ETT/PPD)

  -------------- --------------------- -------------- ------------- ---------------- ------------ -------------
  **Quantity**   **Area (System)**     **Designer**   **Contact**   **Fabricator**   **Tester**   **Support**

  8              Near                                                                             

  16             Far                                                                 CD           CD

  12             Spares                                                              CD           CD
  -------------- --------------------- -------------- ------------- ---------------- ------------ -------------

**[6U VME crates]{.underline}**

[Quantity]{.underline}: approx. 20 crates

[Support Infrastructure]{.underline}: CD will develop a check-in
verification procedure. This procedure would be generated by the
manufacturer and ESD.

[Type of CD Service]{.underline}: Limited Repair Support. Initial
inspection would be provided in house. Minimal electrical check-out will
be provided and most of the mechanical maintenance would be provided
during initial check-in. Any failure beyond basic diagnosis would be
returned to the vendor.

[Inventory Tracking]{.underline}: Tracked in the PREP inventory
database.

[Open Issues & Notes]{.underline}:

[CD & MINOS Contacts]{.underline}: Carl Schirtzinger (CD), Gary Drake
(MINOS/ANL)

  -------------- --------------------- -------------- ------------- ---------------- ------------ -------------
  **Quantity**   **Area (System)**     **Designer**   **Contact**   **Fabricator**   **Tester**   **Support**

                                                                                                  

  16             Near                                                                CD           CD

  4              Spares                                                              CD           CD
  -------------- --------------------- -------------- ------------- ---------------- ------------ -------------

**[Rack Monitor]{.underline}**

[Quantity]{.underline}: 42

[Support Infrastructure]{.underline}: CD will develop a check-in
verification procedure. This procedure will be generated by the
manufacturer, ESD and ETT/PPD.

[Type of CD Service]{.underline}: Limited Repair Support. Initial
inspection will be provided in house. Minimal electrical maintenance
will be provided and most of the mechanical maintenance is provided
during initial check-in. Any failure beyond basic diagnosis would be
returned to the vendor.

[Inventory Tracking]{.underline}: Tracked in the PREP inventory
database.

[CD & MINOS Contacts]{.underline}: Carl Schirtzinger (CD), Marvin
Marshak (MINOS/UMN)

  -------------- --------------------- -------------- ------------- ---------------- ------------ -------------
  **Quantity**   **Area (System)**     **Designer**   **Contact**   **Fabricator**   **Tester**   **Support**

  8              Near                                                                             

  16             Far                                                                 CD           CD

  12             Spares                                                              CD           CD
  -------------- --------------------- -------------- ------------- ---------------- ------------ -------------

Type 6: Custom hardware which will need PREP maintenance support

-   VARC modules from Harvard

-   VFM modules from Oxford

**[VARC modules for Far Detector]{.underline}**

[Quantity]{.underline}: 45 9U VME readout boards

[Support Infrastructure]{.underline}: Harvard will provide documentation
for how to build a simplified test stand. Harvard will also provide
copies of testing software developed at Harvard.

[Type of CD Service]{.underline}: Full Repair Support, but hard failures
will be returned to Harvard.

[Inventory Tracking]{.underline}: Tracked in the PREP inventory
database.

[Open Issues & Notes]{.underline}: CD will be provided a prototype with
the software soon.

[CD & MINOS Contacts]{.underline}: Tim Kasza (CD), J. Oliver (Harvard)

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ------------- ---------------- ------------ ------------- --------------
  **Quantity**   **Area (System)**   **Designer**   **Contact**   **Fabricator**   **Tester**   **Support**   **Software**

                                                                                                              

  40             Far                 Harvard        Harvard       Harvard          Harvard      CD/Harv       Harvard

  5              Spares              Harvard        Harvard       Harvard          Harvard      CD/Harv       Harvard
  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ------------- ---------------- ------------ ------------- --------------

**[VFM Far Detector Front End Board]{.underline}**

[Quantity]{.underline}: 550 stand-alone boards

[Support Infrastructure]{.underline}: Oxford will provide documentation,
test stand with a test jig and spare parts (custom IC's and connectors).
No software diagnostic is required. Oxford will train and be available
for consultation as needed.

[Type of CD Service]{.underline}: Full Repair Support, but hard failures
will be returned to Oxford.

[Inventory Tracking]{.underline}: Tracked in the PREP inventory
database.

