Connect Communicate Collaborate GANT 2 Update John Chevers

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate GÉANT 2 Update John Chevers, DANTE EVN-NREN Meeting, Bonn 19 th September 2007

EVN-NREN GÉANT 2 Update Connect. Communicate. Collaborate

What is GÉANT 2? Connect. Communicate. Collaborate A European R&E Networking Model: • 7 th generation of pan-European research network infrastructure – continuation of a success story • Project partners include 30 of Europe’s national research and education networks (NRENs), DANTE and TERENA • Connects 34 European countries and serves over 3500 research and education establishments across Europe • Over 30 million users • Provides extensive international connectivity to other world regions • Funded jointly by NRENs and European Commission • Project timescale September 2004 - August 2008

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate Current GÉANT 2 Topology

P 2 P Circuits Connect. Communicate. Collaborate

What Does GÉANT+ Mean? Connect. Communicate. Collaborate • A pre-provisioned network of lit p 2 p circuits • 10 Gbps IP access and 10 Gbps circuits • Quickly configurable GE circuits on existing interfaces

P 2 P Statistics Connect. Communicate. Collaborate • 29 circuits so far…. orders arrive regularly

P 2 P Customers Connect. Communicate. Collaborate

Global Update Connect. Communicate. Collaborate • • • ORIENT TEIN 2 Ubuntunet EUMEDCONNECT – 2? ALICE -2? GÉANT 3 Planning

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate

GÉANT 2 and e. VLBI: 2007 Connect. Communicate. Collaborate • 4 European telescopes connected by GÉANT 2 GE circuits: Medicina Jodrell Cambridge Torun • …plus Westerbork

Future Possibilities… • • • Connect. Communicate. Collaborate More EU telescopes Real science with Chinese telescopes over ORIENT? South Africa? GE circuits to US telescopes? FABRIC test circuits

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate ALICE Topology April 2006

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate TEIN 2 Topology June 2006