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MAJOR PROGRAMME 2:INTERNATIONAL DATA CENTREical PTS processing and information systems. Alerts are generated whenever aspecific error condition is encountered in these systems. The computer operatorscan, either from home or within the IDC, diagnose, register and resolve theincident, if possible, or forward the problem to specialists for action. The alertingmechanism is currently in the prototype stage and will be replaced by a fullyfledged scheme for monitoring the state of health of critical systems, for whichthe project planning, requirements study and initial technical preparation havebeen performed. A software product called CRISTAL NG, offered cost-free bythe French Government, is currently under evaluation to support the PTSrequirements for monitoring the state of health of IMS, IDC and GCI systems.The PTS network was redesigned and additional network equipment installedto create a fully redundant network and environment, which dramaticallyreduced the number of instances of a single point of failure. As part of thisprocess, a new local area network (LAN) for test and integration was implemented.At the end of 2000, the LAN was fully configured and made operationalto receive the delayed Release 3. A 125 terabyte mass data storage system, whichwill provide archiving capacity for more than 10 years of verification data, wasinstalled.An independent team of consultants verified and validated the IDC facilities andreported on a range of shortcomings in the electrical, fire precaution, access controland air-conditioning installations. These results will be discussed with theservice providers.17