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Research Networking: A “20/20” Vision UAE Forum in Information and Communication Technology Research 2010
Dai Davies, DANTE
9 May 2010
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Who are we and what do we do?
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Who are we?
GÉANT is the high-speed pan-European infrastructure serving Europe’s research and education community
Together with Europe’s NRENs, GÉANT connects 40 million users in over 8,000 institutions
Co-funded by Europe’s NRENs and the European Commission (EC)
32 European NRENs
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The pan-European infrastructure
Resilient Infrastructure
Common Governance
Central Operations
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Vital for European Research
GÉANT supports researchers and students in a wide variety of work:
Medicine and healthcare
Particle physics
Earth observation
Radio astronomy
Disaster warning and crisis support
Arts and culture
“Without GÉANT a significant bulk of pan-European research cooperation would simply not function. GÉANT is a critical infrastructure for many projects*.”
Source: European Commission (2010): The Role of e-Infrastructures in the Creation of Global Virtual Research Communities.
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The 3 Ages of Research Networking
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The 3 Ages of Research Networking
1990-2000 Age of Rationing
Monopoly infrastructure
Simple technology
2000-2010 Age of Development
Liberalising infrastructure
Bandwidth galore
2010-2020 Age of Service
Reliable performance
Focus on user needs
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1990-2000: Age of Rationing
Monopoly infrastructure Much of Europe at mercy of monopolistic providers
Data networks dictated what would happen
Provision of services was not user-focused
Simple technologyConnectivity itself was an achievement
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1990-2000: Age of Rationing
Cost of operating the network
2000-2010: Age of Development
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2010 – 2020: Age of Service
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GÉANT NOC
Day-to-day management of the GÉANT network
GÉANT Network Control Centre (NCC)
– diagnosing network problems, organising repairs and maintenance, configuring new services.
GÉANT Service Desk (SD).
– first point of contact 24/7
Well defined multi-domain operational procedures
Close collaboration between the NREN’s NOCs
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Projects using GÉANT
FEDERICA
Point-to-point 1G Ethernet MPLS tunnels over IP
Point-to-point 1 G Ethernet MPLS tunnels over IP
Radio Astronomy eVLBI
Point-to-point 1G Ethernet circuits to the telescopes
DEISA European Supercomputing
10G Ethernet Lambdas all sites connect to a 10G Ethernet switch
Large Hadron ColliderExperiments at CERN
10G Ethernet Lambdas dual star + backup links connects data centres to CERN
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DEISA: GÉANT lambdas and E2E monitoring
10G Ethernet links connecting Supercomputers to a 10GE switch in DFN FrankfurtEnd-to-End monitoring service (E2EMon)Also use the routed IP service
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The move to user focused services
R&D User
The transition to service: before
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The move to user focused services
The transition to service: during
R&D User
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The move to user focused services
The transition to service: after
R&D User
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Global Connectivity
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GÉANT global connectivity
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EUMEDCONNECT2 network update
Connects:
7 MED countries
700 academic and research sites
2m + users
Still 34 – 155 Mbps capacities
Telco markets are still largely uncompetitive
EUMEDCONNECT provides the only R&E links to GÉANT
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