Preface

NOTE: As I am leaving PIC and therefore my CTA journey... This guide won't be maintained any longer !!!! If someone wants to keep it up, reach me! Keep in mind the info here may be outdated now. Good luck CTA peers! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

This book is designed to help you get started with the Cern Tape Archive (CTA) system. It provides an overview of the general concepts and covers the installation process in detail. Additionally, the book includes answers to frequently asked questions as well as guidance to other procedures.

Please note that this book is not the official documentation and it is focused on CTA+dCache integration for now. That means that some EOS-related explanations and configuration parts will be omitted and others will be exclusively applicable for dCache users. So while some parts of the book may not be directly applicable for EOS users, the information provided on some concepts, installation, config and common troubleshooting procedures may (hopefully) still be useful for someone.

We welcome and encourage any feedback: feel free to submit any suggestions, missing pages or improvements to the book!

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