[CD & MINOS Contacts:]{.underline} Owen Payne (CD), A. Weber (Oxford)

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ------------- ---------------- ------------ ------------- --------------
  **Quantity**   **Area (System)**   **Designer**   **Contact**   **Fabricator**   **Tester**   **Support**   **Software**

                                                                                                              

  490            Far                 Oxford         Oxford        Oxford           Oxford       CD            Oxford

  60             Spares              Oxford         Oxford        Oxford           Oxford       CD            Oxford
  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ------------- ---------------- ------------ ------------- --------------

# APPENDIX III - DAQ SYSTEM DESCRIPTION and REQUEST

The UK, specifically the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, has
responsibility for designing and providing the data acquisition and
triggering system (DAQ) for both MINOS detectors (Near and Far). While
the front end electronics for the Near and Far detectors are
substantially different, the DAQ system has been designed to be
essentially the same for both. This affords greater simplicity to the
system as a whole and greatly reduces overheads in developing,
maintaining and running the data acquisition. The design is modular,
uses off-the-shelf commercial hardware and has a strong software
component, giving the system a high degree of flexibility, which copes
comfortably with the MINOS requirements.

The MINOS detectors use a simple and continuously active readout
architecture. The amplitude and times of all photo-multiplier signals
are digitized by the front end electronics and buffered for readout by
the DAQ system. Up to 16 crates of readout are envisaged in the baseline
design for both detectors though fewer than this are likely to be needed
at the Near Detector. The crates have a VME backplane and each contains
an on-board processor (the Readout Processor, ROP) that is responsible
for the readout, control and monitoring of the front end electronics and
for completing time stamping using a GPS synchronised clock. Data are
taken from the Front End Readout Boards (ROBs) in synchronised time
blocks of fixed but programmable length and buffered for transfer over a
fast PVIC network (a high speed, PCI-to-PCI transparent interface) to a
farm of Linux PCs (the Trigger Farm). Here the software event selection
(triggering) is performed along with some data processing. The use of
software rather than hardware for triggering provides valuable
flexibility in the selection of events and avoids the complexities and
expense of hardwired trigger logic. Events satisfying the MINOS trigger
criteria along with data from monitoring and calibration analyses are
transmitted over a network to the DAQ computer for further processing
and analysis before being archived and distributed to online consumers.
The VxWorks operating system is used in the VME processors where true
real time performance is required and Linux is used on the DAQ PC\'s
(including the farm). The low level DAQ software will be written in
C/C++ and C++/ROOT will be used in the high level software.

The conceptual design of the DAQ, Triggering, Clock and Timing systems
was fully documented for the Dec \'99 design review and is available on
the MINOS web site. This should be referenced for further details.

The data will be written directly to mass storage in the FCC from both
sites (for which support will be required) with local storage devices
provided as a backup solution (probably DLT). The DAQ system is designed
to cope with a maximum raw data rate of 5MB/s at the Far Detector and
2.5MB/s at the Near Detector; the major contribution to these raw data
rates comes from radioactivity and single photo-electron PMT noise. The
triggered event rate is dominated by the Near Detector where the average
rate for the high energy beam will be \<0.5MB/s; data compression is
expected to reduce this considerably. The Far Detector event rate is
very small ( \<2.5 KB/s). Further discussion of the size and processing
of the data sample may be found in Appendix IV.

Some major milestones are given below. The MINOS schedule is unusual in
that it covers two essentially independent detectors at two different
sites and requires some systems to be operational a full 2.5 years
before the neutrino beam to allow sufficient time for the installation
and commissioning of the two large detectors.

[ONLINE MONITORING]{.underline}

The purpose of the online monitoring system is to provide a means of
assessing the quality of the data in the MINOS detectors, to provide
summaries of detector performance and to raise alarms if the data
quality falls below an acceptable level. A basic system is expected to
be in place at the beginning of far detector installation in March 2001.

The system will perform elementary reconstruction of data using
algorithms provided by the offline software framework. ROOT will be used
to provide the graphical display of monitored quantities and the
monitoring data should be accessible both onsite and at remote
institutions.

The processing requirements of the online monitoring system are somewhat
difficult to estimate at this time. However, much of the monitoring
information (for example, hit maps) will be compiled from off-spill
cosmic muons, thus avoiding the high instantaneous rates and event
separation/reconstruction issues that place high processing demands on
on-spill data. One PC at each site should be sufficient to meet the
online monitoring processing needs. These PCs will be provided by the UK
group as part of the DAQ hardware.

