Sequoia 2000: a reflection on the first three years

Author

Stonebraker, Michael

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

Volume

1

Issue

4

fYear

1994

Firstpage

63

Lastpage

72

Abstract

Sequoia 2000 addresses growing worldwide concern regarding changes to the Earth´s surface, inhabitants, and atmosphere. The project is named for the Sierra Nevada´s giant trees, the largest organisms on Earth, and is driven by our need to address the gigantic data requirements of global change research. Envisioning a new computer environment for Earth science researchers and encompassing networking, storage database management systems, and visualization activities, Sequoia 2000 has been under development for three years. A second three-year phase is planned. The article discusses the project, its implementation, its objectives, how we chose to address those objectives, and specific lessons learned from this endeavor.<>

Keywords

computer networks; data visualisation; database management systems; geophysics; geophysics computing; research initiatives; Earth science researchers; Earth surface; Sequoia 2000; computer environment; data requirements; global change research; networking; storage database management systems; visualization activities; worldwide concern; Computer science; Geography; Geoscience; Global warming; Laboratories; Libraries; Prototypes; Reflection; Supercomputers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computational Science & Engineering, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-9924

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/99.338782

Filename

338782