CERN and the grid: how to handle big data

Ever wondered how CERN handles the million gigabytes of data the Large Hadron Collider spits out every second?

Using the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG), CERN shares its data with more than 170 computing centers in 36 countries across the globe, thus breaking down the tasks of data storage and processing into manageable chunks. All is explained in this video, created by Sandbox Studio for Symmetry magazine... 

You can read more about this video and how the WLCG works on the Symmetry magazine website, here.

You can also find out more about the WLCG in our feature from last week's issue.

- Andrew Purcell