Fleet Sensor Database Synchronization Service (FSDB)

The FSDB Service is an optional background service which attempts to keep your local ship's SCS configuration in sync with a shore based server.  This is useful for many reasons.  

1. Automatically keeps your backup server (SCS-B) in sync with your primary server (SCS-A) so in the event of a failure you can bring your backup online with minimal downtime or effort on your part.
2. Creates a centralized shore based collection point providing visibility into the capabilities and sensor suites located on each vessel in the fleet.
3. Creates a COOP backup off the ship for your SCS settings.
4. Provides a means for 3rd parties such as NCEI, SAMOS, etc to gather your metadata without you having to submit it over the VSAT repeatedly saving your bandwidth.
5. Allows shore-based support to pull and use your SCS settings to assist you with any issues you may be facing by replicating your situation quickly on our development servers.  

This feature is only available to the NOAA fleet.  If you wish to setup a similar situation for your non-NOAA ship you will have to setup your own shore-based server.  If so please reach out to us, the software is free like the rest of SCS and we can assist you with getting it running as time allows.

If you are not one of the large NOAA vessels you will most likely have this service disabled.

Only configuration items are sync's between ship and shore.  SENSOR DATA IS NOT TRANSMITTED due to bandwidth limitations.  Do not rely on this as a method of backing up your sensor data!