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September 22, 2009GONG H-alpha Review2 Laminate From Wikipedia: A laminate is a material constructed by uniting two or more layers of material together. From thesaurus.reference.com: Synonyms: coat … Definition: cover with layer of material From GONG, 2009: Cover with a veneer of software.

Hα Laminator H α L GONG Network Queue Storage Long Term Storage “The Keep” View Storage Queue Management Image Reduction and Processing Image Storage AFWA

Hα Laminator Are there images in the Queue? Sleep a few seconds. Are these images new? Do Image Reduction and Processing Store Object Into View Area Store Object Into The Keep Yes No

Hα Fetch Fetch name of current object via client invoking a server side script that locks access during file name updates Fetch current object if different Use object in display or pipeline All access is one way via ssh Internet Hα Fetch and View Client Side View Area Server Side

Hα Laminator Summary  Fully functional infrastructure, end to end.  Image reduction & processing modules still a work in progress.  Simple design allows rapid deployment for space weather requirements, “cloud” computing, and/or redundant highly available data streams.