NORDUnet The Fibre Generation

1. NORDUnetThe Fibre Generation Lars Fischer CTO NORDUnet

2. NORDUnet IP Network 2005

3. Traffic Projections

4. NORDUnet IP Network 2006

5. Current Network Design

6. Network Users: A, B, C USERS A: Lightweight. Mail, browsing. One-to-Many. B: Business, Streaming, VPN. Many-to-Many C: Scientific applications, distributed computation, Grids. Few-to-Few Total traffic: C >> B >> A A B C BANDWIDTH

7. Who Are The Heavy Users? • Groups or Projects with (relatively) Few People • Specific to one science area • Shared resources • International (global) collaboration • Communication is mostly internal • Sharing Scientific Instruments • Radio-telescopes, CERN, microscopes, ... • Sharing Research Infrastructure • Sharing Large Datasets or Compute Resources • Genome Databases, Large-scale computation, Simulations, Visualization, ...

8. Example: e-VLBI 􀂾Very-Long Baseline Interferometry

9. Visualization • iGrid2005 demonstration of visualization • Simulation done in Amsterdam, display in San Diego • Bandwidth: 19 Gbps A ”LambdaVision” display, using 55 LCDs Resolution: 17.600 x 6.000 pixels

10. How Do Heavy Users Affect the Net? • Heavy users drive total network capacity • Some Internet features are Expensive • Many to Many • All users can get everywhere • Routes around damage • Heavy applications don’t need all this • Capacity + Routing drives cost. Solution: • Offload heavy users to simple, private networks • Expensive networks for the many with low volume • Cheap networks for the few with lots of traffic

11. We Want • To enable new ways of doing science • A Hybrid Network • IP for the masses • Private networks (OPNs) for the heavy users • Ability to build new networks in demand • Handle capacity growth and control cost • Ability to use new network technologies • Rapid changes in the world of networking • Collaboration is becoming global

12. The GLORIAD Collaboration

13. We Also Want To • Enable Nordic participation in global Science • Position the Nordic region in global research networks • Be part of global networking collaborations • Be a driver in European network evolution • Have the facilities to act on international opportunities

14. NORDUnet – the Dream

15. NORDUnet Network ROADMAP • Implement Nordic Optical Network • Integrate to National Optical Networks • Integrate NORDUfibre into international collaborations • Cross Border Fibre Capability • Establish fibre links to Netherlands & the East • European Networking (GEANT) • Establish NORDUnet Optical Exchange • Initiate On-Demand Provisioning

16. NORDUfiber

17. Up to 88 Channels 10 Gbps transponders 40 Gbps transponders Fully Reconfigurable OADM All interfaces are tunable over the complete C-band Optical protection Alcatel DWDM

18. 1850 TSS Packet TDM WDM 1 purpose-builtconvergence platform 3 separateplatforms 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

19. IP Network on NORDUfiber

20. NorthernLight Open Optical Exchange • Distributed Open Optical Exchange • A meeting place for international network resources and capabilities • Like an Internet Exchange, but for circuits • Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo • Open to local and international partners • Offer user control of switching • Facilitates global connectivity and network evolution

21. Multi-Domain Provisioning

22. e-Infratructure - Beyond Transport • The network – a collection of capabilities • Computing Resources • Storage • Databases • Authentication, Authorization, Accounting • Roaming • Using remote resources • Collaboration

23. Nordic Data Grid Facility (NDGF) • A Collaborative Grid Production Facility • Do for Grid Computing what NORDUnet has done for Research Networking • Single Point of Entry for collaborations and e-Science projects • Represent the Nordic Grid community internationally • Coordinates Nordic Grid activities and sharing

24. 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 • Complimentary views • Computing as just another element in the Hybrid Network • Networks as just another grid resource

25. 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 • Cost saving

26. The CERN LHC Experiment • Will require vast amounts of storage and computation • Distributed on the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid

27. 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 • Appear as one site on the WLCG

28. New NORDUnet Office

29. Summary • NORDUfiber is a state-of-the-art hybrid network, with DWDM, SDH, Ethernet and IP layers. It will be operational in Q2 2007 • NORDUnet and NDGF will offer services at layer 4 and above • NORDUnet and NDGF will continue to evolve – AAI, multi-domain provisioning, storage services, etc.

30. Questions? <lars@nordu.net>