# Presentation: 891658

## Evolving the CRL

- Evolution path for Fermilab’s Electronic Logbook

- S.Gysin, J.Nogiec, A.Petrov

- 8-21-2006

## What we know...	

- Electronic logbooks are here to stay
- Paper logs are no longer desirable.
- We know what we need and how to do it.
- We get many requests for logbooks.
- CRL has been recommended by ILC TA Logbook Evaluation task force on the merits of:
- Architecture and ability to evolve
- Features
- Maturity
- Ambiguous support leaves users puzzled and wastes resources
- Three in house choices (AD, TD, CD), without clear recommendation
- Each logbook needs to be supported (each 0.1 - 0.3 FTE)
- Each project has to do its own evaluation (6 people 2 months)
- Some come to the conclusion to ‘write their own’ (~ 1 FTE+)
- HEPBook is no longer an evolution path for the CRL
- Leaves us without a plan.

- S.Gysin, J.Nogiec, A.Petrov

- 8-21-2006

## Current CRL users:

- D0: 537,000 Entries
- Minos: 54,000
- MIPP:28,000
- MiniBooNE:22,000
- CMS HCAL:?
- CMS Pixel:1,200
- Dark Energy Survey:122
- ILCTA:2000
- MuCool: 2

- S.Gysin, J.Nogiec, A.Petrov

- 8-21-2006

## Recent (documented) Requests:

- 9/14/06   GLAST/SLAC for evaluation, Tony Johnson see  _[https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/ISOC/Fermilab+Control+Room+log+book](https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/ISOC/Fermilab+Control+Room+log+book)_
- 9/10/06   Minerva for evaluation, David Boehnlein dave_b@fnal.gov
- 9/7/06     MuCool (Gary Ganster)
- 8/16/06   Auger Surface Detector (SD) _[lebrun@fnal.gov](mailto:lebrun@fnal.gov)_
- 8/10/06   ILCTA _[votava@fnal.gov](mailto:votava@fnal.gov)_
- 7/20/06   OPERA _[marcos.dracos@cern.ch](mailto:marcos.dracos@cern.ch)_
- 7/12/06   Tata Institute of Fundamental Research jeeva@mailhost.tifr.res.in
- 5/5/06     Dark Energy Survey buckley@fnal.gov
- 4/18/06   SuperK, jlraaf@fnal.gov
- 1/31/06   FNAL, Adam Para, para@fnal.gov
- 11/21/05 CMS CERN, ichiro@fnal.gov
- 11/5/05   MuCool Test Area ,Illinois Institute of Technology, torun@iit.edu

- S.Gysin, J.Nogiec, A.Petrov

- 8-21-2006

## Goal

- Evolve and renovate the CRL to fill the need for an electronic logbook at Fermilab and for its collaborators.
- Provide:
- New Features, the logbook should provide new features as new requirements and new technology arises (such as security)
- Support, qualified users should be able to request a logbook and have it available within a few hours.
- Service, the logbook should be available as a service. CD provides web server and database.
- Open source, the logbook should become open source so that collaborations spanning countries can adapt it and contribute.

- S.Gysin, J.Nogiec, A.Petrov

- 8-21-2006

## Stakeholders in 2 - 5 years from now:

- LHC
- LPC
- LHC@FNAL: does not have it’s own logbook. Uses CMS and LHC Accelerator logbook
- CMS: is driven by CERN’s electronic logbook choice. Currently not the CRL
- ILC
- Uses CRL for test area
- Astrophysics
- Uses CRL for Dark Energy
- Neutrino Experiments
- CRL is used for Minos and MiniBooNE

- S.Gysin, J.Nogiec, A.Petrov

- 8-21-2006

## Tasks:

- Immediate Development on the CRL:
- ILC Test Area installation (completed)
- Security based on passwords, SSL certificates, and Kerberos. (in progress)
- Evolution Development:
- Renovated Data Format: a universal machine-readableformat that allows automated processing of data: data mining, and conversion to multiple presentation forms.
- Searching: Indexing of entry text for word searching (Lucene). Searching attachments.
- Full Annotations: Allow images and attachments in annotations.
- Deployment: Quicker and Easier deployment/configuration management.
- User Interface: Refine the user interface to make it easier to configure on an individual and installation basis

- S.Gysin, J.Nogiec, A.Petrov

- 8-21-2006

## Migrating Existing Logbooks

- Migrating a logbook should be evaluated on an individual basis.
- CRL: There are many installations of the CRL. D0 and Minos will want to migrate, others will not.
- TD: A migration strategy from the TD logbook to the CRL should be part of this plan.
- AD: It is unlikely that the MCR will migrate to the new logbook. New projects in the AD will be encouraged to choose the new logbook. If the CRL is mature and available, it may be attractive for AD after RUN II.

- S.Gysin, J.Nogiec, A.Petrov

- 8-21-2006

## Resources

- Important to include Computer Pros from all three divisions.
- Immediate feature development (security, minor requests from ILC, and maintenance of current CRL 2006):
- AD: 0.3 FTE (A.Petrov)
- CD: 0.3 FTE (S.Gysin)
- TD: 0.1 FTE (J.Nogiec)
- Evolution 1.5 - 2 years):
- AD: 0.5 FTE (A.Petrov)
- CD: 0.5 FTE (S.Gysin)
- TD: 0.5 FTE (J.Nogiec)

- S.Gysin, J.Nogiec, A.Petrov

- 8-21-2006

## Next Steps

- Start on immediate development tasks:
- Implement security and upgrade the existing installations
- Receive a charge and commitment of resources from ??

- S.Gysin, J.Nogiec, A.Petrov

- 8-21-2006

## Summary

- Fermilab needs an electronic logbook
- CRL has been chosen by ILC TA Logbook Evaluation Task Force from 8 candidates
- HEPBook is no longer an evolution path for the logbook
- Ambiguous support leaves users puzzled and wastes resources
- Proposal: Evolve/renovate the CRL for FNAL and its collaborators
- Inter-division team: 0.5 FTE from each AD, CD, TD for 2 years.

- S.Gysin, J.Nogiec, A.Petrov

- 8-21-2006