Distributing french seismologic data through the RESIF green IT datacentre
Abstract
RESIF is a nationwide french project aimed at building an excellent quality system to observe and understand the inner earth. The ultimate goal is to create a network throughout mainland France comprising 750 seismometers and geodetic measurement instruments, 250 of which will be mobile to enable the observation network to be focused on specific investigation subjects and geographic locations. This project includes the implementation of a data distribution centre hosting seismologic and geodetic data. This datacentre is operated by the Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France. In the context of building the necessary computing infrastructure, the Université Joseph Fourier became the first french university earning the status of "Participant" for the European Union "Code of Conduct for Data Centres". The University commits to energy reporting and implementing best practices for energy efficiency, in a cost effective manner, without hampering mission critical functions. In this context, data currently hosted at the RESIF datacentre include data from french broadband permanent network, strong motion permanent network, and mobile seismological network. These data are freely accessible as realtime streams and continuous validated data, along with instrumental metadata, delivered using widely known formats. Futur developments include tight integration with local super-computing ressources, and setting up modern distribution systems like webservices.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012AGUFM.S51C2425V
- Keywords:
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- 0525 COMPUTATIONAL GEOPHYSICS / Data management;
- 1908 INFORMATICS / Cyberinfrastructure;
- 1999 INFORMATICS / General or miscellaneous