Message-ID: <3B262428.8F27E0EB@ign.fr> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:16:08 +0200 From: Edouard Gaulue To: igsmail@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov CC: michel.kasser@ign.fr, daniel@ensg.ign.fr Subject: [IGSMAIL-3377]: IGN server status Sender: owner-igsmail Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail 12 Jun 07:18:38 PDT 2001 Message Number 3377 ****************************************************************************** Author: Edouard GAULUE & Loic DANIEL Dear colleagues, It's been a long time since you've heard anything from us, truth is the IGN center has been operating unmanned for too two years, which is obvoiusly not a good thing for as dynamic a service as IGS. Good news is IGN has taken actions to recommit itself to managing the data center and we feel important to let you know about it as well as clarify our intentions for the future. Below is a summary of a text that describes our status and plans : For the last 2 years, the global IGS data server at IGN has been operating unmanned due to lack of personnel. All the routines run automatically without any kind of supervision or monitoring. Presently the quality of service is minimal and not fitted to what the IGS community expects. IGN is willing to quickly restore the server to a fully operational status and to improve the service in the future when new IGS requirements come out. The data center administrator position has just been taken by a young engineer, Edouard GAULUE. He will work in partnership with Loïc DANIEL, who created and managed the service for 6 years before moving to another position. After a training period given by Loïc DANIEL of at least a few months and some rethinking about the service, Edouard GAULUE will take charge of the day to day management of the data center and development of new web data access and search tools. Meanwhile, Loïc DANIEL will recommit himself to participate in the whole project as an expert in networking, data processing and management techniques. The following actions are planned, among others : - Bring the server up to date (incorporate new stations particularly those that provide data in near real time, synchronize wrt station ids changes,…), take into account new constraints and new products, resume user support. - Develop web tools : · Tools for multi-criteria search (textual and cartographic), · Inline ancillary data and documentation · Develop or enhance software tools (decompression, formats change,…) - The server is expected to be back to operational status by stage in 8 months. The first stage being : all new stations (including nrt ones) and products that came out during the last 2 years injected into the data center for archiving and dissemination. This is planned to happen by the end of june. Thanks and please feel free to send us comments, critics and suggestions. Best regards, Edouard GAULUE & Loïc DANIEL.