Servers

The EOS Front End Server EOS-FES provides all the automation and management tools needed to capture and process remotely sensed Earth Observation data. The EOS FES is a complete package preloaded with software, allowing customers to quickly get their antenna system up and running. With the EOS FES every step in the data capture process is user-friendly, automated and reliable, providing critical data 24/7.

To accomplish this task we provide either Hewlett Packard (HP) server equipment, or Orbital Systems dedicated server hardware.   These are the only platforms supported by Orbital Systems for the EOS-FES server.  In addition, the customer may configure the EOS-FES to integrate with thier environment, but they may not run other applications or modify the hardware of the EOS-FES.  The annual software maintenance cost of the EOS-FES is low because the software is tested on a very limited number of hardware configurations.  This permits Orbital Systems' software engineers to focus on features and functions of the EOS-FES instead of compatibility testing. 

The EOS-FES is unlike most server applications because it performs a near realtime function of ingesting satellite data while doing all other tasks.  If additional customer applications were loaded, or unauthorized hardware added, the ingest function may not be capable of keeping up and permanent satellite data loss could result.  Once data files are ingested they are passed on to other customer provided servers for high level processing.  The hardware used for high level processing applications is mainly concerned with speed of results and depth of storage, so these applications are not limited to the hardware constraints mentioned above. 

If Orbital Systems supplies high level server processing hardware and/or storage, typically matching HP server technology to what was used by the EOS-FES will be proposed in order to simplify maintenance.