The ngdp framework for data acquisition systems

The ngdp framework is intended to provide a base for the data acquisition (DAQ) system software. The ngdps design key features are: high modularity and scalability; usage of the kernel context (particularly kernel threads) of the operating systems (OS), which allows to avoid preemptive scheduling and unnecessary memory--to--memory copying between contexts; elimination of intermediate data storages on the media slower than the operating memory like hard disks, etc. The ngdp, having the above properties, is suitable to organize and manage data transportation and processing for needs of essentially distributed DAQ systems. The investigation has been performed at the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, JINR.