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ECSU CI Days
January 4, 2008
NCREN
• Is about broadband connectivity for K-20
• Provides Internet and National Research
Network access
• Provides very high quality managed video
services
• Provides Data Center Services (colo and
hosting)
• Counts on your engagement…
Intense Focus
• Service Provider to Education
– Service to the NCREN community is our focus
– Broadest definition Service Provider
– Broadest definition of education
• Blessed with an endowment, cannot treat
it like a university
• Network is an asset but must be refreshed
constantly, recapitalized regularly
• Innovation still a priority – but very
targeted- Virtual Computing; Collaborative
tools-applicability to education
Current NCREN Community
•40 Universities and Colleges
•6 Community Colleges
•15 LEA’s
•2 Private Schools
•2 Libraries
•State Government of North Carolina
•10 Research Organizations
•2 Regional Network Organizations
NCREN and the World
• 5 Gbps Commodity Internet
• 2 Gbps National Research Networks
• 1 Gbps local peering
• 600 Mbps via Akamai servers
• Host RUCKUS – 17 Million Legal
Facilities-Based Regional Networks
The Call to Expand
Biennial State of North Carolina budget contains connectivity
money for North Carolina Community Colleges and
Public Schools to connect to a common education backbone
NCREN IP Historic Traffic Growth and Projection
Cost effective service
NCREN Internet Bandwidth Growth
4000
$700
$600
Internet
Capacity
3000
$500
2500
$400
2000
$300
1500
$200
1000
$100
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NCREN Statewide WAN Mbps / $$
$Sep-01
Mar-02
Total Bandwidth
Sep-02
Internet rate
Cost
Per Mbps
Mar-03
Sep-03
Bandwidth Trend
Mar-04
Cost Trend
Sep-04
Mar-05
9.0
140.00
129.87
8.0
120.00
7.7
7.0
100.00
6.0
5.0
4.0
80.00
5.4
60.00
3.0
40.00
2.0
1.0
0.0
YEARS
20.00
8.33
2001
Annual Budget
0.00
2005
$$ / Mbps
$$ / Mbps
Mar-01
Annual Budget in
Millions
0
Sep-00
Cost per Megabit/Second/Month
Megabits/Second of Internet Capacity
3500
Key Considerations
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Ownership vs. variable cost
K-20 enterprise perspective in all investments
2 million+ more users will be added to network
Charlotte-Raleigh Corridor area of greatest
potential demand expansion
• MCNC - significant organizational changes to
scale to additional members
• These organization changes and strategic
investments will enable better support for improved
educational and research outcomes-NEVER LOSE
SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY CUSTOMER NEEDS
Focus on Network Services
• Optical Connections/Layer-2 service offerings; areas
of greatest interest for university user space
• Expanded Service Architecture
– Domain Name Service (DNS) architecture; highly distributed
and resilient
– More focus on network measurements and telemetry
• Expanded Video Services
– 40 to 280 simultaneous ports
– 0 to 20 HD ports
• Collaborative Service Offerings
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Elluminate web conferencing
Streaming video
Open Source digital media repository
These areas enhance ongoing programs such as Learn and
Earn, NC Virtual Public School project, and NC Community
College’s Learn Object Repository
Network Investments – K20
Greensboro
RTP
Winston-Salem
Rocky Mount
Raleigh
Hickory
Charlotte
10G IP
Core
Greenville
Asheville
Fayetteville
Morehead City
Wilmington
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Fiber Path-Charlotte to Rocky Mount-20 Year IRU from Qwest-FY08
Light existing Charlotte to Raleigh path and new path with DWDM-FY08
Purchase 3 newest breed of carrier class routers-Cisco CRS-1 or Juniper-T Series for
Raleigh, RTP, and Charlotte; migrate 12410’s to Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Rocky
Mount FY09
Purchase fiber path between Raleigh, Fayetteville, and Wilmington from ITC Deltacom on 20
year IRU FY08
Statewide expansion of layer-2 switched ethernet FY08-FY10
Phase out of all aging end of life hardware..new routers in remote RPOP’s FY09-FY10
Purchase fiber path from Rocky Mount to Wilmington from Embarq (still negotiating) FY10
Currently connected LEAs
Gates County Schools
Washington County Schools
Camden County Schools
Tyrrell County Schools
Hertford County Schools
Northampton County Schools
Nash County Schools
Warren County Schools
Craven County Schools
Asheville City Schools (via ERC)
Forsyth County Schools (via WinstonNet)
Rutherford County Schools
Polk County Schools
Plans for ECSU
• Collaborate with ECSU to find best
possible second path solution provider
• Also to find best primary/second path
delivery architecture
• Enable L2/L3 services
• Collaborate to promote K-20 continuum of
learning in northeast NC
Impact of Network Investments
• Investments immediately benefit University system
user base-Optical and switched ethernet availability
• Scale to the future need; Raleigh-Charlotte corridor
future scalability secured
• New carrier class routing system allowing
provisioning and support of 10-40Gbps IP traffic
patterns
• Aging hardware replaced; benefit to all layers of
education
– New Hardware at the Core; move existing to the
edge
– Fiber Acquisition
– Facilities upgrade
• Statewide 10G L2/L3 capabilities
John Killebrew
[email protected]
Thank You