Reservation System Servers

Introduction

Network

The diagram illustrates the basic internet. When your reservation system is implement the programming to do this is contained in the server.

The server interfaces directly to the Internet.

The airline's and customer terminals are also connected to the internet. The airline/customer terminals can be located anywhere in the world. In addition, the airline terminals that are local to the server are connected via a local area network.

The internet server contains eTARS, the airline application programs.

The airline/customer terminal programming is provide by an internet browser, which is contained in the Personal Computer when it is purchased. No additional programming is required in the terminals. Once connected to the Internet the airline/customer terminals are instantly installed and working.

The connection between the airline/customer terminals and the server is provided by the Internet.

You have two choices in the implementation of your server and it deals with where the server is placed and who owns and maintains it. The choices are:

  • At our location. The internet server is dedicated to only your airline. The internet server is owned and maintained by Flight Data Management, Inc. This option eliminates the need for your ID department to install and maintain your server.

  • At your facility and it is owned and maintained by you. This option requires your IT department to install the server. Flight Data Management will install and maintain eTARS on your server.

At Our Location

We provide a dedicated server located at our facility that will handle 2,500 reservations per day for US$250.00 per month. If you airline exceeds this number of reservations we will provide a configuration and cost for you.We have tested eTARS, in conjunction with IBM, at 3,000 transactions per second.

We can provide optionally a mirror backup server for an additional US$350.00 per month. This backup server is located in a second facility, on a separate electrical power grid and separate connections to the Internet. This mirror backup can be a server provided by you at your location. In this case there is no cost to your airline.

With a mirror server if the main server goes down the switching to the mirror server takes less than 5 minuets. Since the databases are mirrored not data is lost.

Our dedicated servers are connected to the Internet so there are no network connection or monthly charges.

Our facilities where our dedicated servers are located have the following characteristics:

  • No installation/start-up/discontinue/maintenance fees
  • Secure Facilities
  • Two separate external power grids
  • Auxiliary Power Generator
  • Connection to the Internet with +150MB bandwidth
  • Connections to Internet with three separate Internet backbone providers: qwe.net, bro.net and pbi2.net
  • 365/24/7 available support
  • Upgrade to large size server. There is no upgrade or installation charges but the airline will be responsible for the cost of the additional hardware.
  • System back-ups each 12 hours, with cargo data backup each two hours.

We install depending on the size of the server installed.

Hardware:

  • Dell Server(s)
    • IBM Risc/6000(s)

Programming

  • Redhat Linux Server/AIX
  • Apache
  • Tom Cat
  • mySQL - can be any relational ANSI SQL database.
  • eTARS

There is no charge for the basic system programming, if AIX is required you will have to purchase the license from IBM. If you want any other database than mySQL, you will have to purchase the license for its usage.

At your request we will supply you with a list of customers that presently utilize our dedicated servers.

At Your Location

We will work with your IT department on the needed configuration, the applications that must be installed and the needed connection to the Internet.

Your IT department must install and maintain the server, Internet connection and required system programs. We will install and maintain the eTARS applications.