Major Documentation Update
Currently we are in the process of updating our documentation. The latest version v5 will see significant updates in the next few months. The old documentation can be found by selecting version v4.
Welcome to the CERN Tape Archive Documentation¶
The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) is the archival storage system for the custodial copy of all physics data at CERN. CTA is implemented as the tape back-end to EOS. EOS+CTA is the CERN archival solution for LHC Run–3 and beyond.
This website contains the public documentation of the CTA system. Complementary to the information on this website, there is also a list of presentations and publications available on the main CTA website.
Getting Started¶
The documentation is divided into three main parts:
- Overview: This section contains a general overview of the CTA system and shows how to get started with the system.
- Operations: This section contains instructions on how to build, manage and maintain a CTA deployment.
- Development: This section is relevant for developers of the CTA software.