Studio shot of new "contingency system" for airborne science field operations. DataTurbine runs on an 1-U Apple XServe server.
NASA Dryden uses dataTurbine to support globally deployed airborne science activities using a development laboratory on its main campus at Edwards AFB in southern California.
IT security planning requires us to have a "contingency management plan" that enables us to continue operations in the event of catastrophic events such as earthquakes and backhoes
This is our prototype field-deployable backup system for the lab. It requires a power source and somebody else's WAN link to the internet, but otherwise has firewall-protected network segments and other features that mimic what you expect to see in any corporate data center.
The dataTurbine is used as the caching proxy and distribution server underneath the web services.
The antennae you see are IRIDIUM antennae that allow research airplanes to dial directly in to the backend network. The IRIDIUM modems are on the tripod to the left, packaged in weather-resistant housings.