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技术
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云数据库
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 虚拟私有云
适用行业
- 可再生能源
用例
- 远程协作
挑战
基于为海洋水动力计划建立协作数据存储库的计划，NREL 希望建立一个安全且协作的平台，以收集、管理、存储和共享以水力研究为重点的中度敏感数据。作为这项工作的一部分，NREL 构建了一个具有《联邦信息安全管理法》(FISMA) 中度操作权限 (ATO) 认证的环境。凭借 FISMA 中等 ATO，NREL 可以满足所有强制性的网络安全要求，同时获得管理和与其他政府机构和研究实体共享中等敏感数据的能力。
在准备设计新的基础设施时，NREL 知道它需要敏捷性和灵活性。 “我们的目标是让分析师和科学家更容易访问和发布数据，但我们不想花时间管理基础设施来促进这一点。我们希望专注于产品——数据本身，”Webber 说。例如，NREL 使用专注于客户需求的开发运营团队方法，并确保研究元数据针对可访问性进行了优化。 NREL 的高级网络策略师 Jon Weers 说：“我们需要确保存在正确的描述符和关键字，以便我们可以轻松地将我们的用户连接到所有其他研究网站。” “如果无法发现数据，那么它对研究人员没有用处。”
客户
国家可再生能源实验室
关于客户
位于科罗拉多州戈尔登市的国家可再生能源实验室 (NREL) 是美国能源部用于可再生能源和能效研发的主要国家实验室。
解决方案
NREL 使用 Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) 在环境中构建安全的私有网络。对于数据存储，该组织使用 Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) 存储桶来存储数 TB 的研究数据，并使用 Amazon Elastic Block Storage (Amazon EBS) 为 MHKDR、OpenEI 和地热能数据库提供块存储。
为了构建云环境，NREL 战略能源分析中心的云团队与 CIO 办公室合作，满足了 400 多项与 ATO 相关的控制，记录控制并验证整体系统安全性。开放数据和与数据集相关的所有元数据通过一个界面共享，该界面显示提交的数据类型、数据描述以及向公众发布的时间框架。预计每月将有近 6,000 人访问新的 MHKDR 网站。来自 MHKDR 的元数据与开放数据合作伙伴共享，允许在 science.gov、汤普森路透数据引用索引和 Data.gov 等网站上找到 MHKDR 上的数据。用户可以从这些知名站点中的任何一个访问 MHKDR 数据，从而将 MHKDR 的下载量增加几个数量级。
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