NOAA’s NWS Telecommunication Gateway RTH Washington

1. NOAA’sNWS Telecommunication GatewayRTH Washington • Fred Branski • Office of the Chief Information Officer • NOAA’s National Weather Service • 20th NamEurDEx Meeting • May 22-24, 2007

2. NWSTG/RTH Functional Overview • The NWSTG/RTH is • the central communication facility of the NWS; • the primary acquisition and distribution center for NWS data and products; • the primary acquisition and distribution center for international data and products to meet WMO, ICAO and bi-laterally agreed US requirements; • A major data exchange hub for NOAA and other agency data and products. • Will become Washington Global Information Systems Center (GISC) within the WMO Information System (WIS).

3. Replacement & Backup NWSTG (RTG/BTG) • Full functional replacement of existing capabilities • Expanded capacity and capability • Transition to new technology • Message queuing (MQ) for internal transport • Network centric systems interconnectivity • Relational database central processing engine • NAS/SAN storage solutions • Highly scaleable architecture • Planned Hardware refresh

4. Government Networking Requirements - NOAANet • IP-based networking solution • Any-to-any connectivity • High degree of bandwidth scalability • Optimum redundancy and survivability • IP convergence (i.e., voice, video and data over IP) • High-end performance • Network security remains paramount, particularly in light of today’s socio-political threats • Segmentation from the public Internet • Minimizes risk of security or privacy breaches

5. RTG/BTG/NOAANet Status • RTG & BTG connections to NOAANet in place • Internal NWS connections underway • External Gateway migrations planned • Began December 01, 2006 • Initially two Access Points for external connectivity • One within the RTG facility but external to the infrastructure (temporary to facilitate transitions) • One in New York City– GTS, AFTN / FAA / Hawaii / Micronesia, others? • Possibly Atlanta, Chicago, Tacoma, ??? (based on need &cost)

6. NOAANet Transition • NOAANet: RTG OC-12 / BTG OC-3 (OC-12 in progress) • Customer transitions to NOAANET: Dec 01, 2006 to May 31, 2007 • Internal underway, NWS regions done, NCF, NESDIS soon • External – began December 01, 2006 • Initially two Access Points for external connectivity • One within the RTG facility but external to the infrastructure (temporary to facilitate transitions) • One in New York City– GTS, AFTN / FAA / Hawaii / Micronesia, Others? • Possibly Atlanta, Chicago, Tacoma, ??? (based on need &cost)

7. RTG/BTG/NOAANet Status • RTG IOC June 26, 2006 / RTG FOC – July 31, 2006 • Performance Metric Threshold • System Availability (averaged monthly) 99.90% • Warning Message Latency (averaged monthly) 10 seconds • Routine Message Latency (averaged monthly) 60 seconds • Daily Traffic Volume (averaged monthly) 1.2TB • NWSTG Performance Results (measured Feb 06, 2006) • Performance Category Threshold Actual • System Availability 99.90% 100% • Warning Message Latency 10 seconds < 1 second • Routine Message Latency 60 seconds < 1 second • Daily Traffic Volume 1.2TB 1.1TB

8. RTH Washington Thruput Times

9. RTH Exeter – RTH Washington Link Thursday, May 17 2007 To KWBC To EGRR Capped? Bursting Bandwidth Utilization Bytes (bytes/sec) Psbl traffic shaping issue Frames (frames/sec) No issues with frames Bandwidth Utilization Total

10. RTH Exeter – RTH Washington Text Link Thursday, May 17 2007 Bytes from EGRR 1.5 Mb 500 Kb Min, Avg & Max input delay 1 Minute 20 Seconds

11. RTH Exeter – RTH Washington Text Link Thursday, May 17 2007 Products from EGRR 1000 500 # Products by size 1000 500

12. RTH Exeter – RTH Washington Binary Link Thursday, May 17 2007 Bytes from EGRR 6 Mb 4 Mb Min, Avg & Max input delay 100 Seconds 50 Seconds

13. RTH Exeter – RTH Washington Binary Link Thursday, May 17 2007 Products from EGRR 1500 500 # Products by size 1500 500

