1. AMCOM Digital Archive
Design Review Week 1

2. Problem to be Solved
Propulsion and Structures Directorate generates about 1 TB of data each year from various forms of testing
Currently there is no system in place to efficiently organize or store the generated data
This leads to the loss of or unknown whereabouts of previous test data

3. Solution
Engineer a digital archive system to allow all of the test data to be easily stored in a digital format
Leverage the power of computers to manage the large amount of data
Allow users to easily search and retrieve previously entered data

4. Requirements Definition Phase

5. Work Completed to Date Team Formulation Bill Whiteley Jostin Crass
Project Manager, Software Development
Jostin Crass
Hardware, Project Website
Jonathan Ahlbin
Software, Hardware
Jonathan Suggs
Hardware, Software
Josh Saddler

6. Work Complete To Date Initialization of Contact with Sponsor
Jay Lilly – Big Chief
George Arkoosh – Little Chief (Main Contact)
Richard Campbell – Network / Security
Leah Irrgang – Information Technology

7. Initial Tele-Conference
Conducted with George, Richard, and Leah to begin requirements definition
Security must be prominent in design
All communication protocols must be of the secure type
Secure FTP for file transfers
SSL for network communication
Team members working on software must sign a affidavit stating that there are no backdoors, trojan horses or other malicious code in the software.
All code must be certified by a security committee

8. Trip to Amcom Huntsville
Conducted on Oct 19, 2004
Met with all key members at Amcom
Toured the facility
Observed where the tests are conducted, how the data is collected and currently what is done with the data after the test are complete
Saw where the new digital archive system will be installed

9. Trip to Amcom Huntsville
Discussed General Requirements
Budget of $20,000 maybe $25,000
System will be part of larger Propulsion Directorate intranet
Leah will design all graphics for application interface
The system must be able to be completely backed up and moved offsite
The test data must be available for retrieval forever
Files can be over 1 GB (High Speed Camera)
Generates 1 TB of data each year so it would be nice if they did not have to buy more storage for a couple of years

10. Trip to Amcom Huntsville
More General Requirements
System must be easy to use and not intimidating
System must be modular so they can increase the storage capacity as required
Would like to have the system 4-6 weeks prior to the end of year so any bugs that popup can be fixed
System should incorporate an encoding station
Application interface requirements are being developed by George Arkoosh and will be delivered sometime in the future

11. Trip to Amcom Huntsville
Other Comments
Sugg’s car is way too nice, he should be driving a station wagon
Must deliver a hardware and software list to Amcom as soon as is feasible so they can start the process of purchasing the needed items.
The people at Amcom are not the most computer savy people and they often have a tough time explaining what they want and speaking the technical language of conputers

12. Preliminary Solution Research
Hardware Research
Tape Backup Systems are expensive
Data Storage systems are expensive
Servers are expensive
Software Research
Software is expensive

13. The Upcoming Week(s) Develop Hardware Solution Software Solution
Develop solutions that fit within the $20,000 budget
May have to adjust the hardware requirements to fit the budget
Software Solution
If software requirements appear, begin to develop the software solution
Project Website
Begin/post project website

14. Schedule
Preliminary Schedule

15. Discussion