PLAN FOR 1965-1969

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01092A000100080002-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2002
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Plan for 1965-1969
1. Summary
A. Recommendation. In order for the Agency to meet the
requirements for the next 5-8 years for data processing, intelligence
data synthesis, information and document retrieval, varied scientific
computation, real time service, remote inquiry, and remote display
capability, all under fail-soft conditions, OCS must acquire a doubled
module IBM 360/67 in early 1967. This system--third generation in
hardware and in software--offers additional required features such as
reliability, modular expandibility, flexibility, and the most economical
throughput cost in the computer market. Its software conceptually
pushes the state of the art and is a quantum advance over any previous
software systems. A.systematic and orderly transition to this system
is feasible and OCS has the technical skills in the computational state
of the art to effect this transition and to give the Agency this system.
The planning for the 5-7 year period has been outlined,
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detailed implementation procedures have been written for the 1965-
1967 period. Technical studies and tasks have commenced and are on
schedule. This recommendation offers a plan which is the best for
the Agency, technically and economically, and also fits the most
recent'-directives of the B..O. B. .
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B. Problem Statement and Objectives of Study. The OCS
Computing System Evaluation Task Team had the following objectives:
1. Analysis of Present Systems
2. Analysis of Workload growth
a. 1965-1967
b. 1967-1969
`3. Analysis of load growth in relation to throughput and
turnaround time on present systems.
4. Determination of requirements for upgrading system
(if any).
5. First pass hardware study to determine available
competitive systems which possibly could meet Agency requirements.
6. Second pass of detailed hardware evaluation of selected
possible systems.
7. Comparative evaluation of final round hardware/ software
in relation to Agency growth and special requirements.
8. Tentative selection of"final system, and than thoroughly
detailed study of all hardware/ software features of selected
system.
9. Planning and its feasibility for transition to new system.
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a. Budgetary considerations.
b. Retraining of Technical Personnel.
C. Reprogramming Problems
(1) Manpower/colt.
(2) Software Conversion Aids
(3) Policy implementation of standards to ease
burden.
d. System Software Transition
e. Physical Transition
(1) Logistics
(2) Delivery Dates
(3) Space reallocation
10. Documentation of study
11. Recommendations to Management
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C. Justification for System Updating
1. Computer processing volume requirements will quadruple
(very conservative minimum) in the next 6 years. Several
proposed scientific intelligence collection systems with as yet
undetermined volume requirements probably will increase these
figures significantly.
2. In order to meet operational requirements of technical
intelligence collection. minimum turnaround time and real-time
will become strict requirements of the proposed system.
3. Information access requirements for real-time command
decisions will require extensive data files on direct access storage
devices and on-line remote query and answer and display capability.
4. Operational requirements for technical collection impose
fail-soft parameters.
5. The present systems cannot be expanded to handle the
volume load without prohibitive space and cost increases.
6. No stag dard modifications are possible to the present
systems to give the required remote and real-time capabilities.
'P. The IBM 360/ 67 will answer all Agency requirements.
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-8. The IBM 360/67 is superior to any other computer in its
performance capability on the Agency's job mix.
9. The systems software being implemented for the IBM
360/67 is superior to that of any other competive software.
10. The data. management software being implemented for
the IBM 360/67 is r$ eatly superior to that of any other.
11. The IBM 360/67 hardware, being of solid logic technology,
is the state of the art and has a reliability expectancy better or
equal to any other; also, its doubled modules further enhance
this reliability probability.
12. The IBM 360/67 is modular and can expand for either a
larger percentage of computing or of data handling.
13. The: IBM 360/67 is flexible; it includes the highest level
of multiplexing and I/O control in the market. It can absorb
an ever increasing number and variety of remote and peripheral
devices with a minimum of interference with on-going processing.
14. Conversion aids available with the.IBM 360/67 minimize
the transfer of jobs from the present equipment.
15. Manpower requirements are minimal to operate the IBM
360/67 much less manpower is required per throughput unit than
on present equipment.
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16. The IBM 360/67 is the state of the art and will be an
inspiration to Agency technical skill.
17. The IBM 360/67 has a common language for all programmers,
thus providing previously unattainable cross-transferring of
programming skills.
18. Tor a 60% increase ($100, 000 to $160, 000 lease per month)
The Agency can attain up to 12 times the computer processing power
it has had. Moreover, at least 4 times present capability will be
required over the next 5 year period. This 60% increase is by
far the most economical computing cost which can. be found to
most requirements.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Operations Division, OCS
SUBJECT : Selection of Vendor for LCS
1. Based on a comparative evaluation of Large Core
Storage (LCS) systems represented by Ampex Corp. , Data
Products (Core Memories, Inc.), Fabri-tek, Inc. , and IBM,
I recommend that OPS should contract to lease one million
bytes of AMPEX storage at)er month beginning
15 May 1971 and a second million bytes at the same rate to be
delivered in August 1971.
2. All vendors considered can supply LCS at approximately
the same price. Other factors, however, are of significance
and dictate the choice of Ampex as the sole source of a unit
which will satisfy the requirements of OCS.
3. The accompanying table lists the comparisons between
major contenders. (IBM was excluded from consideration
because the 8/? isec access time was much slower than the other
vendors.) Fabri-tek was eliminated first because of speed,
rental price, physical width, and cooling required. The physi-
cal characteristics and prices of Ampex and Data Products are
similar and the decision to buy Ampex was based mostly on
my estimation of the reliability of the units and time required to
install a new unit or to repair an installed unit. The Ampex LCS
has a spare 128K module which is maintained (powered up) in
the unit. A fault in the memory can be localized to a particular
module by a diagnostic program wired into the unit. The faulty
module can then be replaced by the spare module in 10-15 minutes
(by OPS personnel if necessary). Ampex has by far the most
units installed on 360/65's in exactly the same configuration as
proposed for the Agency. This factor weighed heavily against
Data Products and Fabri-tek. Minor considerations, but worthy
of note, are that Ampex seemed most able to deliver and install
25X1A
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a unit before June 1971 and that Ampex will reimburse the Agency
25X1A for the 8080 Adapter hich IBM must install on the CPU STATINTL
to support LCS.
Acting Chief
Advanced Projects Staff, OCS
Attachment
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