HIDDRA: A Highly Independent Data Distribution and Retrieval Architecture for Space Observation Missions Articles uri icon

authors

  • HIGUERO ALONSO-MARDONES, DANIEL
  • TIRADO MARTIN, JUAN MANUEL
  • CARRETERO PEREZ, JESUS
  • FELIX REDONDO, FERNANDO
  • De la Fuente, Antonio

publication date

  • June 2009

start page

  • 169

end page

  • 175

issue

  • 3-4

volume

  • 321

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0004-640X

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1572-946X

abstract

  • Institutions such as NASA, ESA or JAXA find solutions to distribute data from their missions to the scientific community, and their long term archives. This is a complex problem, as it includes a vast amount of data, several
    geographically distributed archives, heterogeneous architectures with
    heterogeneous networks, and users spread around the world. We propose a novel
    architecture that solves this problem aiming to fulfill the requirements of the
    final user. Our architecture is a modular system that provides a highly
    efficient parallel multiprotocol download engine, using a publisher/subscriber
    policy which helps the final user to obtain data of interest transparently. We
    have evaluated a first prototype, in collaboration with the ESAC centre in
    Villafranca del Castillo (Spain) that shows a high scalability and performance,
    opening a wide spectrum of opportunities.