14. RTH Exeter – RTH Washington Pictorial Link Thursday, May 17 2007 Bytes from EGRR 50 Kb Min, Avg & Max input delay 20 Seconds 10 Seconds

15. RTH Exeter – RTH Washington Pictorial Link Thursday, May 17 2007 Products from EGRR 10 # Products by size 10

16. RTH Exeter – RTH Washington Text Link Thursday, May 17 2007 Transmission Delay Internal Delay Total Delay Avg Thruput to EGRR 2.78 Hours 100 Minutes

17. RTH Exeter – RTH Washington Text Link Thursday, May 17 2007 Transmission Delay Internal Delay Total Delay Max Thruput to EGRR 4.44 Hours 200 Minutes 100 Minutes

18. RTH Exeter – RTH Washington Binary Link Thursday, May 17 2007 Transmission Delay Internal Delay Total Delay Avg Thruput to EGRR 3.89 Hours 200 Minutes 100 Minutes

19. RTH Exeter – RTH Washington Binary Link Thursday, May 17 2007 Transmission Delay Internal Delay Total Delay Max Thruput to EGRR 4.44 Hours 200 Minutes 100 Minutes

20. CMC – RTH Washington Link Thursday, May 17 2007 To KWBC To CWRO Bandwidth Utilization Bytes (bytes/sec) Frames (frames/sec) Bandwidth Utilization Total

21. CMC – RTH Washington Text Link Thursday, May 17 2007 Bytes from CWTO 150 Kb 50 Kb Min, Avg & Max input delay 100 Seconds 50 Seconds

22. CMC – RTH Washington Text Link Thursday, May 17 2007 Products from CWTO 300 100 # Products by size 300 100

23. CMC – RTH Washington Binary Link Thursday, May 17 2007 Bytes from CWTO 800 Kb 200 Kb Min, Avg & Max input delay 40 Seconds 10 Seconds

24. CMC – RTH Washington Binary Link Thursday, May 17 2007 Products from CWTO 500 100 # Products by size 500 100

25. RTH Washington All products Thursday, May 17 2007 Bytes to KWBC 600 Mb 200 Mb Min, Avg & Max input delay 200 Seconds 100 Seconds

26. RTH Washington All products Thursday, May 17 2007 Products to KWBC 40 K 10 K # Products by size 40 K 10 K

27. RTH Washington All products Thursday, May 17 2007 Transmission Delay Internal Delay Total Delay Avg Inter-System Thruput 140 Seconds 60 Seconds 20 Seconds

28. RTH Washington All products Thursday, May 17 2007 Transmission Delay Internal Delay Total Delay Max Inter-System Thruput 600 Seconds 200 Seconds 100 Seconds

29. Issues • MTN Cloud 1 Expiry • Contract end - Dec 2007 • BT interested in 1 year extension • WMO coordination underway, meeting late 2007 • RTH Exeter – RTH Washington Link • Delays up to 5 hours • Psbl traffic shaping issue • Traffic growth expected • Should we up bandwidth up current link or wait for cloud 1 replacement?

30. Issues • CMC – Washington Link • No problem with existing traffic on link • Plan to move NAEFS data to operational link • Psbl move of RADAR data to link • NWS/OCIO investigating cost of upgrade • Should we look at NESDIS requirement also? • WMO Information System (WIS)? • Euro GISC – Washington GISC interaction & needs? • Metadata catalogue coordination? • Communication requirements? • When to address this - next meeting?

31. Your Data and Product AdvocatesData Management Staff • Fred Branski • fred.branski@noaa.gov (301) 713-0864 ext 146 • Julie Hayes - Family of Services Manager julie.hayes@noaa.gov (301) 713-0864 ext 120 • Walter Smith - Team Lead, Data Management • walter.smith@noaa.gov (301) 713-0864 ext 139 • Richard Robinson - Data Manager • richard.robinson@noaa.gov (301) 713-0864 ext 179 • Cynthia Cromwell – Data Manager • cynthia.cromwell@noaa.gov (301) 713-0864 ext 143 KWBC Communication Control Center (CCC) - Tech Control Point of contact 24 hours every day Toc.Nwstg@noaa.gov Phone: (301) 713-0902 Fax: (301) 587-1773

32. Thank You! Additional Questions???