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NCO MissionNCO Mission Execute the NCEP operational model suite

Create climate, weather, ocean and environmental hazard products

Manage improvements to the NCEP model suite Support the research, development, and transition of

new or enhanced models to operations Develop meteorological software

Used by the NCEP Centers to create forecaster generated products

Manage the flow of data and products To and from the NCEP centers, partners, and

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World-ClassWorld-Class SuperSupercomputingcomputing IBM Power 5

15.5 teraflops Linpack sustained

148 Power 5+ Nodes 2,368 processors 4,736 gigabytes of memory 150 terabytes of disk space 75 terabyte tape archive

FY’09 Upgrade ~Three times the

computational performance of the current system

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NCEP Production SuiteWeather, Ocean & Climate Forecast Systems

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SuperSupercomputingcomputing Gaithersburg, MD (NCEP)

IBM p575 Supercomputer System 8.7 teraflops Linpack sustained 83 Power 5+ Nodes 1,328 processors (16 per node), 1.9

gigahertz speed 2,656 gigabytes of shared memory 160 terabytes of disk space 5.5 Petabyte tape archive

Princeton, NJ (GFDL) SGI Supercomputer

5248 Itanium processors 10.3 TB of memory 516 TB of disk space 6.8 PB of tape storage

Boulder, CO (GSD) APPRO Supercomputer

1440 Woodcrest Xeon processors

1.5 TB of memory 168 TB of disk space 0.5 PB of tape storage

Acquisition Objectives

•Procure the next generation of NCEP’s operational supercomputers•In support of the EMP ten year view

•Provide facilities that will support power, cooling and space requirements •Gain stability from a long term, flexible contract (total 10 years)

•Three year base (FY10 – FY12)•Two 3 year options (FY15 and FY18)

•Enable flexible technology upgrades

•Encourage competitive environment

Acquisition Milestones/Status

Milestone Date Status

OPS Project chartered and scheduled 06/2007 Complete

OPS Project Team Assigned 12/2007 Complete

Develop OPS Processing and Capacity Requirements 04/2008 Complete

Issue RFI 08/2008 On Target

Obtain Delegation of Procurement Authority for OPS 02/2009 On Target

Issue RFP 03/2009 On Target

Award OPS Contract, begin site preparation 10/2010 On Target

Operational Computers Live 10/2012 On Target

BASIS FOR THE INVESTMENT

Meeting Requirements with Increased Meeting Requirements with Increased Computational CapabilityComputational Capability

Computing increases from now until 2011 3X from next upgrade 3X from constant $$ on new contract Total increase estimated at 9X

Overall requirement is 30X Funding estimate for additional 3X

From ~$20 M (FY08) $60 M (starting in FY13)

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CAPABILITY

Current Program

Current IT Resources 20.4 20.4 20.4 20.4 20.4 20.4 20.4 20.4 20.4 20.4

Programs Adjustment

Proposed IT Adjustment 8.0 11.5 41.0 42.0 44.5 61.0 61.0 61.0 61.0 61.0

PROGRAM TOTAL 28.4 31.9 61.4 62.4 64.9 81.4 81.4 81.4 81.4 81.4

IT COMPONENTS

Hardware: (Supercomputing HW/Cycles Only) 18.2 36.3 36.3 36.3 49.3 49.3 49.3 49.3 49.3

Hardware: (All other IT HW-existing IT Security HW)

COTS Software 1.6 3.2 3.2 3.2 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3

Support Services e.g. Contractor Support 3.7 7.3 7.3 7.3 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.7

Telecommunications (Circuits Only) 2.5 2.5 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5

IT Security (All IT Security costs: HW,SW, Security Plan Dev) 2.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0

IT Training (excluding IT Security Training) 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Common Services (e.g. Help Desk) 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Government FTE Costs (includes IT Security FTE costs) 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

IT COMPONENT TOTAL

FACILITIES (lease, upgrades) 5.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 7.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0

REQUEST TOTAL 28.4 31.9 61.4 62.4 64.9 81.4 81.4 81.4 81.4 81.4