Transcript 20020507-Plenary-McRobbie

Global Terabit Research Network:
Building Global Cyber Infrastructure
Michael A. McRobbie
Vice President for Information Technology & CIO
Indiana University
Internet2 Members Meeting
May 2002
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Digital Science
Science is becoming almost totally digital
Data is being generated, collected, processed, analyzed,
visualized and stored in digital form.
Simulations and modeling are being carried out
completely digitally
Historical and contemporary archives of science are
being converted into digital form
All this is e-Science
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Global e-Science
Network-enabled global collaborative research communities (grids)
are rapidly forming – each can number in the 1000s
These communities are based around a few expensive – often
unique – instruments or distributed complexes of sensors that
produce terabytes & petabytes of data (high energy physics,
astronomy, earth sciences, …)
They carry out research based on these huge amounts of data
using network-connected computation, storage and visualization
facilities distributed world-wide
All of this is global cyberinfrastructure
Digital data of e-Science can be shared with collaborators not just
on campus, but across cities, within states, nationally and
ultimately internationally
e-Science is becoming completely international – it knows no
boundaries
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Global Cyberinfrastructure
Components
Huge hierarchical data storage facilities located worldwide
Powerful supercomputer arrays located worldwide to
analyze data
Software to make use of the above to extract information
from data
Support and management structure for hardware,
software and applications
Global high-speed research & education (R&E) networks
are the critical glue that connects these facilities together
and allows the terabytes & petabytes of data to be
distributed worldwide
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The Need for a Global Research and
Education Network
A global R&E network is required to support true global
cyberinfrastructure which will underpin global e-science
However international connections very slow compared
with regional & national R&E network backbone speeds
Global connection effort not well-coordinated – dominated
by bilateral thinking
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Regional, National and Multi-National
R&E Networks
I-Light as an example of an operational Regional Network
• An optical fiber infrastructure owned by Indiana University and
Purdue University
• Connects IU Bloomington, IUPUI and Purdue University West
Lafayette
• Installed (2) conduits on each route – one with fiber and one empty
for future use, 100% in public right of way
• ~700,000 feet of fiber, 99.9% underground
• A long term investment by the State in research infrastructure
• Provides enough networking capacity for the next 10-20 years
between the three main research campuses
• Believe Indiana is the first state to deploy such a high-performance
R&E network
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Regional, National and Multi-National
R&E Networks (con’t)
Several successful national and multi-national advanced
high speed R&E networks have been operational for some
time:
• Internet2 Abilene , US Fed nets (e.g. ESnet) (US); CANet3
(Canada); GEANT (Europe)
These have OC48 backbones today
Moving to OC192 as next evolution
Institutions connect to backbone at OC12 or greater (a few
connections at OC48)
Native high-speed IPv4
Motivated by the need for quality of service (QoS)
Support for IPv6 (but at much lower performance due to
router constraints)
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US/Europe Connectivity
Country
Network
Bandwidth (Mb/s)
US Connection
Point
EU (GTRN)
DANTE
2400 x 2
Abilene (NYC)
BE
BELNET
155
Abilene (NYC)
FR
RENATER
45
STAR TAP
IE
HEANET
310
Abilene (NYC)
Israel
IUCC
45
STAR TAP
NL
SURFNET
1244
Abilene (NYC)
Nordic
NORDUNET
622
Abilene (NYC)
RU
MIRNET
6
STAR TAP
UK
JANET
622
Abilene (NYC)
CERN
CERN
155
STAR TAP
TOTAL
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7382
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US/Asia-Pacific Connectivity
Country
Network
Bandwidth (Mb/s)
US Connection
Point
APAN/US (GTRN)
TransPAC
622 x 2
STAR TAP
Australia
AARNet
310
Abilene (Seattle)
China
CERNET
10
STAR TAP
Korea
KREONet2
45
STAR TAP
Japan
NACSIS
45
Abilene (LA)
Japan
GEMnet
45
STAR TAP
Japan
GEMnet
45
Abilene (LA)
Singapore
SingAREN
45
Abilene (LA)
Singapore
SingAREN
45
STAR TAP
Taiwan
TANet2
45
STAR TAP
Thailand
AI3
10
Abilene (LA)
Total
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1889
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Americas Connectivity
Country
Network
Bandwidth (Mb/s)
US Connection
Point
Canada
CA*net3
1.2Gb/s
Abilene (Seattle) and
STAR TAP
Mexico
CUDI
45
Abilene (LA)
South America
AMPATH
45
Abilene (Miami)
TOTAL
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Requirements for a Global R&E
Network
Provides a single global backbone inter-connecting global network
access points (GNAPs) that provide peering within a country or
region
Provides global backbone speeds comparable to those of the R&E
networks, i.e. OC192 in 2002
Allows coordinated global advanced service deployment (e.g. QoS,
IPv6, multicast)
Is based on stable carrier infrastructure or leased or owned fiber or
wavelengths.
Is persistent based on long-term agreements with carriers, router
vendors and optical transmission equipment vendors
Is scalable – e.g. OC768 by 2004, multiple wavelengths running
striped OC768 by 2005, terabit/sec transmission by 2006
Allow GNAPs to connect at OC48 and above. To scale up as
backbone speeds scale up
Provides a production service with 24x7x365 management through
a global NOC
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Global Terabit Research Network
(GTRN)
Announced 18 February 2002 as a production service
A partnership to establish a true world-wide next
generation Internet to interconnect national and
multinational high speed R&E networks as a critical part
of global cyberinfrastructure
Involves NREN-Consortium/Dante in Europe & Internet2,
Indiana University, CANARIE, StarTAP/Starlight & Pacific
Wave in the United States & Canada
Currently connects the major R&E networks in Europe
and North America
Regionally based (initially Europe & North America; soon
Asia Pacific,… )
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The Global Terabit Research Network
Initially 2 x OC-48 unprotected POS Trans-Atlantic
circuits
Trans North American capacity to Seattle (Pacific Wave)
via Chicago (StarLight) provided by tunnelling over
Abilene
Run as a single AS (AS21230)
Second set of Trans-Atlantic OC-48s planned
A set of 2 x OC12s to connect the Asia Pacific to the
GTRN
Governed and managed internationally
NOC services across the globe
www.gtren.net
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Global Terabit Research Network
(con’t)
Additions underway
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GTRN AS at STAR TAP/Starlight
GTRN AS at Pacific Northwest GigaPop (PNG)
Tunneled capacity across Abilene to connect these points
Resulting GTRN topology: Europe, North America; Asia Pacific
expected soon
• Participation in New York layer two exchange point (Manhattan
Landing)
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A Global Partnership
Initial Planning Group
• Fernando Liello (European NREN Consortium)
• Dai Davies (DANTE)
• Michael A. McRobbie (Indiana University)
• Steven Wallace (Indiana University)
• Doug van Houweling (Internet2)
• Heather Boyles (Internet2)
Participating and Supporting Individuals (Organizations)
• Bill St. Arnaud (CANARIE/CAnet*3)
• Tom DeFanti (STAR TAP/Starlight)
• Ron Johnson (Pacific Wave)
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Future GTRN Expansion & Activities
Further deployment of GNAPs (e.g. in the Asia Pacific)
Extension to the Latin Americas via AMPATH
More formal global NOC services (e.g. GTRN weather
map, seamless trouble reporting, etc.)
Formal GTRN inauguration in Brussels May 21
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Global Terabit Research Network:
Building Global Cyber Infrastructure
Michael A. McRobbie
Vice President for Information Technology & CIO
Indiana University
Internet2 Members Meeting
May 2002
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