GeoStor Update

So many things going on! Brief summary:

• There were some issues with raster downloads, these should be fixed now
  
  • You also shouldn't be able to download a raster data set in incompatible formats now
    
• BIG NEWS!!!!
  
  • Most of our storage hardware will be out of warranty in a few months and you know what happens when stuff goes out of warranty…
    
  • We petitioned for funds to replace that old hardware and it was approved!
    
    • So, hopefully, during the holiday season we will be upgrading our storage hardware.
      
    • This will cause some outages unfortunately so be prepared for it over the holidays.
      
• Image Server
  
  • The migration is on-going, we have it installed and are building the service definitions
    
  • We will be migrating during the holiday season hopefully
    
    • This will affect anyone using our raster caches unfortunately, there will be more on this later
      
• WGS84 Migration
  
  • We are migrating all our web services to WGS84 to be compatible with everyone else, bring on the mashups!
    
  • This will also allow the use of standard GPS coordinates to be used on the map viewers
    
• SQL Server 2008 Migration
  
  • Information about the new SQL Server installation
    
    • Everything will be 64bit
      
      • Windows 2008 x64
        
      • SQL Server 2008 x64
        
      • ArcSDE x64 (Yes they have a 64 bit version of SDE. I know, right?)
        
    • It will be clustered using MSCS
      
    • All new hardware
      
      • 3Ghz Dual Quad Core Processors
        
      • 8GB RAM
        
      • REALLY fast storage - 2TB RAID 10
        
    • Spatial Changes
      
      • We will be using the new SDE data type ST_GEOMETRY which is almost twice as fast as the one we're currently using in Oracle
        
      • We will have SQL Server 2008 Spatial
        
  • Status:
    
    • The cluster has been built
      
    • SQL Server has been installed
      
    • I am working with ESRI to get SDE working because there are some strange issues going on
      

Glen

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