HP Medical Archive Solution manual Flywheeling, Grid Task, Instance

HPMA User Guide

CMS	Content Management System—a unit of the HP Medical Archive
	software managing a distributed database catalog of the grid content
	(metadata) and data duplication according to business rules to provide
	Information Lifecycle Management (ILM).
content block ID	See “CBID”.
DICOM	Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine—a standard devel-
	oped by ACR-NEMA (an alliance of the American College of
	Radiology and the National Electrical Manufacturer’s Association) for
	communications between medical imaging devices.
DR	Disaster Recovery.
FCS	Fixed Content Storage—A class of stored data where the data, once
	captured, is rarely changed and must be retained for long periods of
	time in its original form. Typically this includes images, documents,
	and other data where alterations would reduce the value of the stored
	information.
flywheeling	A clock is running on its own, without tracking a reference source.
FSG	File System Gateway—a unit of the HP Medical Archive software that
	enables standard network file systems to interface with the grid.
Grid Task	A managed sequence of actions that are coordinated across a grid to
	perform a specific function (such as adding new node certificates).
	Grid Tasks are typically long-term operations that span many entities
	within the grid.
HPMA	HP Medical Archive—a fixed-content storage system from Hewlett-
	Packard. The solution is sold under the HP brand and is serviced and
	supported by the HP services/support organization worldwide. The
	HPMA Solution is powered by Bycast® StorageGRID™ software.
ILM	Information Lifecycle Management—a process of managing data by
	applying business rules to determine storage accessibility and longev-
	ity. Software implementing ILM manages data replication, storage
	resources, distribution, and retention to meet business and regulatory
	objectives.
instance	A DICOM term for an image. One or more instances for a single
	patient are collected in a “study”.
LAN	Local Area Network—a network of interconnected computers that is
	restricted to a small area, such as a building or campus. A LAN may be
	considered a node to the Internet or other wide area network.

208

HP Medical Archive