This paper describes the behavior of a containerized linux Dockers system and the advantages arising from it's use. It shows how using this approach is possible to run in the Windows environment the package OSA for the analysis of the INTEGRAL satellite data (Off-line Scientific Analysis) normally used in Linux / MacOS environments.
In this paper we will show the hardware and software implementation of the gforcr computing cluster operating in the LCD laboratory at the IAPS / INAF headquarters in Rome. The computing system is used to perform Monte Carlo simulations using the GEANT4 toolkit in multithread mode. The simulations are designed to evaluate and reduce the background of the microcalorimeter on board the ATHENA mission whose launch is expected in 2018.
The astrophysics community prefers to use the FITS format for storage of data of interest. This article compares this classic approach and one related to the use of non-relational databases highlighting their many similarities. Among the main advantages of using non-relational database stands out the possibility of moving and replicate automatically your data minimizing the risks related to their loss or corruption. Once you realize that a header FITS is nothing more than a sequence of key-value pairs, the jump to the NoSQL world becomes almost natural.
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