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TERENA NETWORKING CONFERENCE 3-6 June, Limerick, Ireland. Session 8C : Research Networks GÉANT - Great Expectations About New Technology. Dai Davies : General Manager www.dante.net. What is GÉANT?. 9 x 10 GBps wavelengths 12 x 12.5 GBps wavelengths 3 GBps SDH 16 Juniper M160 routers.
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TERENA NETWORKING CONFERENCE 3-6 June, Limerick, Ireland. Session 8C : Research Networks GÉANT - Great Expectations About New Technology Dai Davies : General Manager www.dante.net
What is GÉANT? • 9 x 10 GBps wavelengths • 12 x 12.5 GBps wavelengths • 3 GBps SDH • 16 Juniper M160 routers
Basic Architecture • Dual Unprotected ’s • Diverse Routing of Connectivity • Wire Speed Performant Router
Expectations 1 Platform for Development • Multi-Cast • IPv6 • IP Quality of Service • MPLS
Expectations 2 • Support for Projects • Router Testing Platform • Part of the Global Research Infrastructure
Challenges - Commercial • Who Pays for the Spare Capacity? • How do we Support GRIDS? • A Point-to-Point Connectivity Service • The End-to-End Question
Challenges - Technical • Lots of Bandwidth - Pity About the Access • 10G ’s v 4*25 G ’s • How do you Manage the Thing? • Switched Capacity