We will require support from Fermilab Computing Division for the use of
ROOT (a similar request is made in the \"Software and Personnel
Resources\" section of Appendix V).

[MILESTONES]{.underline}

Oct 2000 Far Detector Vertical Slice tests begin at RAL

Mar 2000 Begin installation of basic DAQ at the Far Detector

Apr 2000 Commission with first Far Detector plane(s)

Jul 2000 Cosmic ray read out from 10 planes of detector

May 2002 Far Detector SM1 complete and operational

May 2002 Near Detector Vertical Slice tests begin

Sep 2002 Near Detector installation and commissioning begins

May 2003 Far Detector SM2 complete

Sep 2003 Near Detector complete

######### DAQ Equipment Provided by UK(RAL)

######### 

######### VME Single Board Computers (6U) 

######### VxWorks runtime licences 

######### PVIC PCI to PCI bridge cards (6U) with optical and electrical connections (cables and terminators provided) 

######### Rack mounted or standalone PCs running Linux with built in PVICs for the trigger farm and readout control 

######### DAQ PC\'s running Linux 

######### Online Monitoring PC\'s running Linux 

######### KVM switches 

######### 

######### DAQ Related Request 

######### 

######### The PC\'s and PC related equipment required for the DAQ system will be sourced in the U.S.A. for reasons of price and support, as will PCs for other components of the MINOS detector system. We request: 

######### 

######### Feedback and advice from Linux PC evaluations performed by Fermilab CD; 

######### Advice on sourcing PC equipment and assistance with ordering through Fermilab; 

######### Maintenance support for PC\'s, disks, tape drives, KVM switches; 

######### Disk array at each site for local, short term data storage (RAID or equivalent); capacity to be specified. 

######### Two DLT (or equivalent if agreed) tape drives at each site (four total) as a backup solution for the network links to the FCC mass storage. 

######### Two laptop computers for roving diagnostics, one at each detector site; 

######### A VME bus analyser for each site; 

######### A PCI bus analyser for each site; 

######### 

######### Software consultancy and support for a C++/ROOT system is requested by the offline group; this will be sufficient for the DAQ and Monitoring.

######### 

#########  

######### APPENDIX IV -- DATABASE RELATED REQUEST 

######## 

The current plans are to use the ORACLE database for storing the
calibration information. We will require the following resources from
Fermilab

1.  Four computers for use as database servers at the Soudan mine and
    Fermilab. There will be one server per site with the third and
    fourth used as hot spares. They will be either Intel machines
    running Linux or Sun machines running Solaris, we have not made this
    choice yet. The amount of disk required is not precisely known but
    is expected to be small. We expect to use RAID disk for increased
    reliability. Some type of backup procedures will be required.

2.  Use of 25 of the concurrent user licenses available at Fermilab.

3.  100 hours/year of database consulting help from the Fermilab
    Computing Division.

4.  100 hours/year of FIX and FIX database consulting help from the
    Fermilab Computing Division

######### APPENDIX V -- NETWORKING RELATED REQUEST 

Some amount of help will be requested on design and implementation of
Networking to and for the Far and Near Detector Halls. We will require
the following resources or support from Fermilab.

1.  Design and implementation of LAN at Soudan and Near detector sites

2.  Data network connection to FCC mass storage from Soudan and Near
    detector sites

3.  Network management for specifying, installing and running the
    networks at Soudan and Near detector hall.

4.  Design/define and implementation of site security and security
    advice to subsystems.

[APPENDIX VI - COMPUTING OFF-LINE ANALYSIS MODEL]{.underline}

**INTRODUCTION**

This appendix deals with the offline computing needs for the MINOS
experiment. The offline needs can be broken into the following areas:

-   Experimental Data

-   Data Handling and Storage

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-   Data Copying

-   Offline Data Processing

-   Offline Analysis

-   Monte Carlo Generation

-   Software and personnel resources

This document will address the resources required in each of the
preceding areas. These resources include number of tapes, amount of CPU,
disk space and number of people.

