Research and Education Network -The Operating Partner’s Perspective SANREN The South African Research and Education Network -The Operating Partner’s Perspective Geoff Hoy

Partnerships SANReN Competency Area

As at August 1997

Meraka Institute diagram of SANREN Network As at August 2012

Network Diagram of SANREN As at March 2014 Area of enlargement

Enlargement of CTN ring

2002 23 Mbps 2012 - 4 Gbps

March 2015 9 Gbps >> 20 000% Traffic increase in 12 years + 7 - 9 Gbps of Google traffic + 2 Gbps of Akamai traffic >> 20 000% Traffic increase in 12 years

The SANREN Network Funded by DST Procured by the SANReN Competency Area of the Meraka Institute, CSIR Operated by TENET

Network Support http://www.ispsources.com/why-its-important-to-have-network-support-for-your-office.html

Network Operations Centre Network Support Network Operations Centre NOC

The Graphing system

The Engine Room – Network Engineers!

The Engine Room – Network Engineers! 10 days 15 emails 7 Phone calls Site Commissioned ! The Engine Room – Network Engineers!

Training and Workshops Campus Network Design

NREN Services Light Pathing Federated Identity

NREN Services Video Conferencing

NREN Services Collaboration with :

NREN Collaboration High Performance Computing Grid Computing & Mesh Computing

Where to now?