Software System Architecture

The ORCA software system is currently made up of three primary functions. The first function is to archive a secondary copy of the data. This is done by capitalizing on Cumulus Workflows and AWS Lambda. An end user would only need to add the proper ORCA components to their ingest workflow in order to use the feature. The second function is recovery of data from the secondary copy. Adding this functionality is more involved but requires the user to add the proper components and configuration to Cumulus to utilize. The final function is to provide end users insight into the ORCA system for monitoring and data management. This is done by providing the end user with an API to access information on the ORCA system. The diagram below gives a software system view of ORCA and the various containers and protocols used within the system. The following pages go into further details on each container.