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BABAR Computing System Home Page
(last updated 21 September 2009)



The BABAR Computing System includes the following elements:
  • offline (CPU, network, storage);
  • software environment in which the computing work is done (including code development/management, user concerns, distributed computing issues, etc.); and the
  •  collaboration code itself (on-line, reconstruction, simulation, etc.).

This page is an entry point for more information about this system.

To go to the OLD Computing Home Page click here.

Fast links:


  • News items:

  • 5 Jun 2008 - The CX Agendas with notes on the status of production activities
  • Older items

  • Getting Help

  • Search the BaBar HyperNews forums.
  • Search the BaBar Web Site.
  • Check the Computing Information Resources page.
  • Check the Offline User's Workbook
  • Check the SRT User's Guide.
  • Check the Programming Page with useful information for programmers
  • The Computing Information Resources page gives pointers to info on BaBar computing, SCS, the Objectivity Database, problem checking and problem reporting.
  • Pointers to the Major Systems:

  • Online
  • DataFlow
  • Detector Control
  • OEP
  • Run Control
  • Calibration
  • Databases
  • Trigger & Electronics
  • Offline:
  • Offline User's Workbook (Read this first!)
  • Simulation software
  • Reconstruction software
  • Beta offline analysis toolkit (also the Beta Tools package)
  • Event Display
  • Code Releases
  • Programming Standards and Recommendations
  • Analysis Tools
  • Distributed
  • Prompt Reco
  • Kanga Tools and Data
  • Data Distribution
  • Common Software
  • Graphics software
  • Histogramming (HepTuple, Hbk, Dhp and Root)
  • Tools,Utilities and Computing Environment page
  • Plans, Designs, Organization, and Communication

  • Absence page, if people should know you are absent please add an entry
  • Policies, recommendations and other Administrative Items
  • Documentation, Communication, and Information task force HyperNews forum. Make useful suggestions on how to better organize the BaBar documentation and facilitate better communication of information.
  • Computing Reviews Page
  • Computing Organization
  • reasonably current organization chart
  • Computing Steering Committee page
  • Communications
  • CX Minutes
  • BaBar Discussion Forum index - A list of archived discussions, announcements, minutes, etc.
  • BFMAIL email lists (BFMAILInstructions)
  • Browse computing info stored in $BFROOT/www/Computing
  • Scan directories containing meeting notes, slides, etc.
  • User and Programmer Information

  • O'Reilly CD Bookshelf online docs available for Perl, Unix, Java, and Web Design
  • Linux at SLAC
  • Unix (or NT) account information (getting and configuring) for BABAR Collaborators
  • Laptop connection to SLAC Network - so your laptop can plug into a SLAC ethernet port (using DHCP or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). Note that this link is available from the SLAC network
  • Programming Page with useful information for programmers
  • BABAR Software Release information
  • SRT User's Guide version 1.1
  • SRT - Software Release Tools
  • General Information, including release log of the common offline software with versions and histories; package descriptions (and coordinators); and, other pointers
  • Archive of the hints & tips BFMAIL list ("SOFTWRHELP")
  • Browse the actual code directories for README files
  • Remedy - Submit a problem report on BABAR code (or check bug status)
  • Quality Control Home Page
  • Quality Assurance Home Page
  • C++ Standard [ps |pdf |html ].
  • Training page with course/tutorial slides and related information.
  • Description of the $BFROOT directory ($BFROOT/README)
  • Software standards, policies, recommendations and other Administrative Items
  • Wide-Area Network Monitoring & Statistics Page
  • SLAC anonymous ftp (ftp.slac.stanford.edu, directory pub/bfactory)
  • Hints for finding and writing BABAR Notes
  • Hints for dealing with troublesome PostScript
  • General Information about Computing

  • Usenet FAQ [Frequently Asked Questions] related to computing ( Unix, languages, graphics, databases, emacs, OOP, etc.
  • INDEX to Journals and Newsletters (by HEPNRC, the HEP Network Resource Center at FermiLab)
  • Gopher Info
  • CERN Unix Workstation Support
  • Vendor Pages
  • CUI's W3 searchable catalog
  • Belle Detector Home Page and their Computing page

  • This page is maintained by Homer Neal