EXPERIMENTAL DATA

In Tables I and II we list the data volumes per year that we expect to
record to tape for MINOS from the far and near detectors respectively
assuming a high energy beam. The number of neutrino interactions from
the far detector is small, on the order of 22,000 per year. The rate
from the far detector is dominated by 1Hz of cosmic ray μ interactions.
The neutrino interaction rate from the near detector will be somewhat
larger, namely 105 Hz for the high energy beam. Of this 105 Hz, a small
fraction, \< 1 Hz , is in the central 25cm of the target region and will
be used for neutrino oscillation studies. A somewhat larger region will
be used for studies of conventional neutrino physics (about 4 Hz). There
will also be 11 Hz of events where a neutrino interacts upstream in the
rock and produces a μ in the detector. The near detector DAQ system is
capable of recording the full 250 Hz of cosmic rays μ seen by the near
detector but it is expected that we will record only a fraction of these
for full reconstruction and this is reflected in the numbers in Table
II. The far detector assumes 3×10^7^ seconds in one year (cosmic rays
are always there) and the near detector assumes an effective year of
2×10^7^ seconds. For simplicity, 1Kbyte ≡ 1000 bytes. The data is
expected to expand by about a factor of 5 after processing.

Data handling and storage

The total raw + processed data volume per year from both near and far
detectors is about 12.6 Terabytes. Assuming a tape capacity of 20 Gbytes
(current STK technology) we would require a minimum of about 630
tapes/year to archive the complete data from both detectors (see note
below about writing partially full tapes). This is about 10% of the
current STK library per year. The physics data, both neutrino
oscillation and conventional, will be stored permanently on disk (about
180 Gbytes/year). We would require about 2 Tbytes of additional disk
space which would be used as a staging pool for the data that is stored
in the robot -- mostly the near detector data. This is about 20% of the
total processed data volume. By the time MINOS begins data taking it may
be feasible, although not necessarily desireable, to store all the data
on disk.

+---------+-------------+-------------+--------+---------+---------+
| Sample  | Rate/second | Events/year | Event  | Data    | Pr      |
|         |             |             |        |         | ocessed |
|         | (Hz)        |             | Size   | Volume  | Data    |
|         |             |             | (K     |         |         |
|         |             |             | bytes) | /year   | Volume  |
|         |             |             |        | (GB)    |         |
|         |             |             |        |         | /year   |
|         |             |             |        |         | (GB)    |
+---------+-------------+-------------+--------+---------+---------+
| ν       | 0.0022      | 22000       | 2.4    | 0.05    | 0.25    |
| events  |             |             |        |         |         |
+---------+-------------+-------------+--------+---------+---------+
| Cosmic  | 1           | 3×10^7^     | 2.4    | 72      | 360     |
|         |             |             |        |         |         |
| ray μ   |             |             |        |         |         |
+---------+-------------+-------------+--------+---------+---------+
| Total   | 1           | 3×10^7^     |        | 72      | 360     |
+---------+-------------+-------------+--------+---------+---------+

Table I Event rates for the far detector

+------------+-------------+------------+--------+---------+---------+
| Sample     | Rate/second | E          | Event  | Data    | Pr      |
|            |             | vents/year |        |         | ocessed |
|            | (Hz)        |            | Size   | Volume  |         |
|            |             | (10^7^)    | (K     |         | Data    |
|            |             |            | bytes) | /year   |         |
|            |             |            |        | (GB)    | Volume  |
|            |             |            |        |         |         |
|            |             |            |        |         | /year   |
|            |             |            |        |         | (TB)    |
+------------+-------------+------------+--------+---------+---------+
| ν events   | 105         | 210        | 0.8    | 1680    | 8.4     |
+------------+-------------+------------+--------+---------+---------+
| μ events   | 11          | 22         | 0.8    | 176     | 0.88    |
+------------+-------------+------------+--------+---------+---------+
| Cosmic     | 11          | 22         | 0.8    | 176     | 0.88    |
|            |             |            |        |         |         |
| ray μ      |             |            |        |         |         |
+------------+-------------+------------+--------+---------+---------+
| Total      | 127         | 254        |        | 2032    | 10.16   |
+------------+-------------+------------+--------+---------+---------+
| O          | 0.26        | 0.54       | 0.8    | 4       | 0.02    |
| scillation |             |            |        |         |         |
| ν          |             |            |        |         |         |
+------------+-------------+------------+--------+---------+---------+
| Co         | 4           | 4          | 0.8    | 32      | 0.16    |
| nventional |             |            |        |         |         |
| ν          |             |            |        |         |         |
+------------+-------------+------------+--------+---------+---------+

