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Actian Ingres Database - the Basis for Europe’s Leading Tracking System

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Traffic Monitoring
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	The challenge faced by Comsoft was to ensure highly available access to the database for business-critical applications. In 2009, German Air Traffic Control (DFS) counted more than 2.9 million flights according to Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) in the airspace of the Federal Republic of Germany alone. Air traffic management deploys cutting edge technology to control and regulate whether planes are maintaining the necessary safe distance from one another in controlled airspace, that they are on the right course and flying at the correct altitude and speed. It uses special air traffic management systems, instrument landing systems, and radar and navigation systems to enable fast and accurate processing of huge data volumes, thus ensuring the smooth flow of traffic. The wealth of different data processing systems in Europe, has led EUROCONTROL, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, to take steps towards harmonizing European Air Traffic Management. Read More
About Customer	Comsoft is a leading provider of Air Traffic Management solutions based in Karlsruhe, Germany. They are EUROCONTROL’s industry partner for the ARTAS tracker. ARTAS is a system that creates a recognized air picture from the position data of a broad range of different sources of measured data (such as radars, multilateration systems or ADS-B data sources). The multi-sensor tracking system uses the data from the sensors and provides pilots with the most accurate and up-to-the-minute picture of the current air situation. This enables air traffic controllers to monitor the exact position of aircraft, ensuring optimum control and safety of airspace. COMSOFT was tasked with the continuous development and improvement of the ARTAS system. Read More
Solution	The solution to the challenge was the Actian Ingres database which is stable, reliable and highly available. Ingres is the database for the configuration data and is a central component of ARTAS. This database stores all of the sensitive data required for the initial configuration of the system. The Ingres database holds a total of more than 2,000 configuration parameters, which are continuously accessed by operating, monitoring and analyzing components. It is crucial that access to this data is consistently stable and highly available as failures in these critical applications can spell disaster. The decision to base ARTAS on the Ingres Database Management System has proven successful due to its transaction reliability, high storage capacity, fast data processing, simple administration and professional support. ARTAS is continuously enhanced and improved with new features at the application and system level. On the system side, COMSOFT has developed a LINUX version of ARTAS that runs on the leading open source application platform from Red Hat. A highly qualified Ingres support team was on hand to provide technical expertise and guide COMSOFT through the conversion to LINUX. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Traffic Monitoring

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

The challenge faced by Comsoft was to ensure highly available access to the database for business-critical applications. In 2009, German Air Traffic Control (DFS) counted more than 2.9 million flights according to Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) in the airspace of the Federal Republic of Germany alone. Air traffic management deploys cutting edge technology to control and regulate whether planes are maintaining the necessary safe distance from one another in controlled airspace, that they are on the right course and flying at the correct altitude and speed. It uses special air traffic management systems, instrument landing systems, and radar and navigation systems to enable fast and accurate processing of huge data volumes, thus ensuring the smooth flow of traffic. The wealth of different data processing systems in Europe, has led EUROCONTROL, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, to take steps towards harmonizing European Air Traffic Management.

About Customer

Comsoft is a leading provider of Air Traffic Management solutions based in Karlsruhe, Germany. They are EUROCONTROL’s industry partner for the ARTAS tracker. ARTAS is a system that creates a recognized air picture from the position data of a broad range of different sources of measured data (such as radars, multilateration systems or ADS-B data sources). The multi-sensor tracking system uses the data from the sensors and provides pilots with the most accurate and up-to-the-minute picture of the current air situation. This enables air traffic controllers to monitor the exact position of aircraft, ensuring optimum control and safety of airspace. COMSOFT was tasked with the continuous development and improvement of the ARTAS system.

Solution

The solution to the challenge was the Actian Ingres database which is stable, reliable and highly available. Ingres is the database for the configuration data and is a central component of ARTAS. This database stores all of the sensitive data required for the initial configuration of the system. The Ingres database holds a total of more than 2,000 configuration parameters, which are continuously accessed by operating, monitoring and analyzing components. It is crucial that access to this data is consistently stable and highly available as failures in these critical applications can spell disaster. The decision to base ARTAS on the Ingres Database Management System has proven successful due to its transaction reliability, high storage capacity, fast data processing, simple administration and professional support. ARTAS is continuously enhanced and improved with new features at the application and system level. On the system side, COMSOFT has developed a LINUX version of ARTAS that runs on the leading open source application platform from Red Hat. A highly qualified Ingres support team was on hand to provide technical expertise and guide COMSOFT through the conversion to LINUX.

Impact #1	The decision to base ARTAS on the Ingres Database Management System has proven successful due to its transaction reliability, high storage capacity, fast data processing, simple administration and professional support.
Impact #2	ARTAS is continuously enhanced and improved with new features at the application and system level.
Impact #3	On the system side, COMSOFT has developed a LINUX version of ARTAS that runs on the leading open source application platform from Red Hat.

Impact #1

The decision to base ARTAS on the Ingres Database Management System has proven successful due to its transaction reliability, high storage capacity, fast data processing, simple administration and professional support.

Impact #2

ARTAS is continuously enhanced and improved with new features at the application and system level.

Impact #3

On the system side, COMSOFT has developed a LINUX version of ARTAS that runs on the leading open source application platform from Red Hat.

Benefit #1	ARTAS is now the most commonly used tracking system in Europe.
Benefit #2	30 European air traffic control organizations have deployed the solution for civilian and military air traffic control.

Benefit #1

ARTAS is now the most commonly used tracking system in Europe.

Benefit #2

30 European air traffic control organizations have deployed the solution for civilian and military air traffic control.

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Actian Ingres Database - the Basis for Europe’s Leading Tracking System

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