Consolidated Aviation Web Services CAWS Aviation Weather Center John Sereno Contractor, LST

CAWS  Aviation Weather CAWS  Aviation Weather

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Why CAWS  Re-architect the Aviation Digital Data Service’s (ADDS) web site  Become an FAA Certified Qualified Internet Communication Provider (QICP)  Volume 3 chapter 7 section 3 paragraph 1441 of the Air Transportation Operations Inspector’s Handbook, Order states that if a Part 121 or 135 Operator obtains aviation weather or notices to airmen (NOTAM) data via the Public Internet, the operator must use an approved FAA Qualified Internet Communication Provider (QICP).  Provide increased scalability for current and future CAWS web services  Provide fault tolerance utilizing geographically separate service locations  Provide savings for the NWS/NCEP/AWC by consolidating some functions

Scalability ADDS Server re-architected to gain greater scalability National Weather Service Consolidated Internet Farms 7 Scalability achieved by separating the web services, content generation services, file services, data acquisition services and database services into separate computer systems. Scalability achieved by separating the web services, content generation services, file services, data acquisition services and database services into separate computer systems. WEB-CONTENT-DATA-FILE-DB SERVICES

What is CAWS Consolidated Aviation Web Services (CAWS)  AviationWeather.gov  Aviation Digital Data Services (ADDS)  International Flight Folder Document Program (IFFDP) NWS Consolidated Internet Farms (NWS CIF) Integration to achieve QICP reliability standards Integration to achieve QICP reliability standards

CAWS Vision  One  Place  For  NWS  Aviation  Weather  On The  Web CAWS

NWS CIF  Three Locations  Globally Load Balanced  CRH  HQ  SRH Kansas City, DC, Fort Worth

CIF Network

AviationWeather.gov

ADDS.AviationWeather.gov

QICP Summary QICP Certification  Better for Aviation No single outage longer than 10 minutes Three month cumulative outages not to exceed 30 minutes Security - SSL maintains data integrity 2-minute transaction time accessibility

Three Locations  Installing CAWS at 3 locations  Improves redundancy  Uses less equipment (than duplicating current configuration)  Lowers operating costs by sharing facilities  Leverages IT functions

TAKES OFF October 2009