130 likes | 215 Views
Cybera Transit Exchange Services and Leth SD 51. ATLE Learning Seminar – October 6, Chinook High J. E. Percevault, Director of Technology. http:// www.cybera.ca/about-us n ot-for-profit organization. Who is Cybera?. Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX) Research Networks
E N D
Cybera Transit Exchange Servicesand Leth SD 51 ATLE Learning Seminar – October 6, Chinook High J. E. Percevault, Director of Technology
http://www.cybera.ca/about-us • not-for-profit organization Who is Cybera?
Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX) • Research Networks • Commercial Internet (aggregation is not a new concept, being done in many jurisdictions) • Looking ahead: Toronto Internet Exchange (TorIX) • http://www.cybera.ca/services/better-faster-cheaper-internet Services of interest to K-12
U of A • Athabasca U • Banff Fine Arts Centre • U of L • Lethbridge School District 51 Current Cybera Members on SIX
SIX provides 40% of Cybera post secondary institutes’ Internet bandwidth • Post secondary bandwidth profile is different than K-12 (evenings, weekends, type of traffic) Current findings in Post Secondary Institutes
SIX provides up to 60% of Internet bandwidth • Shaw Internet has dropped from 56 Mbps to 18 to 22 Mbps • Total Internet bandwidth has peaked to 93 Mbps • YouTube videos play uninterrupted via SIX • NFB videos play uninterrupted via SIX • CBC videos on demand play uninterrupted via Shaw Internet • 50% of schools’ 100/20 (i.e. 11 Mbps of 22 Mbps bronze) is allowed to go to the Internet services—SIX and Shaw (Allot packet shaper; 14 Mbps on high schools with 100/25 services) • Fort iGATE priority rules: teachers high YouTube access, students low YouTube access • Allot 40 Mbps YouTube rule set for the district; peaked to 30 Mbps; ability to increase; YouTube consistently consumes more bandwidth than all other protocols (Allot real time network performance) • Local host streaming servers: Discovery Education, Access Learning, Learn 360 Current findings in Leth SD 51
October to December – core network upgrades • Quarter 1, 2012 – new Cybera members with SIX and research network service (Cybera cookbook on steps to connect in development for Quarter 1 with Lethbridge School District 51) • Research network access awaiting Layer 2 services from Axia SuperNet • Commercial internet offering – business plan in progress; target that is lower than existing contracts Cybera Business Plan
$5,000 annual membership provides SIX and research network access; $10,000 for larger boards (TBD) • Jean-Francois Amiot, Technical Operations Manager • Robin Winsor, President and CEO Cybera membership
Axia gE/200 at your network headend ($30,000 infrastructure cost) • BGB router capable of 1 Gbps (e.g. Cisco 7201 in District 51 at $18,500) • Packet shaping? • Real time anti-virus scanning on a firewall at 1 Gbps? • Reviewing all planning steps in the Cybera cookbook on getting connected – available Quarter 1, 2012 K-12 jurisdiction planning
SIX http://apache.cybera.ca/weathermap/output/cybera_six.png • SIX stats http://apache.cybera.ca/cacti87g/graph_view.php • Shaw http://secure.shawbusinesssolutions.ca/html/billing_system_login.jsp • Allot NetXplorer 1400 – hourly/daily most active protocols • Axia enhanced service – gE/200 at the network headend • Axia enhanced services – 100/25 at Chinook High School and at Winston Churchill High School Real time network statistics – Leth SD 51
YouTube via SIX http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owAlv4XT2dQ • CBC via Shaw http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_Rick_Mercer_Report/1233563683/ID=2129229047 • NFB via SIX (hopefully via CANARIE and Cybera after the core network upgrade; discussions in progress with NFB) http://www.nfb.ca/film/Horses_of_Suffield/ • Discovery Education via District 51 local host streaming server http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=5850C387-8DFE-4FBD-80E2-07EB4C5DAF8F&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US Click on properties to validate local host streaming Real time Streaming Sessions on Stage in the Media Centre
Axia gE/300 upgrade over gE/200 ($800/month increase • Cybera annual membership $5,000 • Cybera commercial internet at 120Mbps or $200 Mbps • Fort iGATE 3000 series firewall at $45,000 (real time antivirus scanning up to 1Gbps) • High schools to 100/40 – 4 gold, 48 bronze, 34 allowed to the Internet • Removal of all YouTube rules • Network monitoring: SIX, SIX stats, Axia SuperNet Enhanced Services, Allot NetXplorer Leth SD 51 Planning for September 1, 2012
Questions and AnswersJ. E. Percevault, Director of Technology