Table II Event rates for the near detector

The default mode of operation will be to record data on disk locally at
the far detector and transfer it over the network to Fermilab/FCC
(Feynman Computing Center) for archiving to tape. There will need to be
a machine in FCC to receive the data and transfer it to the robot. This
machine will require a local disk cache as a rate adapting buffer
because the speed of data transfer it too low to transfer it directly to
tape. The low rates mean that it will take a very long time to
accumulate enough data to fill a tape, therefore we will most likely not
write full tapes. We will probably also desire to make several copies of
the raw data. We expect to make use of existing Fermilab tools (Enstore)
to do the tape archiving. As a backup against network failures there
will also be the capability to write data tapes at the far detector.
Depending on the length of the downtime the data may just be transferred
over the network once it is available again, or tapes may be shipped to
Fermilab to be read and archived - note that the tape drives at the
detectors will most likely not be the same as those in the robot. The
choice of tape drives has not yet been made. It may be possible to use
the same type of drives as chosen for Run II. The near detector data
will be logged to disk locally at the experimental hall and then
transferred to FCC to be archived to tape. Local tape drives will also
exist as a backup in case of extended unavailability of the network
connection or the robot. The same machine will be used to do the
archiving in FCC as for the far detector. The rates are 100 Kbyte/sec
and 2.4 Kbyte/sec for the near and far detectors respectively.

DATA COPYING

The data copying needs are not yet known. The samples for oscillation
studies are small and can probably be transferred over the network.
Collaborators at overseas institutions such as the UK and Russia may
want a complete copy of all the processed data. In the worst case, if we
assume that we need to make 5 copies of the complete processed sample
then this will be 52.6 TB per year which is about 880 tapes assuming an
export media such as Exabyte Mammoth and 60 Gbyte cartridges. This is a
fairly modest amount (about 10 weeks) which should be able to be
satisfied by a central tape copy facility.

OFFLINE DATA PROCESSING

The offline processing for both the near and far detectors will be done
at Fermilab. A summary of the processing needs is given in Table III.
These numbers are based on the existing MINOS code which is in Fortran.
The code is currently being re-written using Object Oriented techniques
and C++. This may cause some slow down of the code. We have multiplied
the Fortran numbers by a factor of 3 to allow for these unknown effects.
For the purposes of this document the processing time per event will be
given in SpecInt seconds per event (SpecInt sec/event) and the CPU
requirements will be given in SpecInt. We are using the SpecInt95
measurements that are available at
[http://www.spec.org](http://www.spec.org/). To calculate the number of
CPUs we have used an Intel motherboard SE440BX2 550 MHz Pentium III
rated at 22 SpecInt95. In the early stages it will be necessary to
reprocess the data as the algorithms are being refined at the same time
as new data is being processed. Two complete processing passes through
the data are assumed.

+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Sample      | SpecInt     | Events/year | SpecInt     | Number of   |
|             | sec/event   |             | /year       | CPUs/year   |
|             |             | (10^7^)     |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Near        | 21          | 254         | 3600        | 163         |
| detector    |             |             |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Far         | 54          | 3           | 36          | 2           |
| detector    |             |             |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Total       | 75          | 257         | 3636        | 165         |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+

Table III Processing needs for near and far detectors

OFFLINE ANALYSIS

We plan to perform physics analysis of the data at Fermilab as well as
at other MINOS collaborating institutions.

We expect Fermilab to provide a central machine(s) in FCC with access to
a central mass storage system for data that does not fit on permanently
on disk. This machine(s) will act as a data server with the data being
available via some sort of distributed filesystem so that it is
accessible to the collaborators offsite and to desktops at Fermilab.
This machine(s) will also act as a central location for the MINOS
software. We expect that people will make extensive use of desktop
computing given the modest size of most of the data samples and the
continued growth of disk capacity.

MONTE CARLO GENERATION AND STORAGE

There are two types of Monte Carlo required for MINOS, simulation of
neutrino interactions in the detector for oscillation
measurements/conventional neutrino physics and simulation of the
neutrino beam to understand features of the beam such as beam profiles,
flux etc. In both cases the requirements are not precisely known so the
numbers here are based on present knowledge. We assume here that we will
generate the samples at Fermilab but the possibility may also exist to
generate them at collaborating institutions and ship them to Fermilab
for storage.

