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Central OperationsCentral Operations
Richard HackenbergNCEP Central Operations
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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
customers
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
Resource ManagementResource Management
NCEP Production SuiteWeather, Ocean & Climate Forecast Systems
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NOAA Research & DevelopmentNOAA Research & Development
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) $60 M (starting in FY13)
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Proposed Funding
($K): FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 15 FY 16 FY 17 FY 18 FY 19 FY 20
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