Data archiving is one of the most critical issues for modern astronomical observations.With the development of a new generation of radio telescopes,the transfer and archiving of massive remote data have become urgent ...Data archiving is one of the most critical issues for modern astronomical observations.With the development of a new generation of radio telescopes,the transfer and archiving of massive remote data have become urgent problems to be solved.Herein,we present a practical and robust file-level flow-control approach,called the Unlimited Sliding-Window(USW),by referring to the classic flow-control method in the TCP protocol.Based on the USW and the Next Generation Archive System(NGAS)developed for the Murchison Widefield Array telescope,we further implemented an enhanced archive system(ENGAS)using ZeroMQ middleware.The ENGAS substantially improves the transfer performance and ensures the integrity of transferred files.In the tests,the ENGAS is approximately three to twelve times faster than the NGAS and can fully utilize the bandwidth of network links.Thus,for archiving radio observation data,the ENGAS reduces the communication time,improves the bandwidth utilization,and solves the remote synchronous archiving of data from observatories such as Mingantu spectral radioheliograph.It also provides a better reference for the future construction of the Square Kilometer Array(SKA)Science Regional Center.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020SKA0110300)the Joint Research Fund in Astronomy(U1831204 and U1931141)under cooperative agreement between the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)+7 种基金the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)(NSFC,No.11903009)the Funds for International Cooperation and Exchange of the NSFC(11961141001)Yunnan Key Research and Development Program(2018IA054)The Key Science and Technology Program of Henan Province(Nos.202102210152,212102210611 and 202102210125)the Research and Cultivation Fund Project of Anyang Normal University(AYNUKPY-2019-24 and AYNUKPY-2020-25)supported by Astronomical Big Data Joint Research Centerco-founded by the National Astronomical ObservatoriesChinese Academy of Sciences and Alibaba Cloud。
文摘Data archiving is one of the most critical issues for modern astronomical observations.With the development of a new generation of radio telescopes,the transfer and archiving of massive remote data have become urgent problems to be solved.Herein,we present a practical and robust file-level flow-control approach,called the Unlimited Sliding-Window(USW),by referring to the classic flow-control method in the TCP protocol.Based on the USW and the Next Generation Archive System(NGAS)developed for the Murchison Widefield Array telescope,we further implemented an enhanced archive system(ENGAS)using ZeroMQ middleware.The ENGAS substantially improves the transfer performance and ensures the integrity of transferred files.In the tests,the ENGAS is approximately three to twelve times faster than the NGAS and can fully utilize the bandwidth of network links.Thus,for archiving radio observation data,the ENGAS reduces the communication time,improves the bandwidth utilization,and solves the remote synchronous archiving of data from observatories such as Mingantu spectral radioheliograph.It also provides a better reference for the future construction of the Square Kilometer Array(SKA)Science Regional Center.
