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NWS Internet Status HIC Meeting, July 09

NWS Internet Status HIC Meeting, July 09. Bob Bunge Internet Dissemination Officer Office of the Chief Information Officer 301-713-1381 x140 robert.bunge@noaa.gov. NWS Internet Services. About 200 “web sites” across NWS 200-300 content providers (webmasters)

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NWS Internet Status HIC Meeting, July 09

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  1. NWS Internet StatusHIC Meeting, July 09 Bob Bunge Internet Dissemination Officer Office of the Chief Information Officer 301-713-1381 x140 robert.bunge@noaa.gov

  2. NWS Internet Services • About 200 “web sites” across NWS • 200-300 content providers (webmasters) • 9-12,000 products processed per hour • 5-10 million users supported each day • Peak traffic volumes 30-60 million users during high impact weather events • Declared Operational by Corp. Board and reinforced by DAA during IMC Face2Face Meeting June 09 • Continuing to plan for and support emerging technology (e.g., AHPS VI, NWSchat, iNWS, etc.)

  3. NWS Internet Overview • MET: 5-10% of total Internet weather traffic • OCIO actively advocates products should be available from multiple dissemination systems • Hydro: ?? 95+% of Internet hydro traffic • Supported by Regional Web Farms • Single point of failure • All eggs in one basket? • No backup and disaster recovery strategy

  4. NWS Internet Overview • Web 2.0 Challenges • Facebook, Twitter, etc, NWS content on 3rd party tools • Requires GC approved terms of service • Coming to grips with IT security requirements • Coming to grips with concept for operations • Dealing with the laws: Section 508, PRA, Records management, FOIA, etc • Dealing NOAA/DOC/OMB policies • Avoiding a repeat of the web chaos of the 1990s • Widgets, iPhone apps, and other cool stuff • NWS Strategically moving from “product-centric” to “data and information-centric” paradigm

  5. Consolidated Internet Farm Overview • Three farms, operated as a single unit • Geographically load balanced • Built from existing web farms • Regions turned over control of farms to OCIO • OCIO accepted responsibility for farms • Hardware/networking/firewalls unified as resources permit • Migration of all agency websites to farms as resources permit • Supporting NWSchat, likely home for iNWS, WWA/CAP push over XMPP, etc

  6. AHPS VI • Six dedicated web servers (2 at each farm); • Three backend servers at each web farm (Hydrograph generation, etc) • Three database clusters (15 total) (shared) • Two NFS file servers (6 total) (shared)

  7. CIF Status • Targeted for 99.9% availability • 18 months of success! • CCB/WTT (IT/MSD) partnership • About 1,500 change requests handled in 18 months, normally about 150 open tickets • Open Change Configuration Board calls • CCB members maintain final vote, OCIO maintains 51% of vote • CCB Membership: Bob Bunge (chair), Kolly Mars (CR SIB), Paul Kirkwood (SRH)

  8. CIF Status • Dedicated Team • Team lead • Three sysadmins (contract) • One programmer • Senior and junior web designers/catch all • Project specialist • Volunteer Team (part time) • Four Region ITs • Four/five WFO ITs • Related Teams • AHPS contractors • Climate contractors • AWC ITs/Contractors

  9. CIF Status • Currently Hosting • All point and zone forecast pages • All radar pages • All but WR graphical forecast pages (WR almost!) • All Watch/warning maps • All CR WFO/RFC’s, 12 SR WFO/RFC/CWSU’s • Mirroring NDBC • First Generation Climate pages • Text product display pages • Air Quality Graphics • NWSChat • NDFD/ current observations/Watch/warning XML feeds • Marine Portal • More… • Supported Google Earth site/Google Map license • Involved in Common Alerting Protocol standards process

  10. CIF Status • Content Delivery Network Services • Contracted with two vendors, currently supporting ER, PR and WR • Switch radar, forecast, NHC and NWS home pages as needed • Spiked to 0.9 Gb/s traffic during winter wx • Spiked to 1.1 Gb/s traffic during tropical wx • Improving trouble shooting, notification tools • Improving online documentation • Agency lead on CAP (with OCWWS)

  11. CIF Status/Challenges • In the pipeline – what is coming our way • Consolidated Aviation Web Services (CAWS) in FAA QICP compliance testing now (e.g., ADDS/Aviationwx.gov now, CWSU’s, WIFS in the future) • AHPS VI in testing now, scheduled fall ’09 deployment • RIDGE/Radar II in testing/comment • Google map based watch/warning maps • ER developed “graphical” to national forecast pages • CAP feeds operational (Dec ’09) • Complete SR CMS migration • Start WR/ER CMS migration • Start PR/SPC/AR migration • Climate pages redesign • National Fire Weather pages • Operational NWSchat • Experimental CAP push over XMPP (with OST) • Facebook, Twitter, other Web 2.0 3rd party stuff • We must establish corporate priorities, everything can’t be a #1 priority

  12. CIF Challenges • Program Initiatives above normal operations • OSIP SON to create Internet Dissemination Program • Combined C&A – Oct 30 target date • Involvement in Strategic Planning process • Involvement in service program meetings • Expand from just tracking changes to providing resource priority tracking • Stake holder in Research to Operations process • Web 1.0/2.0/3.0 policy • Keeping NWS at the forefront in US Government Internet policy development through policy engagement at NOAA/DOC/OMB level • Data.gov meta data review/submission

  13. CIF Challenges • Challenges • People resources – still a “heroic” effort • All programs lead to OCIO/single point of squeeze • Processes in place, but not documented well • Security/C&A • Dependant on regional resources • No line item budget – still in purgatory after a decade • Current life cycle isn’t smooth • Technology; file systems, databases • Rapid move into Web 2.0 technologies • Integration of modern non-Web technologies, getting people to realize it is more than just web pages • Web statistics • Better automated tools for when the dataflow fails

  14. CIF/Hydro Challenges • Archival requirements and resulting resources; • $A/per GB at one farm – 98.5% availability • $Ax10/per GB to mirror – 99.9% availability • Potential opportunity for leveraging CLASS and NCDC • Interactivity requirements and resulting resources/risk to availability • Encourage private sector development? • More data services vs web pages

  15. Primary Points • OCIO working with OHD, OCWWS, and S&T and others to craft Internet Dissemination into a program with a O&M budget • Continuing to mature into an acceptable dissemination system at all levels • Security: Credibility is at stake • Walking the gray line: Need to be responsive while running a mature, planned, reliable, dependable system

  16. CIF Questions Questions? Robert.bunge@noaa.gov

  17. What do we need from them? • Please also challenge them to help us get through AHAPS6 rollout and future enhancements

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