Transcript RedIRIS 5 year strategic plan

RedIRIS
The Spanish National Research and Education Network
e-Science
Information
Society
Technology
Chemistry
Engineering
Physics
Earth Sciences
Material Sciences
Biomedicine and
Health Sciences
Astronomy
e-Science requires high-speed communication networks and
high-performance computing resources to allow the Research
Community to cooperate globally in an efficient way.
Applications and Middleware
Communications Network
Computing
Resources
Storage
Resources
Information
Resources
Other
Resources
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RedIRIS and e-Science
Information
Society
Technology
Chemistry
Engineering
Physics
Earth Sciences
Material Sciences
Biomedicine and
Health Sciences
Astronomy
RedIRIS manages a research network infrastructure and provides
connectivity, security and other services to Spanish researchers, thus
improving collaboration among themselves and with their global peers.
Applications and Middleware
Communications Network
Computing
Resources
Storage
Resources
Information
Resources
Other
Resources
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RedIRIS in the Global Research Intranet
The Research and Education Networks cooperate in a multi-domain
environment which requires high quality standards at all its levels.
RedIRIS…
Manages the Spanish NREN and
cooperates with other NRENs
(JANET, SURFnet, GARR…)
Collaborates with regional
networks (CICA, Anella,
RECETGA, I2BASK...)
Provides services
and support
Pan-European,
North America…
Research Networks
National Research
and Education Networks
(NRENs)
Regional Research Networks
Campus LAN
RedIRIS
Co-manages and co-funds GÉANT,
which cooperates with Intertnet2,
CANARIE, SINET, RedCLARA...
RedIRIS directly
contributes to the
improvement of global
connectivity among
researchers
RedIRIS collaborates
with Spanish regional
networks to provide
high quality services
to the Spanish
Research Community
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Organizational framework
RedIRIS contributes to the Spanish research development and the
development of Information Society
It is funded by the
MICINN with 16
M€/year.
MICINN defines
the Strategy.
MICINN
[…]
It is managed by
the Public Entity
Red.es, belonging to
the State
Department for
Telecommunications
and Information
Society (SETSI) of
the MITYC.
[…]
Secretaría
de Estado de
SETSI
SETSI
Investigación
Secretaría General de Política
Científica y Tecnológica
Dirección General de Planificación y
Coordinación
MITYC
SETSI
[…]
[…]
E .P. E. Adscrita al MITYC
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Organizational framework
RedIRIS contributes to the Spanish research development and the
development of Information Society
It is funded by the
MICINN with 16
M€/year.
MICINN defines
the Strategy.
MICINN
Secretaría
de Estado de
SETSI
SETSI
Investigación
[…]
It is managed by
the Public Entity
Red.es, belonging
to the State
Department for
Telecommunications
and Information
Society (SETSI) of
the MITYC.
Secretaría General de Política
Científica y Tecnológica
[…]
Dirección General de Planificación y
Coordinación
Fundation
MITYyC
SETSI
[…]
[…]
E .P. E. Adscrita al MITYC
Management
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Organizational framework
RedIRIS contributes to the Spanish research development and the
development of Information Society
It is funded by the
MICINN with 16
M€/year.
MICINN defines
the Strategy.
MICINN
[…]
It is managed by
the Public Entity
Red.es, belonging to
the State
Department for
Telecommunications
and Information
Society (SETSI) of
the MITYC.
[…]
Secretaría
de Estado de
SETSI
SETSI
Investigación
Secretaría General de Política
Científica y Tecnológica
Dirección General de Planificación y
Coordinación
MITYC
SETSI
[…]
[…]
E .P. E. Adscrita al MITYC
Management
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RedIRIS: National Infrastructure
In order to fulfil the needs of all its users, RedIRIS deploys, operates and
manages a meshed communications network based on network
equipment and links up to 10 Gb bandwidth.
- Links
+
- Network
Equipment
RedIRIS affiliated institutions (Universities, Research Centres) connect to the corresponding
regional RedIRIS PoP via regional research and education networks, or, if no regional network
exists, through local loops from their main nodes to a RedIRIS PoP.
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RedIRIS: Contribution to European Infrastructure
Through its participation in GÉANT2, RedIRIS guarantees to its users 10
Gb bandwidth links with advanced European Research Projects.
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RedIRIS: Contribution to Global Infrastructure
RedIRIS, together with the European NRENs, cooperates with other NRENs to
improve connectivity within the Global Research Intranet,
a basic tool which allows researchers to cooperate remotely at a global scale…
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RedIRIS: Access to Global Internet
…and also provides access to global Internet
using high-speed dedicated links.
