Serving Photon Science and HEP at the same facility

DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) has been a center of German high energy physics (HEP) research since 1959 with on-site experiments and theoretical research. Since the turn of the century, the research scope has evolved beyond HEP. With the PETRA-III or FLASH facilities on site and the collaboration within the European XFEL, DESY has become a major photon science laboratory as well. To be able to serve the computing and data taking needs for these various user groups and scientific backgrounds, DESY IT has developed and deployed data acquisition, storage and computing solutions.