1. 1 LONI (The Louisiana Optical Network Initiative) Tevfik Koşar Center for Computation and Technology Louisiana State University DOSAR Workshop, Arlington-TX March 30 th, 2006

2. 2 LONI Background In September 2004, the Louisiana State has committed $40M for a state-wide optical network. 40Gb/sec bandwith Spanning 6 Universities and 2 Health Centers: –LSU –Latech –UL-Lafayette –Tulane –UNO –Southern University –LSU Health Centers in New Orleans Shereveport

3. 3 2001 Plan

4. Not an Ordinary Optical Network

5. 5 A Perfect Testbed for Research HPC clusters at each node –IBM p5-575 –112 processors, 224 GB RAM Dedicated separate lambdas for –Communication –Research A state-wide Grid/HPC

6. Ramah LONI DWDM Landry Alexandria LONI POP ULL OTM POP Coushatta LONI DWDM Derry 55Km 80Km 89Km LSU Hammond LONI POP UNO Tulane LSU HSC NO LONI POP OTM POP 86Km 48Km 54Km 75Km 20Km 70Km Southern DWDM Loop Monroe LONI POP La Tech LONI POP 82Km 55Km 82Km 72Km 61Km 82Km Northern DWDM Loop Southern LONI POP Minden LONI DWDM 38Km LSU HSC Shreveport LONI POP OTM POP NLR BR LONI POP LSU Jackson, MS LONI DWDM Franklin Schriever Port Barre LONI DWDM 13Km 102Km 42Km LaPlace 65Km Crowley Lake Charles LONI POP 65Km 69Km 11Km 13Km 39Km LPB 11Km LSU Seminary LONI DWDM Greensburg Tylertown Mendenhall Jackson Tallulah Start Edwards Roanoke 35Km 38Km 46Km 35Km 38Km 24Km 23Km 64Km 56Km48Km LONI Topology – POPs & DWDMs

7. Ramah LONI DWDM Landry Alexandria LONI POP ULL OTM POP Coushatta LONI DWDM Derry 55Km 80Km 89Km LSU Hammond LONI POP UNO Tulane LSU HSC NO LONI POP OTM POP 86Km 48Km 54Km 75Km 20Km 70Km Southern DWDM Loop Monroe LONI POP La Tech LONI POP 82Km 55Km 82Km 72Km 61Km 82Km Northern DWDM Loop Southern LONI POP Minden LONI DWDM 38Km LSU HSC Shreveport LONI POP OTM POP NLR BR LONI POP LSU Jackson, MS LONI DWDM Franklin Schriever Port Barre LONI DWDM 13Km 102Km 42Km LaPlace 65Km Crowley Lake Charles LONI POP 65Km 69Km 11Km 13Km 39Km LPB 11Km LSU Seminary LONI DWDM Greensburg Tylertown Mendenhall Jackson Tallulah Start Edwards Roanoke 35Km 38Km 46Km 35Km 38Km 24Km 23Km 64Km 56Km48Km LONI Topology - Status

8. 8 LONI Computing Power At each 6 universities: –IBM p5-575 system(112 power proc, 224 GB RAM) At LSU: –SuperMike (1024 Xeon proc, 1 TB RAM) –SuperHelix (256 Xeon proc, 256 GB RAM) –MiniMike (32 Xeon proc, 32 GB RAM) –SGI Prism (32 proc, 128 GB RAM) –Nemeaux (64 Mac processors) –LSU Campus Grid with ~2000 processors (soon) At UL Lafayette –LITE (384 proc, 384 GB RAM) At Latech – CAPS (30 processors) And several others..

9. 9 LONI Software Stack 100% TeraGrid compatible … Globus Toolkit Condor Virtual Data Toolkit (VDT) … The complete SW stack still to be finalized

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11. 11 Coastal Modeling Hurricane Track Prediction Storm Surge Modeling Predicting Wind Effects Coastal Erosion Modeling Emergency Response

12. 12 SCOOP Project SCOOP PortalPortal 12

13. 13 Other Applications Numerical Relativity Petroleum Engineering Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) High Energy Physics Bioinformatics

14. 14 Any Questions? Hmm..