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Modernizing Railroad Infrastructures

Customer Company Size

Large Corporate

Region

Europe

Country

Spain

Product

db4o
IRC Control System

Tech Stack

Java
Oracle

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Productivity Improvements
Innovation Output

Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage
Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries

Applicable Industries

Railway & Metro

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

About The Customer

Indra Sistemas is a global company of technology, innovation, and talent. They are a leader in high value-added solutions and services for various sectors including Transport and Traffic, Energy and Industry, Public Administration and Healthcare, Finance, Insurance, Security and Defence, and Telecom and Media. Indra operates in over 100 countries and has 30,000 employees worldwide who share their knowledge of different sectors and countries to find innovative solutions to the challenges that clients face. Indra is the European company that most invests in R&D in its sector.

The Challenge

Indra Sistemas, a global technology company, was tasked with building the control centers for Spain’s AVE high-speed bullet train system. The company needed a database that could handle the complex and demanding architecture of the integrated high-speed train control system (IRC). The system was designed from a global perspective, integrating information and control from each of the elements that make up a high-speed rail line. The architecture used by Indra includes three areas of management allowing for different degrees of accessibility and control of the line. The Real-time System Control Framework consists of over 30,000 objects in memory and 30 classes, with 80 TB of information eventually flowing into Oracle’s relational database on the corporate level.

The Solution

Indra chose the db4o object database to manage and control in all three layers of the system connecting to a relational database in the corporate network. The IRC system leverages db4o as a key data management element. db4o provides a single data model systemwide, allowing centralized monitoring, tracking and problem resolution. This element becomes increasingly important as Spain rolls out additional routes on the AVE system. Indra was able to see immediate benefits by integrating db4o into the complex Real Time System Control Framework, using db4o to store the large number of objects necessary to represent the railways real-time state. db4o’s speed allows the system to process over 200,000 objects per second.

Operational Impact

db4o provides a single data model systemwide, allowing centralized monitoring, tracking and problem resolution.
db4o’s speed allows the system to process over 200,000 objects per second.
db4o is optimized to run in a minimal footprint and requires zero administration.
db4o is native to both Java and .NET programming frameworks, allowing developers to store objects directly.

Quantitative Benefit

The system can process over 200,000 objects per second.
The Real-time System Control Framework consists of over 30,000 objects in memory and 30 classes, with 80 TB of information eventually flowing into Oracle’s relational database on the corporate level.