Research Data Archive, Introduction

o Purpose - support climate & weather research at NCAR; services are extended worldwide as resources permit

o Take Away Metrics Established in 1960s 600+ datasets, 4M files, 600 TB Backups, disaster recovery, out-of-date

versions double the storage footprint

RDA Core Data Categories

Operational and Reanalysis model outputs

Meteorological and Oceanographic Observations

Remote Sensing Observations

Topography, Bathymetry, Vegetation, and Land Use

RDA Infrastructure Components and User Work Flows

RDA Infrastructure Components, w/o Network

DAV

SC

GLADERDA Web

HPSS

Self-help Users

DAV

SC

GLADERDA Web

HPSS

Self-help Users

GLADE, 155 TB, 125 DatasetsHPSS, 600 TB, All (600+) Datasets6440 Unique Users (FY10)132 TB delivered (FY10)Automated Services move data from HPSS to GLADE as needed

File Flow

DAV

GLADERDA Web

HPSS

Assisted User

Assisted Users, One-off Requests

SC

345 Unique Users (FY10)25 TB delivered (FY10)Assistance:- Data-selection interfaces and automated processing- Data processed by RDA staff

Computational Service

DAV

SC

GLADERDA Web

HPSS

NCAR Users

NCAR Users – two pathways 239 Unique Users (FY10)106 TB delivered (FY10)

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DAV

SC

GLADERDA Web

HPSS

Assisted User

Self-help Users

NCAR Users

7000+ Unique Users (FY10)263 TB delivered (FY10)

http://dss.ucar.edu

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