######## Physics Monte Carlo

For studies of oscillations we expect to need about 10 times more Monte
Carlo events than data for the far detector, this is a negligible amount
(220,000 events/year). For the near detector we require that the
statistical accuracy should be negligible compared to the statistical
accuracy of the far detector data. Hence a sample equal to the near
detector data sample will be sufficient (the relevant rate is 0.26 Hz in
the central 25 cm radius of the target region). For studies of
conventional neutrino physics the Monte Carlo sample needs to be about
twice the data sample size as the measurements will be dominated by
systematic uncertainties. The current execution time for the simulation
is 103 SpecInt sec/event. If we include the reconstruction then it
becomes 110 SpecInt sec/event to simulate and reconstruct a physics
event. The needs per year are summarized in Table IV. To calculate the
number of CPUs we have used an Intel motherboard SE440BX2 550 MHz
Pentium III rated at 22 SpecInt95.

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Events/year                       | 8.8 ×10^7^                        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| SpecInt/year                      | 364                               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Number CPUs/                      | 17                                |
|                                   |                                   |
| year                              |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Event size                        | 57 Kbytes                         |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Data stored/year                  | 5 TB                              |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

Table IV Physics Monte Carlo needs per year

This data will also need to be stored in the central mass storage system
at Fermilab and be accessible on the MINOS central analysis machine. The
samples for the oscillations studies will be kept permanently on disk
(about 500 Gbytes/year).

######## Beam Monte Carlo

Currently a single run takes about two CPU weeks on an SGI O200 180 MHz
CPU rated at 8 SpecInt95 to obtain sufficient statistics. The data
volume produced per run is about 240 Mbytes. It is expected that a
factor of 10 times longer runs will be needed for the physics analysis
and that a few hundred of these runs will be required. To calculate the
number of CPUs we have used an Intel motherboard SE440BX2 550 MHz
Pentium III rated at 22 SpecInt95. The needs are summarized in Table V.

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| SpecInt sec/run                   | 9.7×10^7^                         |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Runs/year                         | 200                               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| SpecInt/year                      | 645                               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Number                            | 30                                |
|                                   |                                   |
| CPUs/year                         |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Storage/year                      | 480 Gbytes                        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

Table V Beam Monte Carlo needs per year

About 17 CPUs per year would be required to simulate the approximately
10^8^ events that these 200 runs would produce using the detector
simulation. The overall data volumes and processing needs for MINOS for
5 years of data taking are summarized in Table VI.

