Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Infrastructure for the ASTRI SST-2M telescope prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

F. Gianotti; A. Tacchini; G. Leto; E. Martinetti; P. Bruno; G. Bellassai; V. Conforti; S. Gallozzi; M. Mastropietro; C. Tanci; G. Malaguti; M. Trifoglio

doi:10.1117/12.2230150

8 August 2016 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Infrastructure for the ASTRI SST-2M telescope prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

F. Gianotti, A. Tacchini, G. Leto, E. Martinetti, P. Bruno, G. Bellassai, V. Conforti, S. Gallozzi, M. Mastropietro, C. Tanci, G. Malaguti, M. Trifoglio

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Proceedings Volume 9913, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy IV; 99132C (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230150
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) represents the next generation of ground-based observatories for very high energy gamma-ray astronomy. The CTA will consist of two arrays at two different sites, one in the northern and one in the southern hemisphere. The current CTA design foresees, in the southern site, the installation of many tens of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes of three different classes, namely large, medium and small, so defined in relation to their mirror area; the northern hemisphere array would consist of few tens of the two larger telescope types. The Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) is developing the Cherenkov Small Size Telescope ASTRI SST- 2M end-to-end prototype telescope within the framework of the International Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project. The ASTRI prototype has been installed at the INAF observing station located in Serra La Nave on Mt. Etna, Italy. Furthermore a mini-array, composed of nine of ASTRI telescopes, has been proposed to be installed at the Southern CTA site. Among the several different infrastructures belonging the ASTRI project, the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) equipment is dedicated to operations of computing and data storage, as well as the control of the entire telescope, and it is designed to achieve the maximum efficiency for all performance requirements. Thus a complete and stand-alone computer centre has been designed and implemented. The goal is to obtain optimal ICT equipment, with an adequate level of redundancy, that might be scaled up for the ASTRI mini-array, taking into account the necessary control, monitor and alarm system requirements. In this contribution we present the ICT equipment currently installed at the Serra La Nave observing station where the ASTRI SST-2M prototype will be operated. The computer centre and the control room are described with particular emphasis on the Local Area Network scheme, the computing and data storage system, and the telescope control and monitoring.

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F. Gianotti, A. Tacchini, G. Leto, E. Martinetti, P. Bruno, G. Bellassai, V. Conforti, S. Gallozzi, M. Mastropietro, C. Tanci, G. Malaguti, and M. Trifoglio "Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Infrastructure for the ASTRI SST-2M telescope prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array", Proc. SPIE 9913, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy IV, 99132C (8 August 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230150

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