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Developments in RedIRIS as seen in the Context of Developments in other NRENs

Developments in RedIRIS as seen in the Context of Developments in other NRENs. http://www.terena.nl/compendium. Conclusions. RedIRIS is one of the leading NRENs in Europe It can be proud of its achievements over the past years But…. Structure of talk . What is TERENA?

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Developments in RedIRIS as seen in the Context of Developments in other NRENs

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  1. Developments in RedIRIS as seen in the Context of Developments in other NRENs http://www.terena.nl/compendium Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  2. Conclusions • RedIRIS is one of the leading NRENs in Europe • It can be proud of its achievements over the past years • But… Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  3. Structure of talk • What is TERENA? • RedIRIS (compared with selected other NRENs) • Conclusions Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  4. TERENA Organisation • A not-for-profit association of European National Research & Education Networks • Governed by the General Assembly of the Members, larger members have more votes • Funded through Membership Fees and project funding • Secretariat located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands • 14 staff (13 FTE) • 33 National Members • 2 International Members: CERN, ESA • 10 Associate Members (including DANTE, equipment vendors and telecoms operators) 34 Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  5. TERENA’s Mission • Represent common interests and opinions of members • Make political and industrial contacts • Lobby European Union and national governments • Liaise with other continents • Knowledge Transfer • Conferences, Workshops & Seminars. • Developing informational, best-practice and training material • Technical Programme • Developing, testing and promoting new technologies, services and applications • Task Forces, Projects and Workshops. • Fostering new services • Does not run a network! – DANTE does Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  6. Task Forces • Small groups of volunteers working on specific problems. • Limited duration, typically 2 years. • Open to any individual or representative offering expertise, manpower, equipment or services. • Set of defined tasks and deliverables. • Each task force has its own mailing list & web space. • TERENA provides organisational and secretarial support. • http://www.terena.nl/task-forces/ • Under the GN2 project, collaboration between the Joint Research Areas and the Networking Activities and the work of most of the Task forces, but: • The Task Forces have a mandate that is not limited by the terms of the GN2 project • The Task Forces are open Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  7. Task Forces (cont..) • TF-NGN (started December 2000) • Tests suitability of new networking technologies for use in future European backbone, NREN or campus networks. • Mandate expiring, new mandate being discussed. • TF-CSIRT (started September 2000) • Promotes collaboration and knowledge transfer between European CSIRTs. • Oversees training workshops for CSIRT staff that are part of the TRANSITS project Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  8. Task Forces (cont..) • TF-Mobility (started January 2003) • Evaluate mobile equipment and software. • Evaluate possible authentication and authorisation techniques (e.g. web-based, 802.1X, VPNs) • Defined an inter-NREN roaming architecture (802.1X based). EduRoam – 17 countries connected, • Investigate and address security issues. • TF-VVC (started September 2004) • Advice on setting-up videoconferencing rooms. • Survey national streaming media content. • Develop an announcements portal. • Develop a common metadata model. • Contribute to international dialling and numbering plans. • Establish academic netcasting channel. Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  9. Task Forces (cont..) • TF-EMC2 (just started) • Stands for European Middleware Coordination and Collaboration) investigates the development and deployment of middleware infrastructures at campuses and NRENs level and their interoperability issues. • Chair: Diego López • TF-PR (started September 2003) • Aims to improve public relations and information dissemination for research and education networking. • Allows exchange of ideas, experiences and methods. • Operates a server for news exchange. ¡ Hola PAPI ! Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  10. SERENATE • Study into European Research and Education Networking as Targeted by eEurope • EC-funded project led by TERENA: 1 May 2002 - 31 December 2003 • Studied the evolution of networking over the next 5-10 years. • Produced set of recommendations for future research and education networks in SERENATE countries. • http://www.serenate.org/ Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  11. NREN Compendium • Compendium has been published annually since 2000. • Collection of relevant information about European NRENs: • Administrative data and legal form. • Number of users and market share. • Internal and external connectivity, and capacity of links. • Network traffic, load and congestion indicators. • Services, staffing and funding. • Provides overview of network status in each country. • 2004 edition now available on TERENA website, • A good tool for lobbying governments and/or funding