+---------------------------------+-------+---+----+-----+---+----------+
| Full Data Sample                | E     | R |    | Pro |   | Pr       |
|                                 | vents | a |    | ces |   | ocessing |
|                                 |       | w |    | sed |   |          |
|                                 |       | D |    |     |   |          |
|                                 |       | a |    | D   |   |          |
|                                 |       | t |    | ata |   |          |
|                                 |       | a |    |     |   |          |
+---------------------------------+-------+---+----+-----+---+----------+
| Near detector                   | 63.5× | 5 |    | 2   |   | 3000     |
|                                 | 10^8^ | . |    | 7.5 |   | SpecInt  |
|                                 |       | 5 |    | TB  |   |          |
|                                 |       | T |    |     |   |          |
|                                 |       | B |    |     |   |          |
+---------------------------------+-------+---+----+-----+---+----------+
| Far detector                    | 1.5×  | 0 |    | 1.8 |   | 180      |
|                                 | 10^8^ | . |    | TB  |   | SpecInt  |
|                                 |       | 3 |    |     |   |          |
|                                 |       | 6 |    |     |   |          |
|                                 |       | T |    |     |   |          |
|                                 |       | B |    |     |   |          |
+---------------------------------+-------+---+----+-----+---+----------+
| Full Monte Carlo samples        | E     |   | P  |     | P |          |
|                                 | vents |   | ro |     | r |          |
|                                 |       |   | ce |     | o |          |
|                                 |       |   | ss |     | c |          |
|                                 |       |   | ed |     | e |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | s |          |
|                                 |       |   | Da |     | s |          |
|                                 |       |   | ta |     | i |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | n |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | g |          |
+---------------------------------+-------+---+----+-----+---+----------+
| Physics Monte Carlo             | 4.4×  |   | 25 |     | 1 |          |
|                                 | 10^8^ |   | TB |     | 6 |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | 1 |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | 5 |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | S |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | p |          |
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|                                 |       |   |    |     | n |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | t |          |
+---------------------------------+-------+---+----+-----+---+----------+
| Beam Monte Carlo                | 1000  |   | 2  |     | 3 |          |
|                                 | runs  |   | .4 |     | 2 |          |
|                                 |       |   | TB |     | 2 |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | 5 |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | S |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | p |          |
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|                                 |       |   |    |     | n |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | t |          |
+---------------------------------+-------+---+----+-----+---+----------+
| ν Oscillation samples           | E     |   | P  |     | P |          |
|                                 | vents |   | ro |     | r |          |
|                                 |       |   | ce |     | o |          |
|                                 |       |   | ss |     | c |          |
|                                 |       |   | ed |     | e |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | s |          |
|                                 |       |   | Da |     | s |          |
|                                 |       |   | ta |     | i |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | n |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | g |          |
+---------------------------------+-------+---+----+-----+---+----------+
| Near detector data              | 13×   |   | 15 |     | 3 |          |
|                                 | 10^6^ |   | GB |     | 1 |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | S |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | p |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | e |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | c |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | I |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | n |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | t |          |
+---------------------------------+-------+---+----+-----+---+----------+
| Far detector data               | 11    |   | 0. |     | n |          |
|                                 | 0,000 |   | 25 |     | e |          |
|                                 |       |   | GB |     | g |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | l |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | i |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | g |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | i |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | b |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | l |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | e |          |
+---------------------------------+-------+---+----+-----+---+----------+
| Monte Carlo                     | 40×   |   | 2  |     | 1 |          |
|                                 | 10^6^ |   | .3 |     | 1 |          |
|                                 |       |   | TB |     | 0 |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | S |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | p |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | e |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | c |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | I |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | n |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | t |          |
+---------------------------------+-------+---+----+-----+---+----------+
| Conventional ν samples          |       |   |    |     |   |          |
+---------------------------------+-------+---+----+-----+---+----------+
| Near detector data              | 2×    |   | 8  |     | 9 |          |
|                                 | 10^8^ |   | 00 |     | 4 |          |
|                                 |       |   | GB |     | S |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | p |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | e |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | c |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | I |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | n |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | t |          |
+---------------------------------+-------+---+----+-----+---+----------+
| Monte Carlo                     | 4×    |   | 23 |     | 1 |          |
|                                 | 10^8^ |   | TB |     | 4 |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | 6 |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | 5 |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | S |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | p |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | e |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | c |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | I |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | n |          |
|                                 |       |   |    |     | t |          |
+---------------------------------+-------+---+----+-----+---+----------+

Table VI Summary of data volumes and processing needs for 5 years of
data taking

SOFTWARE and PERSONNEL RESOURCES

The MINOS experiment has a working Fortran simulation and reconstruction
package that is currently being used for detector optimization and
physics studies. The decision was made in summer 1999 to replace this
system with a new Object Oriented system based on C++. It was felt that,
although there is a working Fortran system, the tools it is based on
such as ZEBRA and ADAMO would not be supported over the life of the
experiment and it would therefore be sensible to make the transition to
an OO system.

The software group in MINOS is in the process of specifying what this
new system will look like. This means it is hard to make definitive and
complete requests for personnel and support. However, we can say some
things about this area.

1.  The current proposal is to use ROOT as the batch/interactive
    framework. This is a somewhat more widespread use than intended by
    the Run II experiments. We will need support from the Fermilab ROOT
    team to cover this mode of using ROOT.

2.  During the requirements phase we would greatly benefit from the
    expertise of the C++ experts (Jim Kowalkowski and Marc Paterno) in
    giving us advice. We have already had some informal meetings with
    them and would like to continue these as their schedule permits.

3.  Once we have a clearer picture of what the pieces of the system
    should look like we will be able to produce a schedule with
    milestones. This will allow us to specify projects where we would
    like design/programming help from Computing Division (CD) personnel.
    It may be appropriate to hire consultants for some tasks.

4.  We have not yet decided on a configuration management system.
    However, SRT (SoftRelTools) is a strong contender. Should we choose
    this we would expect support from CD including responding to bug
    fixes and requests for additional features.

5.  Help on database issues has already been covered in a previous
    section of this Appendix.

6.  We will want to make use of products such as leak checkers (PURIFY)
    and CASE tools in which case we will require licenses for MINOS on
    various platforms.MINOS currently has NO plans to use the KAI
    complier. The intention is to use egcs and native vendor compilers
    where appropriate. We would therefore require versions of products
    such as ROOT which were built with these compilers.

7.  We will require help from the ISD department in CD to set up the
    data archiving system as we will be using the tools that they have
    developed.

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