NWS

Backup Telecommunications Gateway (BTG)

NWS

Backup Telecommunications Gateway (BTG)

Craig HegemannDirector, Telecommunications Operations Center

Office of the CIONOAA’s National Weather Service

OverviewOverview

• Problem Statement

• NWSTG SWOT Analysis

• Strategy

• Actions Required

• Problem Statement

• NWSTG SWOT Analysis

• Strategy

• Actions Required

Problem StatementProblem Statement

• The BTG cannot meet COOP or operational requirements in the event of an outage of the Telecommunications Gateway (TG). – The operational requirements levied upon the TG

are growing further widening the architectural gap between the TG and BTG.

– The architectural gap between the TG and BTG has been growing and must be closed to mitigate the risk of a prolonged system outage endangering life and property.

– Expenses to support the BTG are much higher than they need to be. Opportunities for cost savings/avoidance must be explored.

• The BTG cannot meet COOP or operational requirements in the event of an outage of the Telecommunications Gateway (TG). – The operational requirements levied upon the TG

are growing further widening the architectural gap between the TG and BTG.

– The architectural gap between the TG and BTG has been growing and must be closed to mitigate the risk of a prolonged system outage endangering life and property.

– Expenses to support the BTG are much higher than they need to be. Opportunities for cost savings/avoidance must be explored.

NWSTG SWOT AnalysisNWSTG SWOT Analysis

• Strengths: Performance Threshold Actual– System Availability 99.90% 99.93%– Warning Message Latency 10 sec .71 sec– Routine Message Latency 60 sec .71 sec– Daily Traffic Volume 1.2TB 2.5 TB

• Weaknesses: The system architecture at the Backup facility has not kept up with the primary TG or changing requirements

– Failover to the BTG could take from 1 to 4 hours– Not all functionality can be stood up at the BTG

• No Radar Level II dissemination• No support for customers using FTP and HTTP pull

– Current BTG architecture is inadequate to support 30 days of operation• Multiple single points of failure• There will be performance degradation operating at the BTG

• Opportunities: NWS has the opportunity to – Reduce the budget required to support the BTG – Improve communications with DoD partners– Strengthen relations with its DoD partners

• Threat: In the event the COOP plan must be executed, BTG cannot – Meet PMEF requirements– Functional requirements– Performance requirements

• Strengths: Performance Threshold Actual– System Availability 99.90% 99.93%– Warning Message Latency 10 sec .71 sec– Routine Message Latency 60 sec .71 sec– Daily Traffic Volume 1.2TB 2.5 TB

• Weaknesses: The system architecture at the Backup facility has not kept up with the primary TG or changing requirements

– Failover to the BTG could take from 1 to 4 hours– Not all functionality can be stood up at the BTG

• No Radar Level II dissemination• No support for customers using FTP and HTTP pull

– Current BTG architecture is inadequate to support 30 days of operation• Multiple single points of failure• There will be performance degradation operating at the BTG

• Opportunities: NWS has the opportunity to – Reduce the budget required to support the BTG – Improve communications with DoD partners– Strengthen relations with its DoD partners

• Threat: In the event the COOP plan must be executed, BTG cannot – Meet PMEF requirements– Functional requirements– Performance requirements

Estimate of NOAA DATA ARCHIVE VOLUME PROJECTIONS The Telecommunications Gateway will disseminate before archiving

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Ocean Related Data

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NASA EOS (MODIS)

Estimate of NOAA DATA ARCHIVE VOLUME PROJECTIONS The Telecommunications Gateway will disseminate before archiving

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10

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30

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50

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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

YEAR

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Model data

Misc.

IN-SITU (Weather & Climate)

NEXRAD

CORS

DMSP

Ocean Related Data

GOES

POES

METOP

NPOESS

NPP

NASA EOS (MODIS)

Consolidated Data Volume ProjectionsConsolidated Data Volume Projections

StrategyStrategy

• Establish BTG processing capability to AFWA to take advantage of the cost savings and partnering opportunities

• Utilize Mt. Weather as the Command & Control COOP facility

• Utilize the opportunity to establish a new architectural direction for the TG

• Establish BTG processing capability to AFWA to take advantage of the cost savings and partnering opportunities

• Utilize Mt. Weather as the Command & Control COOP facility

• Utilize the opportunity to establish a new architectural direction for the TG

Actions RequiredActions Required

• Finalize Memorandum of Agreegemtn with AFWA by Dec 09.• Re-architect the BTG to meet requirements. Capabilities include:

– Implement “warm backup”; i.e. Failover of TG primary mission essential functions to the BTG

– Develop new concept of operations– The ability to establish and sustain critical TG COOP functions for a minimum of 30

days including housing for TG personnel and the processing and dissemination of NWS mission essential data, products, and services

– Modifying the current COOP site to support the virtualization and operational control of the TG, 24/7 coverage, and housing for NWS programmers and support personnel

– Internet access to support dissemination requirements– Improved performance to meet Service Level Agreements– Increased data processing, telecommunications, and system administration support

• Establish processing capability at AFWA while maintaining the Mt. Weather facility for Command and Control functions.

– Business case analysis has shown the moving processing to AFWA will save $600k annually.

• Re-architect the TG to support an increase in requirements from the WMO. – The WMO Information System (WIS) is the pillar of the WMO strategy for managing

and moving weather, water and climate information in the 21st century. – For regional and global connectivity, Global Information System Centers (GISCs) will

collect and distribute the information meant for routine global dissemination, while serving as collection and distribution centers in their areas of responsibilities; they provide entry points, through unified portals and comprehensive metadata catalogues, for any request for data held within the WIS.

• Finalize Memorandum of Agreegemtn with AFWA by Dec 09.• Re-architect the BTG to meet requirements. Capabilities include:

– Implement “warm backup”; i.e. Failover of TG primary mission essential functions to the BTG

– Develop new concept of operations– The ability to establish and sustain critical TG COOP functions for a minimum of 30

days including housing for TG personnel and the processing and dissemination of NWS mission essential data, products, and services

– Modifying the current COOP site to support the virtualization and operational control of the TG, 24/7 coverage, and housing for NWS programmers and support personnel

– Internet access to support dissemination requirements– Improved performance to meet Service Level Agreements– Increased data processing, telecommunications, and system administration support

• Establish processing capability at AFWA while maintaining the Mt. Weather facility for Command and Control functions.

– Business case analysis has shown the moving processing to AFWA will save $600k annually.

• Re-architect the TG to support an increase in requirements from the WMO. – The WMO Information System (WIS) is the pillar of the WMO strategy for managing

and moving weather, water and climate information in the 21st century. – For regional and global connectivity, Global Information System Centers (GISCs) will

collect and distribute the information meant for routine global dissemination, while serving as collection and distribution centers in their areas of responsibilities; they provide entry points, through unified portals and comprehensive metadata catalogues, for any request for data held within the WIS.

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