ESRF 3rd generation beamline control 2000 - 2005

• VME + Linux + old hardware

• PCI or compact PCI + Linux or Windows + new hardware

• Gigabit ethernet point-to-point for high bandwidth beamlines

• Python + SPEC + TACO or TANGO device servers

• Central file server (10 Tbytes) + compute server (40 nodes)

• Data reduction in real time

• Observations

• • PCI, Linux + CCD’s everywhere
  • Quest for zero dead time
  • Database + web interfaces
  • Automation new buzzword