ISP
10Gb
Global
Research
Intranet
ISP
10Gb (Telia)
ISP
10Gb
(Global Crossing)
ISP
ISP
• 10Gb (IP Service)
• 2,5Gb (IP Backup)
• 3 x 10Gb (Projects)
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1Gb
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RedIRIS users: more than 350 affiliated institutions
RedIRIS provides its services to 350+ Institutions (including all Spanish
Universities and most public research centers and ICTSs).
This includes 150.000+ researchers and 2.000.000+ potential end users.
Other Organizations
27%
Universities
21%
R&D&I Management
Organizations
7%
Hospitals (Health
Research Depts.)
12%
Research Centers
33%
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RedIRIS: Usage Patterns
RedIRIS serves many end users with basic connectivity needs, as well as
specific researcher groups with very high bandwidth requirements.
A. Basic Service
 Web navigation, e-mail
 Few servers, many potential users
Example: University students
B. Research Projects
 Multicast, streaming, VLAN's, VPN, QoS
 Communities of users, virtual organizations
Example: Opera Oberta (live multicast
streaming of operas from Liceu to Universities)
C. Main e-science Research Projects
 High energy physics, astronomy, genomics,
biomedicine, earth sciences, IT research, etc.
 Users of High Performance Computing & Grids
 Require high-speed links (10 Gb)
Example: Large Hadron Collider (LHC), DEISA
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RedIRIS activities
RedIRIS participates in international and national innovation projects
and fora in order to gather knowledge and best practices which allow
RedIRIS to improve existing services and launch new innovative ones.
Projects: International projects (GÈANT2, FEDERICA,
EGEE-III…), national projects (PASITO), collaboration
with partners in innovation activities
Fora: TERENA, DANTE, Trusted
Introducer, FIRST, MAAWG, APWG…
Services
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RedIRIS: Main Research and Innovation Projects
RedIRIS participates in national and international projects which provide
a very valuable input to develop and improve RedIRIS services.
GN2 (GÉANT2)
34 European NRENs cooperate through the GN2 project for:
-the joint management of a high speed Pan-European Research and
Academic Network, well connected to NRENs worldwide
- the joint development of services for a multi-domain environment
ALICE2
Improved research connectivity between Europe and Latin America
EUMEDCONNECT2
Improved research connectivity within the Mediterranean Area
FEDERICA
European experimental network
infrastructure for trialling new
networking protocols and services
PASITO
Spanish experimental network
infrastructure for trialling new
networking protocols and services
EGEE III (Enabling Grids for E-sciencE)
Main European project for scientific distributed computing
RedIRIS collaboration: network support, PKI, security, training infrastructure...
Services
 Improved network
connectivity
 New monitoring
tools
 Bandwidth on
demand
 Cross-border fibre
 Mobility (EDUROAM)
 PERT
 Security
 AAI
 PKI for e-science
 Improved network
support
 Experimental
network
infrastructures
 …..
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RedIRIS: Service porfolio
RedIRIS offers to its affiliate users a wide range of services from
connectivity and advanced network services to applications, collaborative
tools and dissemination.
DIGITAL
REPOSITORIES
COLLABORATIVE
TOOLS
DIGITAL
IDENTITY
MANAGEMENT
MAIL
QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT
MIDDLEWARE
ADVISORY
SERVICES
OTHER NETWORK SERVICES
IPv4/IPv6 addresses, Multicast, Jumboframe, DNS, L2 VPN
CONNECTIVITY
NETWORK
INCIDENT
HANDLING
(NOC)
NETWORK
ADVISORY
SERVICES
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Example of most intensive users: BSC-RES
RedIRIS provides advanced network connectivity to the
“Red Española de Supercomputación” (RES),
whose members are several Spanish Supercomputing Centers.
BSC
(Marenostrum):
Coordinator of RES
Level 2 Network:
Phase I
• 1Gb core
Phase II
• 10Gb core
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Example of most intensive users: BSC-DEISA
RedIRIS also provides BSC (coordinator of RES) with high-speed
connectivity (10 Gbps) to the DEISA Project (Distributed European
Infrastructure for Supercomputing Applications)
BSC
(Marenostrum):
Spanish Member in DEISA
10 Gb
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RedIRIS Evolution
Since 1988, the mission of RedIRIS has been to provide advance
connectivity services to the Spanish research and academic
community. In order to achieve this goal, RedIRIS has implemented
different generations of a national high-speed backbone.
1988
1989
1990
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
NOVA
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The next step in RedIRIS evolution: RedIRIS NOVA
RedIRIS NOVA will be the new RedIRIS national infrastructure:
a dark-fibre network with optical equipment, which will increase very
significantly RedIRIS transmission capacity, as well as its ability to
deploy new services in a flexible way.
