Paul Davis www grangenet net 1 grid and

Paul Davis www. grangenet. net 1

grid and next generation network www. grangenet. net 2

the real reason… “Throwing technology at a community doesn’t work. You need people to understand what it will do for them and then they need to change their behaviour. ” Micheal Curri Strategic Networks Group 3

providing researchers with … ü framework for the development of grid services, ü test-drive high speed networks, ü explore novel techniques and new collaborations 4

objectives Build and operate a gigabit network for Australian research and education Foster the development of advanced communications & grid services 5

DSTC QPSF UQ QUT Grange. Net POP Brisbane AARNet Network core • • • 2. 5 Gbps lambdas IPv 6 Multicast Trans Pacific link DSTC UTS AC 3 Vis. Lab ATP Grange. Net POP Sydney AARNet • DWDM POS – low latency – low jitter ANU APAC Grange. Net POP Canberra CSIRO Bo. M VPAC RMIT Uni Melb Grange. Net POP Melbourne Grange. Net POP Perth - 6

2000 Km of fibre ~ mostly along high voltage power transmission lines 19 amplifiers 3 regenerators 7

Backbone schematic Cisco ONS 15801 DWDM 8

Core Routers ~ Cisco GSR 12410 • Core Router – Canberra – Sydney • Distributed architecture scalable to 300 Gbps • All links are 2. 5 Gbps 9

Edge Routers ~ Cisco OSR 7609 • Edge Router – Melbourne – Canberra – Sydney – Brisbane • Clients 1 Gbps • Core links 2. 5 Gbps 10

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network stats • 545 TBytes carried on national backbone • More than 20 TB of international traffic • Core reliability 99. 5% 12

Grid services • Compute grid • Data grid • Access grid & distributed visualisation • Instrument grid - telepresence 13

Communities of Interest 14

3 Year Project 5 Year Project Started in March 2002 unincorporated joint venture $14 M funding from Australian Government $18 M 15

in the pipeline • New developments in Access Grid Technology – Portable access grid nodes that are easy to set up and run – Record and replay storage for access grid sessions (Apple) • Project to deliver storage over fast networks – Proof of concept project with Hitachi Data Systems to test i. SCSI storage over Grange. Net 16

on the horizon Grange. Net funded till mid 2007 – Network operational to end of Power. Tel IRU New & novel collaborative research projects – – Victorian Cultural Broadband AIS interactive coaching on-line PARADISEC & endangered language Our. TV; community content delivery over broadband pilot A role in the development of an Australian e. Research platforms 17

who does what ? Paul Da Direc vis tor Jane lle S Exec tewart ut Assis ive tant Mark us B uch Grid Serv horn ice Coor dinat s or rese 20 arch e Chri s Adv Myers C Coor omms dinat or rs Greg W NOC ickham Man ager Rust on H u Netw tchens o Engi rk neer

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