Infrastructure
In order to support the activities of the data center, the CERSAT is equiped with :
- a dedicated operation room hosting the computing resources and the technicians operating the processing chains and data dissemination. The computing resources include :
- reception systems for the download and ingestion of the data, including a EUMETCAST satellite receiver
- an operational platform for the real-time processing of observation data, including redundant controllers for the processing job orchestration and redundant servers for the storage and processing
- multiple storage devices (exabyte, LTO, DLT) for the transfer of data to/from media
- a massive online storage and cloud computing platform for the reprocessing and analysis of historical missions
- a storage room archiving the media (thousands of tapes) of the various missions hosted at CERSAT
- fully equiped offices for the permanent staff and visiting scientists