NORDUnet NORDUnet e-Infrastrucure: Grids and Hybrid Networks Lars Fischer CTO, NORDUnet Fall 2006 Internet2 Member Meeting, Chicago

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting So, where are we at…

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting Europe, the North Atlantic

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting The Nordic Countries

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting NORDUnet collaboration Iceland RHnet Sweden SUNET Norway UNINETT Finland FUNET Denmark Forskningsnet

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting NORDUnet 25 years of collaborative research and education networking 5 countries, one network, one voice Doing together what we cannot do alone Represent the Nordic countries internationally 25 years of state-of-the-art networks First European IP adopter Strong international relations 1 million users

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting NORDUnet IP Network

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting Current Network Design

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting e-Infratructure - Beyond Transport It’s more than just a Network It’s enabling global collaboration It’s facilitating use of remote instruments It’s facilitating sharing of data It’s joint capabilities for storing and processing It’s all the resources for global e-Science

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting e-Science e-Science is by nature collaborative e-Science is by nature international, often global Well-defined groups or projects Specific to one science area Small(ish) number of users Shared resources Communication is mostly internal to the group or project

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting The CERN LHC Experiment Will require vast amounts of storage and computation Distributed on the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting A Nordic Tier-1 for WLCG Together we can host a WLCG center Build a virtual computer center from a collection of Nordic resources Integrate on one LAN Make 5 countries appear as one site on the WLCG

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting e-Science Reuiquirements Sharing Scientific Instruments Radio-telescopes, CERN, microscopes,... Sharing Research Infrastructure Sharing Large Datasets Genome Databases, … Sharing Compute Resources Large-scale computation, Simulations, Visualization,... International project management

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting Infrastructure for e-Science The new e-infrastructure should offer: Transport Computing Resources Storage Databases Authentication, Authorization, Accounting Dynamic resource allocation User control A Collection of Capabilities

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting Grids and Hybrid Networks Facilitating e-Science collaboration Hybrid Networks allows distribution and sharing of resources – local & global Grid allows researchers to take full advantage of advanced networks and integration of capabilities Complimentary views Computing as just another element in the Hybrid Network Transport as just another grid resource From both points of view, Grid and Networks belong together

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting Nordic e-Science Infrastructure Enable new ways of doing science A Hybrid Network IP for the masses + OPNs for e-Science Ability to build new networks in demand A Joint Nordic production Grid facility Leveraging national grid resources A Common Nordic Grid policy framework Joint Nordic planning and coordination Shared Nordic storage facility Co-ordinate & host major e-Science projects

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting Nordic Data Grid Facility (NDGF) A Collaborative Grid Production Facility Do for Nordic Grid Computing what NORDUnet has done for Networking Single Point of Entry for collaborations and e-Science projects Represent the Nordic Grid community internationally Coordinates Nordic Grid activities and sharing

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting One Grid & Network Organization Fits NORDUnet strategy – be an enabler One view of resources Project management for e-Science projects Enable Nordic collaboration and sharing Interfacing & collaboration One entry point for users One interface toward the global community Efficiency

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting NDGF Foundations 25 years of NORDUnet collaboration 5 years of NorduGrid collaboration The ARC grid middleware Existing, national computing resources Leveraging NORDUnet Management and facilities Independent funding

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting NDGF will Facilitate joint use of national computing and storage resources Coordinate deployment of facilities and middleware Support middleware development Adapt and support e-Science applications Do project management for e-Science Deploy project-specific shared resources

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting NORDUnet Network Evolution Enable Nordic participation in global Science Position the Nordic region in global research networks Facilitate global networking collaborations Be a driver in European network evolution Have the facilities to support international initiatives

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting NORDUnet dark fiber network

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting Alcatel DWDM Up to 88 Channels 10 Gbps transponders 40 Gbps transponders Fully Reconfigurable OADM All interfaces are tunable over the complete C-band Optical protection

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting Alcatel TSS: SDH, Ethernet services SDH for interfacing to external and long-haul circuits 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps point-to-point and switched Ethernet Scales in any of the three dimensions Packet TDM WDM 1850 TSS 3 separate platforms 1 purpose-built convergence platform

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting New IP Network Design

NORDUnet NORDUnet – Bridging the Gap Internet Fall Members Meeting Summary New Nordic infrastructure for e-Science A Hybrid Network A joint production grid facility Shared middleware efforts Project support Continues tradition collaboration Computing as a capability in the network, or, the network as an element of the grid

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