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Hola Gloria, re: > Thank you for your mail No worries. re: > at this moment we are looking the resources that we need in order to receive > all of your >information and I have some questions: > > -Could you tell me if we need one Workstation or with the machine running > Linux it is sufficient? Whether or not you would more than one machine would depend on what you decide to do with the data once it is received. A suitably equipped Linux workstation (enough RAM and disk storage) will be sufficient to run the LDM and any data decoders you are interested in. If you also want to run a display/analysis application on the same machine, you will need to invest in more memory (RAM). For instance, I run an LDM to ingest a large subset of the data available in the IDD (except the very high resolution model data available in the CONDUIT datastream), decode it using McIDAS-XCD, and display it in a continuously running McIDAS session. I use the same machine for all of my user interactions (like this reply through our web-based inquiry tracking system) and software development activities. My machine is a dual 3.2 Ghz Xeon Dell with 4 GB of RAM and 160 GB of hard disk. I would recommend that the machine you use for LDM ingest+decode have similar capabilities as this machine especially if you want to run display/analysis applications at the same time that as the LDM. This machine may be a more than is needed to begin with, but I think you will find over time that you would have the capability to do more processing as you become familiar with the data that is available. > -How many machines running XWindows we will need and how many > display/analysis applications > do you recommend that we need to have? My recommendation is to start with a suitably configured machine running Linux and run the LDM data ingest+decode and one or two display applications (like my machine). If you find that you would like to have more than one machine displaying/analyzing data, you can always add them later. The other consideration is for the number of people you want to give access to the display/analysis application(s). If there are a number of people that need to be using the system simultaneously, then you would do well to get several machines. > -Can you tell me if we will have access to the data of IDD UNIWISC, too? Yes, absolutely. The satellite image sectors in the UNIWISC datastream should be very useful for your project. > Thank you a lot for your information. No worries. Cheers, Tom **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: OHN-840015 Department: Support IDD Priority: Normal Status: Closed