IPv6 and IBP storage network and content delivery system over an IPv6 Testbed Gabriella Paolini

10 April 2003 – Internet2 Meeting Gabriella Paolini – GARR 6net 6NET is a three-year IST European project to demonstrate that continued growth of the Internet can be met using new IPv6 technology. to help European research and industry play a leading role in defining and developing the next generation of networking technologies. A native IPv6-based network with both static and mobile components in order to gain experience of IPv6 deployment and migration from existing IPv4-based networks.

10 April 2003 – Internet2 Meeting Gabriella Paolini – GARR GARR in 6NET A complex participation: GARR coordinates 12 local partners We are participating in many activities within the project Users connected in native mode using dedicated ATM pvc, sometimes dual-stack in users side.

10 April 2003 – Internet2 Meeting Gabriella Paolini – GARR Universities and research institutes involved in 6net with GARR Bologna INFN CNAF Università di Bologna Milan Università di Milano Turin Politecnico di Torino Pisa CNR IIT Università di Pisa Ferrara Università di Ferrara Florence Università di Firenze Rome Università di Roma III INFN Roma1 CASPUR Naples Università di Napoli Bari Università di Bari

10 April 2003 – Internet2 Meeting Gabriella Paolini – GARR Current Italian 6NET topology PoP TORINO PoP BOLOGNA PoP ROMA 6NET BACKBONE POLYTECHNIC OF TORINO UNIVERSITY OF MILANO UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA INFN/CNAF UNIVERSITY OF FIRENZE CNR / IAT UNIVERSITY OF ROMA3 CASPUR UNIVERSITY OF NAPOLI MILANO PoP PISA 6NET GARR UNIVERSITY OF BARI UNIVERSITY OF PISA GARR headquarters

10 April 2003 – Internet2 Meeting Gabriella Paolini – GARR

10 April 2003 – Internet2 Meeting Gabriella Paolini – GARR Dual Stack Pilot: Going towards an IPv4/IPv6 production network We are upgrading our network to IPv6 We are involved in the GEANT IPv6 Task Force, following the GEANT roadmap Our Pilot plan is in 3 stages: 1 st stage: the Network 2 nd stage: the Routing 3 rd stage: the Users

10 April 2003 – Internet2 Meeting Gabriella Paolini – GARR What we needed Increasing traffic volume Nearly-production traffic (not originated by traffic generators) Involving users No users continuous presence (ex.:Online games, videoconference need that)

10 April 2003 – Internet2 Meeting Gabriella Paolini – GARR Looking for a 'killer application' Network Storage environment should be it We have started a collaboration with the University of Tennessee (Logistical Networking Project) We are building an Ipv6 Logistical infrastructure on our current 6net topology.

10 April 2003 – Internet2 Meeting Gabriella Paolini – GARR Internet Backplane Protocol middleware It's Ipv6-ready A storage network infrastructure Total control of data movement and staging Ready for Linux, Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD I2-DSI an Internet2 initiative based on IBP

10 April 2003 – Internet2 Meeting Gabriella Paolini – GARR What we can do Generating IPv6 traffic, without users' continuous presence. Building an IPv6 platform for content delivering: Open source, GNU, free software distributed with a web page interface (ex.:linux distributions...) Possibility of involving IPv4 users with an underlying IPv6 infrastructure. (with a dual-stack web server) An easy service with coherency and replica consistency.

10 April 2003 – Internet2 Meeting Gabriella Paolini – GARR GARR implementation 3 depots on the backbone Other depots located in the users premises 1 st step: testing the system and building the storage network (now) 2 nd step: a software distribution system using a web interface (ready in May) and the P-2-P client tools.

10 April 2003 – Internet2 Meeting Gabriella Paolini – GARR Current Italian 6NET topology PoP TORINO PoP BOLOGNA PoP ROMA 6NET BACKBONE POLYTECHNIC OF TORINO UNIVERSITY OF MILANO UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA INFN/CNAF UNIVERSITY OF FIRENZE CNR / IAT UNIVERSITY OF ROMA3 CASPUR UNIVERSITY OF NAPOLI MILANO PoP PISA 6NET GARR UNIVERSITY OF BARI UNIVERSITY OF PISA GARR headquarters

10 April 2003 – Internet2 Meeting Gabriella Paolini – GARR IBPdepots location PoP TORINO PoP BOLOGNA PoP ROMA 6NET BACKBONE POLYTECHNIC OF TORINO UNIVERSITY OF MILANO UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA INFN/CNAF UNIVERSITY OF FIRENZE CNR / IAT UNIVERSITY OF ROMA3 CASPUR MILANO PoP PISA 6NET GARR UNIVERSITY OF BARI UNIVERSITY OF PISA GARR headquarters ALREADY INSTALLED PLANNED

10 April 2003 – Internet2 Meeting Gabriella Paolini – GARR Future initiatives Expanding this content delivery system to other 6NET European partners (ie: Surfnet) Local depots installations Client software implementation Performance tests Other related applications: video, mail, etc. Evaluation and integration of IPv6 advanced features with IBP (Security, Mobile, Source Routing)