Inside the Briefcase
Open source middleware protects and maintains CERN collider
June 14, 2012 No CommentsSOURCE: SearchSOA
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN pushes the smallest known atomic particles to velocities near the speed of light using super-cooled electromagnets kept at operating temperatures near zero degrees Kelvin.
How do you effectively monitor a high-speed hotbed such as the supercollider? Felix Ehm, a member of CERN’s beam control group, says it can be done with specially tuned open source middleware. He described his experiences with such software – the Apache Camel integration framework and the ActiveMQ messaging system – at the recent CamelOne conference in Boston.