bodies! http://www.terena.nl/compendium Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  12. Other interesting TERENA publications • IP Telephony Cookbook • basic and advanced services; • regulatory and legal aspects; • interoperability • available as book and online PDF • Guide to Network Resource Tools • published since 1996 • Aimed at users and support staff • Provides basic introduction to the Internet • May be freely distributed by TERENA members, who may also acquire the local translation rights (e.g. Slovenian). • http://gnrt.terena.nl/ Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  13. EGEE • Enabling Grids for E-Science in Europe. • TERENA is the lead dissemination partner: • Providing web services. • Assisting with PR. • Organising conferences (every six months). • Next event is in the Hague (NL), November 2004 • Project has many Spanish participants. • http://public.eu-egee.org/ Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  14. TERENA Networking Conferences • In a tradition of > 20 years • Next one will take place in Poznań, Poland, from 6 to 9 June, 2005 • Call for Papers is on the web and has just come from the printers http://www.terena.nl/tnc2005 Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  15. Other Projects … we will save for another time Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  16. Warning! Don’t take what will follow too seriously! • Based on data provided by the NRENs to the Compendium questionnaires • Differences in interpretation (diminishing) • NRENs are difficult to compare • Leads to more questions than answers… • Will give you data from France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain • (plus some from Portugal and from The Netherlands) Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  17. Topology of the RedIRIS Network, 2001/2002 Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  18. Final eEurope Benchmarking Report, COM(2002) 62 final of February 2002: Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  19. Comparison perhaps not completely fair… • RedIRIS had 17 connections at 155 Mb/s • GARR had just upgraded 3 centres to 2.5 Gb, but each via 2 routes, so they claimed to have 5 Gb/s • Many other centres in Italy in fact connected only at 34 Mb/s (yellow lines) Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  20. Today, the situation is very different Note the redundancy aren’t they looking at the stars from here? Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  21. Other countries: France (redundancy?) Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  22. Germany (redundancy!) Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  23. UK (redundancy?) 10 Gb/s on backbone Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  24. Poland Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  25. Italy Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  26. Architecturs improving; more bandwidth now; more on the way Core Capacity on the networks, 2003 - 2006 20000 17500 2003 2004 15000 2006 12500 10000 7500 5000 2500 0 DFN GARR RedIRIS PIONIER SURFnet UKERNA RENATER Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  27. Although it is not always easy to predict… (slide from 2001) When will we enter the 100 Gb era? (log scale in Mbps) Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  28. Budgets have gone down, rather than up Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  29. Connectivity remains expensive… Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  30. (does RedIRIS need more budget and more staff??) It seems like it… but NRENs are very different, I cannot give that answer for you… Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  31. Dark fibre becoming an option for some countries Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  32. Traffic load now no problem Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  33. But needs continued attention Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  34. Traffic growth is high (and not likely to get less) Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  35. Traffic Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  36. Is there congestion? If so, where? The bottleneck is now at the University level! Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  37. Progress in connecting Universities at higher speeds A few things to point out… 100% 90% 80% 70% # ≥ 1 Gb % < 1 Gb 60% % up to 100 Mb Can 2 Mb/s be enough for a University? 50% % up to 10 Mb % up to 2 Mb 40% % = ISDN Not much change here 30% 20% 10% 0% 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 RENATER DFN PIONIER GARR UKERNA RedIRIS SURFnet Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  38. Differences between NRENs… e.g.: who gets connected? Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  39. Is the funding model relevant for the success of the NREN? … although diversifying funding sources (e.g. by getting it from various Government Departments) can be a wise strategy… Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  40. Is legal form relevant? Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  41. Conclusions • African saying: “A pound of feathers will only fly if there is a bird inside” Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

  42. Conclusions • RedIRIS is indeed one of Europe’s leading NRENs • Assume ownership of your network! • Congratulations on your Jornadas Técnicas • Times ahead are challenging Jornadas Técnicas RedIRIS, 26 October 2004

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