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CSTNET Progress and Research Activities

This presentation highlights the progress of CSTNET, the Chinese Academy of Sciences' computer network, and its research activities in networking and scientific databases. It covers topics such as upgrades, partner networks, and networking research projects, as well as the background, status, and future plans for the Scientific Databases (SDB) project.

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CSTNET Progress and Research Activities

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  1. CSTNET Progressand Research Activities Chuck Song and Nan Kai CSTNET Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences May 6, 2002

  2. Agenda • CSTNET Progress • Networking Research • SDB and its Applications • Scientific Data Grid • Summary Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  3. CSTNET – Overview • One of the earliest networks in China, founded in 1989 • The first China’s network to connect with US Internet with full functionality (in 1994) • 55Mbps international link • May 2000, Internet2 MoU Partner • 1000+ research organizations and high-tech companies, 1,000,000+ end users Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  4. CSTNET – Logical Map Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  5. CSTNET – Geographic Map Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  6. Upgrade Plan • A key project of 10th Five-year Program of CAS (2001-2005) • Nationwide backbone  45Mbps • MAN (eg. Beijing)  Gigabits • More services • Multicast • QoS • IPv6 Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  7. Partner Networks • NSFCNET • National Science Foundation of China NET • CAINONET • China Advanced INfo. Optic NET • NHPCE • National High Performance Computing Environment Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  8. Partner Network – NSFCNET • Support research, development, and testing of next-generation network technologies • High-speed connection with vBNS and Abilene (Connected to STARTAP in Sept. 2000, CSTNET too) • 2.5/10G DWDM Backbone (two rings) • CNIC is one of the six main nodes Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  9. NSFCNET Topology Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  10. Partner Networks – CAINONET • National key project sponsored by MOST • self-owned technologies and products for next-generation inter-networks • IP/DWDM，2.5G • CNIC is one of the five nodes in Beijing Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  11. Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  12. Partner Networks – NHPCE • Construct several HPC centers based on homemade supercomputers • Through broadband networks to build NHPCE • Provide HPC, massive info. processing, resource sharing, etc. services for national critical applications • one HPC center located in CNIC Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  13. NHPCE 结点 结点 结点 结点 贵重设备 数据库 信息库 音响 千兆位IP宽带网 Internet DVD 数字像机 Notebook HPC 电话 游戏机 电视 BP机，移动电话 PC，工作站

  14. NHPCE in China

  15. Networking Research 1 • IPv4-IPv6 Transition & Interoperation • Sponsored by CAS • All-level interoperation, especially application layer (HTTP, FTP, etc.) • A complete solution for this issue • Dual stacks, NAT-PT, ALG, etc. Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  16. Networking Research 2 • IPv6 DNS • Sponsored by CAS • Collaborate with CNNIC • Root DNS Server • DNS security • DNS issues in IPv4-IPv6 interoperation Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  17. Networking Research 3 • Network Measurement • National Hi-tech R&D Program (863) Project, sponsored by MOST • Traffic monitoring and statistics • Non-intrusive • Web user interface • 10/100 base-T, ATM/POS OC-3 Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  18. What is SDB • SDB - Scientific Databases • A long-term project sponsored by CAS (Founded 1983) • A collection of large-scale, multi-discipline, distributed, scientific databases Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  19. SDB Background • A large quantity of valuable and practical scientific data produced in the long course of research activities of CAS • With the progress of IT technology, we need and could share these data. • The data are from research, and for research Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  20. SDB Status • The largest Scientific Database in China • Multi-discipline database, covering: • Chemistry, Biology, Astronomy, Material, Corrosion, Optics and fine mechanics, Natural resources, Energy, Eco-environment, Limnology, Marsh, Glaciology, Atmosphere, Ancient climate, Zoology, Hydro-biology, Remote sensing, Information Technology, etc. Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  21. SDB Status – by Dec 2000 • Membership: 21 institutes of CAS • 180 sub-databases, distributed across the nation • Total volume: 725GB • 19 web sites on CSTNET • 153 on-line sub-databases, 327GB Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  22. SDB Web Portal http://www.sdb.ac.cn Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  23. SDB Plan by 2005 • A key project in the 10th Five-year Program of CAS (2001-2005) • Membership: ~40 institutes • 300 sub-databases • Volume: 10TB Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  24. SDB Applicationsin High Performance Environment • Objectives • To satisfy the increasing need of large-scale database systems, such as SDB. • To help the construction, development and deployment of SDB’s advanced applications. Without it, it’s too hard to integrate so many application systems of SDB together. • To do research on the issues about large-scale databases and high performance environment. Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  25. What’s High Performance Environment • It consists of • High Performance Computing -- Superserver • High Performance Communication -- High-speed networks • Massive Storage Capacity • Software platform to provide comprehensive support for advanced applications of SDB Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  26. High Performance Environment for SDB • Sponsored by: • CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) • 863 Program (National Hi-tech Research and Development Program, Ministry of Science & Technology) • NSFC (National Science Foundation of China) Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  27. High Performance Computing Resources • Dawning 2000-II Superserver • Cluster System • 82 nodes, 164 CPUs • 50G Memory • 1.5TB RAID • 110G FLOPS • AIX, Oracle 8i Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  28. Dawning 2000-II Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  29. High Speed Networks • CSTNET • All units of SDB connect to CSTNET • NSFCNET • Demo Advanced Applications on it Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  30. Middleware • SDB Application Platform • Web-based development environment • Cluster Database Manager • Cluster Database API • Metadata Services • Middleware for security, authentication, data exchange, etc. Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  31. SDB Application Platform Architecture Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  32. Demo Applications • GENBANK Application • Virtual Geographical Lab • China Popular Science Exhibition Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  33. Demo Application 1 • Biological Databases Applications • Mirror sites in China forDDBJ, EMBL, GENBANK, … (40GB) • Full text retrieval system for DDBJVolume 50GBMore than 7.5 million records • Super computing in comparability Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  34. GENBANK Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  35. Demo Application 2 • Virtual Geographical Lab • Visualization (3D) • Include scientific databases about object. • Have a tool library to help geo-scientists to do data analysis. • Provide a single friendly interface for users. • Provide an open platform for users to add databases and tools. Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  36. Virtual Geographical Lab • A sample at DAZI, Tibet: Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  37. Virtual Research Environment-- Dazi, Tibet GVRE Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  38. Demo Application 3 • China Popular Science Exhibitionhttp://www.kepu.net.cn • Virtual Museums: 27 (Chinese version) 3 (English version) • Current status: • Data: 1500MB • Homepage Files: 20,000+ • Picture Files: 25,000+ • Multimedia Files: 700+ • Page view per day: 50,000+ Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  39. Kepu homepage Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  40. Kepu homepage Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  41. What we’re doing for SDB • To support the storage, access, and process of data in SDB through a uniform and efficient way • Data are distributed and heterogeneous • Key enabling technologies • Grid Computing / Data Grid • XML • Web Services (SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, …)& Grid Services (OGSA) Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  42. Scientific Data Grid • Focus on sharing data resources • Multiple institutes involved – VO (virtual organization) • Huge volume • Distributed • Heterogeneous (not common) Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  43. SDG Architecture (draft) Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  44. Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  45. Summary • CSTNET is launching a large scale upgrade in next years (by 2005) • Several research projects on NGI technologies is in progress (IPv6 etc.) • Middleware and application are our focuses (Data Grid etc.) Sprint 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting

  46. Thank you!

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