LONI The Louisiana Optical Network Initiative Tevfik Koar

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

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

2001 Plan 3

Not an Ordinary Optical Network

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

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

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

LONI Computing Power • At each 6 universities: – IBM p 5 -575 system(112 power proc, 224 GB RAM) • At LSU: – – – Super. Mike Super. Helix Mini. Mike SGI Prism Nemeaux LSU Campus (1024 Xeon proc, 1 TB RAM) (256 Xeon proc, 256 GB RAM) (32 Xeon proc, 32 GB RAM) (32 proc, 128 GB RAM) (64 Mac processors) Grid with ~2000 processors (soon) • At UL Lafayette – LITE (384 proc, 384 GB RAM) • At Latech – CAPS (30 processors) • And several others. . 8

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

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

SCOOP Project • SCOOP Portal 12

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

Any Questions? Hmm. . 14