A general purpose data analysis monitoring system with case studies from the National Fusion Grid and the DIII-D MDSplus between pulse analysis system, Fusion Eng. and Design 71

As computing infrastructures become more complex, it is important to centralize information in order to efficiently monitor and maintain computing processes. A general monitoring system has been developed at the DIII–D National Fusion Facility that combines code run status, data analysis tracking, logfile access, complex error detection, and expert system capabilities. The monitoring system’s flexibility and ease of deployment have enabled it to be successfully applied to two significantly different computing environments. At DIII–D, the system is being used as the Data Analysis Monito