1. e-Infrastructure Networking David Salmon

2. Topics e-Infrastructure funding – What has Janet been doing ? Emerging Issues – Some practicalities Broader discussion questions... – input & issues from community ?

3. Janet – e-Infrastructure networking £26MWith HEFCE Breakdown £10MContribution to Janet6 backbone £12M Network provision within “classic” Janet community, including key locations which may need additional fibre access £4M “Industry connection”

4. e-Infrastructure Strategic Sites Potential fibre / capacity requirements Work with organisations to understand requirements Build cases for provision If approved, integrate provision with deployment of Janet6

5. Gathering strategic requirements Immediate focus on sites mentioned.. Generic approach – Senior research management – Senior infrastructure management Strategic view – 5+ years Quantitative Patterns of use – Locations, data volumes -> net capacities Challenging !

6. Patterns of use Data movement – working patterns – How much – data volume ? Beware Bytes vs. bits ! – How quickly ? – How often ? – Where to ? – National & International Network engineers need bit-rates ! Working with research communities to understand emerging/evolving requirements 6

7. Norwich Bioinformatics Cluster The Genome Analysis Centre - TGAC The Sainsbury Laboratory John Innes Centre Institute for Food Research University of East Anglia Norwich Research Park

8. Hinxton Genome Campus European Molecular Biology Laboratory - European Bioinformatics Institute The Sanger Centre Babraham Institute

9. Exeter & locale Met Office University of Exeter Weather & Climate research Monsoon HPC – NERC & M.O.

10. Further South-West ? Plymouth – University Falmouth – University – Environmental Sustainability Institute – Exeter & Plymouth campus elements too Goonhilly – Radio Astronomy Interest – CUGA consortium

11. Results Visits undertaken – first phase Collating & chasing input ! Document cases for approval Within next week or two

12. Expectations ? Janet provision – meet acute needs in shorter term – broader provision within Janet6 – mechanisms IP capacity to host organisation some point to point services

13. e-Infrastructure projects funded HPC – 5 regional consortia – National facility – Hector / Archer – Dirac Particle physics NERC STFC – RAL – Daresbury will engage to discuss requirements & evolution

14. Some implications 14

15. Throughput challenges Infrastructures can deliver very high capacities Realising high-throughput end-to-end will take some effort Can’t just take systems “out of the box” and expect to get full line-rate data-transfers This needs to be communicated & understood more widely Janet & NREN community needs to work more closely with research communities to understand and solve issues. 15

16. Achievable Throughput What is realistic ? – Challenge: 1Gbit/s, 24hr ~= 10TBytes Holistic approach – End systems - Hardware & Software - Both ends ! – Local networks – Wide area networks Highlight successful examples – Technical case studies Janet role ? – Co-ordination/collaboration – Advice & troubleshooting support ?

17. Network structure implications ? Large research communities International/global overlays or private networks Particle physics - LHC OPN (LHCONE) Radio Astronomy – eVLBI, LOFAR, (SKA...) Future – Bioinformatics ?? ELIXIR Campus implications ? point to point services (lightpaths) more complex multi-homing – routing/switching issues

18. Industry ? Existing Janet policy – Supporting collaborative R&D – Business and Community Engagement (BCE) Evolution - more needed ? e-Infrastructure – “Open and accessible Janet”

19. Connecting Industry – meaning ? Network connections ? Access to community systems & resources connected to Janet ? Access to Janet community knowledge & expertise ? – Mix of all three... BIS & HPC Consortia views ?

20. Conclusion & seed discussion issues ? Throughput performance – Your views on what Janet should be doing ? Services multiplying – Campus issues & implications – Advice or information required ? Other points ? – Janet supporting research