RTH Washington Support & Data Management Branch Fred Branski, Chief, Performance Monitoring, Support & Data Management Branch Office of the Chief Information Officer NOAA’s National Weather Service OPAG-ISS Meeting Sep 18-22, 2006

NWSTG/RTH Functions The NWSTG 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.

NWSTG Functional Overview The NWSTG includes WMO Regional Telecommunication Hub (RTH) Washington ICAO OPMET Databank (KWBCYMYX) the ASOS Operations and Monitoring Center (AOMC) Operational oversight of U.S. federal automated surface observing systems the AWIPS Network Control Facility (NCF) AWIPS is the main NWS’ system which supports the NWS forecast and warning mission requirement The NCF is the central communications hub and technical support center for AWIPS

Data Input to the RTH IP / Sockets / Frame Relay X.25 Asynchronous Dial up FTP – http://weather.gov/tg/ftpingest.html Email – http://weather.gov/tg/emailingest.html Web - http://weather.gov/tg/bullguid.html

Major Initiatives Replacement Telecommunications Gateway Backup Telecommunications Gateway NOAANet – National MPLS network WIS development planning Code migration Improved Monitoring RMTN upgrade

Replacement NWSTG (RTH) 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 Hardware refresh

Replacement / Backup TG Description NWS users Nat’l Centers for Environ. Prediction NWS Regional Offices Domestic/int’l observation & forecast offices AWIPS Worldwide users WMO/ICAO Family of services Govt. agencies Internet users Foreign countries Emergency mgrs NWS Telecom Gateway Located in Silver Spring New message switching syst. allows future upgrades x 2 upgradeability Much improved response time Redundancy ensures uninterrupted service Full configuration management 120GB/46 1500 GB 85GB/38 250 GB Geographically separated backup system in northern Virginia 90GB/46 900 GB 950GB/38 3500 GB Daily Throughput/# of circuits Legacy over 5 year projection for replacement Daily total message flow: Legacy - 1.245TB RTG/BTG – 6.15TB (2011) Measurements/Projections based on May 2006 WMO message flow

NOAANet Backbone Sprint Peerless IP Network Map Tacoma Chicago Cheyenne New York Stockton Sprint Proprietary – Speakers notes are intended for internal use only Last Updated – July 17, 2003 The network provides country-wide service in the US and consists of a total of 13 nodes and over 350 points of presence Pennsauken, NJ San Jose Relay, MD Kansas City DC Anaheim Atlanta Fort Worth OC48 Internet Transport Node

Status for RTG/BTG NOAANet Status RTG IOC - June 19, 2006 RTG FOC – 3Q 2006 NOAANet OC-3 connection to BTG – June 2006 BTG IOC / OC-12 – 4Q 2006 All projects end – May 31, 2007

Status for RTG/BTG NOAANet Status NOAANet Transition: Internal underway, NWS regions, NCF, NESDIS soon External – begin December 01, 2006 Initially two Access Points One within the RTG facility but external to the infrastructure One at Parsippany New York – GTS, AFTN / FAA / Hawaii / Micronesia, Others??? Possibly Atlanta, Chicago, Tacoma, ???

RTG Performance Measures: Requirement FOC Actual Variance Threshold FY06 FY06 FY07 Message (Watch&Warning) Avg. Transit Time (seconds) 10 6 0 0 Message (Routine&Model) Avg. Transit Time (seconds) 60 7 -53 0 Avg. Message Traffic (send/receive) (daily) 1.2TB 1.2 TB 0 0

For Watches and Warnings: Avg time (seconds) to queue to outbound FEP: 6.16 Max time (seconds) to queue to outbound FEP: 182 (3.03 minutes) Avg time (seconds) to send from outbound FEP: 37.77 Max time (seconds) to send from outbound FEP: 3838 (63.96 minutes Note: Not all connections are moved to the RTG infrastructure. Those still moving through legacy systems have the longest delays. We still see occasional spikes in the RTG processing stream which we are investigating with IBM to determine the cause and resolve.

For all other data (except Watches and Warnings): Avg time (seconds) to queue to outbound FEP: 6.97 Max time (seconds) to queue to outbound FEP: 236 (3.93 minutes) Avg time (seconds) to send from outbound FEP: 17.13 Max time (seconds) to send from outbound FEP: 4039 (67.32 minutes) Note: Not all connections are moved to the RTG infrastructure. Those still moving through legacy systems have the longest delays. We still see occasional spikes in the RTG processing stream which we are investigating with IBM to determine the cause and resolve.

For Model data: Avg time (seconds) to queue to outbound FEP: 10.25 Max time (seconds) to queue to outbound FEP: 189 (3.15 minutes) Avg time (seconds) to send from outbound FEP: 62.71 Max time (seconds) to send from outbound FEP: 1910 (31.83 minutes) Note: Not all connections are moved to the RTG infrastructure. Those still moving through legacy systems have the longest delays. We still see occasional spikes in the RTG processing stream which we are investigating with IBM to determine the cause and resolve.

Major Initiatives WIS development planning Code migration TOC undertaking planning of VGISC development and US WIS plan Basis provide by RTH upgrade and MPLS rollout Will coordinate with Region IV to develop regional plan Code migration Workstations throughout the regional capable of processing TDCF Capability for Upper Air translation exists within RTH. Extension of translation capability will be main enabling method outside of native processing Improved Monitoring New initiative to be further developed within the RTH and Region. Part of Phase two of RTH upgrade.

Major Initiatives RMTN upgrade ISCS follow on planning beginning EMWIN expansion Third Border Initiative funding two pilot projects Plan to implement 10 to 15 additional EMWIN site within Region IV - Caribbean, Central American area Enhanced extra regional connections Region III Russia

What will be its replacement ??? Major Concern Existing GTS Frame relay contract ends Dec 2007 BT may be willing to extend for 1 year What will be its replacement ??? MPLS ???