• Dark-fibre networks increase transmission capacity and
favour the introduction of innovative services, all for a longterm cost inferior to that of leased capacity
• Nearly all European NRENs already have dark-fibre in all or
part of their backbones, and are promoting cross-border fibre
connections among themselves
• RedIRIS strategic decision to deploy a dark-fibre was taken in
2006, and its being implemented now (on-going public
procurement through competitive dialogue)
• Budgeted cost: 130M€ for at least 10 years (with 55 M€ from
EDRF funds)
Starts new
network
planning
2006
New network
deployment
2007 2008 2009
2011
NOVA
2020
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RedIRIS Strategic Plan: Environmental Factors
A detailed analysis has been carried out in order to determine
the key relevant environmental factors for RedIRIS strategy.
• RedIRIS analyzed its environment:
• The political, economical, social, technical and legal
trends which might impact RedIRIS in the next years
(PESTL analysis)
• The position of RedIRIS in relation to existing or
potential competitors, substitutive services, providers
and users (“5 forces of Porter” analysis)
• The main stakeholders of RedIRIS and their present
and future expectations vis-à-vis RedIRIS
• Some relevant factors identified were:
Need to collaborate and compete at a global level
Increased use of Grid and Cloud Computing
Evolution of technology costs
Need of increased cooperation between national and
regional authorities
• Political support to research and innovation as part of
the measures to fight against the world economic crisis
• Political
• Economical
• Cooperation between
national and regional
authorities
• Political support as part
of the measures to fight
against the crisis
• Technology influence
• World Economic crisis
• Evolution of technology costs
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• Technological
• Social
• Cloud Computing, Grid
• Telecom Industry Development
• New Technologies uses
• Globalization
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• Potential Entrants
• Technical Barriers (higher with R.NOVA)
• Model consists of hiring the infraestructure to providers
• Suppliers
• RedIRIS bargainig power
• Dependence on suppliers
Industry
Competitors
No direct rivals (but
degree of subcontracting
may vary)
• Buyers (Users)
- Free Service
- Some users could make
pressure on RedIRIS
• Substitutes
• Direct purchase of the service by users
(loss of economies of scale and
externalities)
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RedIRIS Strategic Plan: SWOT Analysis
• Suitable network infrastructure (RedIRIS 10)
• Experience (20 years) and good alliances for
carrying out scheduled duties
• Good image of RedIRIS among users
• Advantages of the institutional support
provided by MICINN and Red.es
WEAKNESS
• Motivated staff with good technical training
• Knowledge economy
• Demand for dark fibre at levels below that of
the national backbone
• Increase in network capacity (possibility of
serving new user groups)
• Good image of RedIRIS among authorities,
providers and affiliated institutions
• Neutral provider of services for e-science
THREATS
OPPORTUNITIES
STRENGTHS
Bearing that environmental analysis in mind, a “SWOT” was
carried out in order to determine the internal and external factors
from which the Strategic Objectives will be derived
• Problem of lack of staff
• Complexity of certain decision making processes (2
Ministries, 17 regional Governments…)
• Dependence on providers
• Insufficient interaction with affiliated institutions
• Insufficient dissemination of RedIRIS services
• Inadequate funding system for equipment renewal
• Consequences of any service breakdown, as some
RedIRIS services are critical for affiliated institutions
• Possible service problems relating to migration to
the new infrastructure RedIRIS NOVA
• Relationship with some regional governments
• Legal uncertainty about the entity which will
manage RedIRIS after 2011
• Lack of capacity for internal growth to take
advantage of existing opportunities
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RedIRIS Strategic Plan: Objectives and Actions
Taking all those previous analysis into account,
RedIRIS has established its Strategic Objectives
and has proposed Actions to achieve them
1. Improve capacity and reduce cost.
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2. Increase the stability and technical
quality of the service, in order to
increase its reliability and redundancy
and reduce the risk of failure.
Development of RedIRIS NOVA.
This key measure will have a positive
impact in relation to all RedIRIS
strategic objectives
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Negotiate an increase of staff headcount,
in order to have the necessary human
resources.
Negotiate a more sustainable approach to
equipment renewal.
Approve a new Public Relations Plan to
improve dissemination of RedIRIS services.
Convene the new Advisory Committee,
whose suggestions will improve RedIRIS
capacity to be aware of user demands
Maintain and increase where appropriate the
cooperation with other NRENs and
providers.
Complete the implementation of the
ongoing quality and environmental
programmes
3. Leverage the investments to meet the
needs of big users and to improve the
service conditions resolving specific
problems as network capillarity.
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4. Increase RedIRIS's capacity for
innovation.
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5. Increase RedIRIS's communication
with its affiliated institutions.
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6. Reinforce RedIRIS alliances with other
research and education networks and
with providers Networks.
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RedIRIS
The Spanish National Research and Education Network