End to End Performance Initiative 

Context for E2E Performance High performance backbones are in place Now, under certain conditions within particular regional and local network environments, we can experience the full benefit of this infrastructure in the development and use of advanced applications

Context, cont. However, most of us experience a significant gap between the reality and potential of the national high- performance networking infrastructure

Advanced Applications Distributed computation Virtual laboratories Digital libraries Distributed learning Digital video Tele-immersion All of the above in combination

Anatomy and Surgery Workbench and Local NGI Testbed Network  Allows students to learn anatomy and practice surgery techniques using 3-D workstations  Network testbed evaluates the effectiveness of workbench applications Stanford University School of Medicine

Real-Time Tele-Operation of Remote Equipment  Computerized excavation backhoe  Remotely operated, used in hazardous situations.  Quality of Service is Guaranteed North Carolina State University

Remote Mentoring and Auditioning  First orchestra to become an Internet2 member  Distance coaching to train musicians  Real-time, high- quality audio and video New World Symphony

The Mission To enable the researchers, faculty, students and staff who use high performance networks to obtain optimal performance from the current infrastructure on a consistent basis Raw Connectivity Applications Performance

True End-to-End Experience  User perception  Application  Operating system  Host IP stack  Host network card  Local Area Network  Campus backbone network  Campus link to regional network/GigaPoP  GigaPoP link to Internet2 national backbones  International connections EYEBALL APPLICATION STACK JACK NETWORK...

First Step Workshop in Ann Arbor on 9 January 40+ participants Each participant provided a short paper on “What does E2EPerformance Mean?” Planned agenda was not used in order to respond to more pressing issues from participants Charged a design team to create an overall vision paper www.

Summary of Discussion Input focused on both technical and human factors: Developing people infrastructure to support performance initiatives Managing communications and managing expectations Developing the measurement architecture, analysis standards and deploying them consistently Creating clearer definitions of “performance”

Overall Approach Education and outreach Applications enhancement Measurement infrastructure Performance Improvement Environment (PIE) Performance Evaluation and Review Framework (PERF) Many partners (public, private, government)

Areas of the Initiative Applications Host/OS Tuning Measurement Infrastructure Performance Improvement Environment (PIE) Operations and Human Communications Performance Evaluation and Review Framework (PERF)

Specific Action Examples Establish repositories for ‘Best Practices’, ‘War Stories’, and tools Deploy broad measurement capability Build client performance assessment tools Implement reference sites for interesting applications Establish a working relationship with specific applications communities and disciplines

Anticipated Partners Campuses Faculty and discipline communities GigaPoPs International partners NSF-sponsored engineering efforts NLANR, Web100 Project, Internet2 corporate members Federal labs and agencies

Internet2 Organization Role Staffing Cheryl Munn-Fremon, Initiative Director Russ Hobby, Technical Architect George Brett, Information Architect Lisa Wilberding, Communications Coordinator Terri Saarinen, Program Assistant

Internet2 Organization Role cont’d. Funding Facilitate seeking sources of funding Internet2 will invest about $1.5 million per year Communications coordination Web site Workshops, meeting presentations, …

Calls For Participation Identify core applications and services Seek participants in the various work areas Seek stories and best practices Issued later this Fall

Success Criteria Community is involved and integrating what is learned Performance Improvement Environment (E2E pie ) provides satisfactory resources to the community Operational environment meets the needs of application users and supporters End-users understand what to expect and how to get it

Other End-to-End Sessions Friday 9:00 AM Measurement

For More Information html