Nearrealtime Software

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Near-realtime Software
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• 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.

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Ha Laminator

• Queue Management
• Image Reduction
• and Processing
• Image Storage

GONG Network
Queue Storage
View Storage
AFWA
Long Term Storage The Keep
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Ha Laminator
Yes
Are these images new?
Are there images in the Queue?
Yes
No
No
Sleep a few seconds.
Do Image Reduction and Processing
Store Object Into View Area
Store Object Into The Keep
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Ha Fetch and View
Internet
Client Side

• 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

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Ha 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.