Transcript Introduction

Combined Enterprise Regional
Information Exchange System
Introduction
CENTRIXS
 Background
 Enclaves
 Replication
 Summary
Background
We operate in a multi-national coalition environment 24X7. It is
incumbent upon us to ensure we can communicate as efficiently and
seamlessly as possible. CENTRIXS was designed for that purpose.
Background
 Incremental advances:
 RIMPAC 98 – e-mail to coalition ships via dialup to NCTAMSPAC
 RIMPAC 2000 – RIMPAC web site established,
coalition ships received data via Secure Mail
Guard (SMG) and web pages
 Tandem Thrust 2001 – e-mail, CAS, Common
Operational Picture (COP) & chat services
 2003 – CENTRIXS becomes predominant real
world coalition communications network
Enclaves
 There are two Coalition CENTRIXS enclaves:
CFE
CENTRIXS FOUR EYES
ENCLAVE A
GCTF
GLOBAL COUNTER-TERROR FORCE
ENCLAVE C
 VPN Communities of Interest (COI) such as CNFC and
CMFP “tunnel” through existing enclaves. These COI
connections can be established as needed in support of
regional or global situations
CENTRIXS operates at the SECRET HIGH level
within each enclave
Replication
 Replication is the key to element of CENTRIXS
information management and sharing capability
 A copy of the entire SG web site resides on local
servers
 Users locally access and modify information via
CENTRIXS workstations
Only changes are replicated from the local server
to the master hub server
The master hub server then replicates with all
other enclave servers
Replication
 Master hub server replicates via the WAN
 Benefits include:
 Reduced bandwidth usage
 Only changes are replicated
 Changes are made locally, not via access to a
remote server
 Continuous access to local data, even when off
ship connectivity is unavailable
Summary
 History
 Enclaves
 Replication
 Summary
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