The Product Data Network and Distributed Data System: Conceptual Node Model

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:7055427

Hall, R C

The current environment of the Product Test Data/Systems Evaluation (PTD/SE) VAXcluster is examined with particular emphasis on hardware and data communications features of the system. The PTD/SE system provides data acquisition, storage, and retrieval to support analysis in nuclear weapon engineering and system-evaluation applications. A general node model is presented to establish a conceptual basis for enhancement and integration of the PTD/SE applications. The model supports local integration of functions within a single autonomous node, as well as integration of functions and data distributed among similar nodes participating in a Product Data Network. The practicality of implementing a distributed data system is explored within the context of the model. Network nodes throughout the Nuclear Weapon Complex would comprise a Product Data Network which could make weapon evaluation data available to Nuclear Weapon Complex engineers having the proper need to know. 5 refs., 5 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 7055427
• Report Number(s): SAND-88-0689; ON: DE88012113
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990210* -- Supercomputers-- (1987-1989)
COMMUNICATIONS
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
COMPUTER NETWORKS
COMPUTERS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DATA PROCESSING
DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
DEC COMPUTERS
DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING
EVALUATION
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PROCESSING
RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS
WEAPONS