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Experiences of SUNET Hans Wallberg Hans.Wallberg@sunet.se Subcontracting Services
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February 3 2009 - #2 SUNET The Swedish National Research and Education Network Purpose: Provide universities with national and international connectivity of high class Provide networking services Key factors: Availability Capacity No bottleneck
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February 3 2009 - #3 All universities and university colleges (32), nationwide, connected with 1 or 10 Gbit/s (redundant) Used by all personnel, such as: Researchers Teachers Administrative personnel Technical personnel Students etc. Central govt. museums (12) and art schools (17) connected with 100 Mbit/s or 1 Gbit/s External organizations (30+), such as research councils, with close relations to universities and colleges Users of Sunet
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February 3 2009 - #4 The Organisational structure of SUNET SUNET is administered by the Swedish Research Council SUNET does not employ any personnel SUNET buys services from universities and other organisations SUNET is managed by a Board with representatives from the universities The Board is assisted by a technical reference group
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February 3 2009 - #5 SUNET ORGANISATION CTO CEO Board NOC CERT Services Admin. Swedish national research Council Hans Wallberg Börje Josefsson
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February 3 2009 - #6 Funding of SUNET SUNET is partly funded by the Ministry of Education, Research and Culture (4 MEuro/year) The universities have to pay what the ministry doesn’t pay. That fee is distributed according to the size of the university (~10 MEuro/year in total) Basic network and services Special connections paid separately Other organizations have to pay a fee that is proportional to the capacity of their connection
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February 3 2009 - #7 SUNET transmission capacity 1000 10 k 100 k 1 M 10 M 1 G 10 G 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 1200 9600 64 K 2 M 34 M 155 M 622 M 10 G Hybrid 2 x traffic every year since 1980… 100 G
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February 3 2009 - #8 The Mission of SUNET The foundation for cooperation Between Swedish universities Between Swedish researchers and the researchers in the rest of the world Necessary research infrastructure Necessary infrastructure for higher education Enabling infrastructure for innovation
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February 3 2009 - #9 SUNET doesn’t employ any personnel A requirement from the universities Initially when the universities had to start paying for SUNET Still a strong requirement from the universities The universities don’t accept an organisation that exists and grows “for its own sake” For SUNET it means: No personnel management Has to subcontract everything ...
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February 3 2009 - #10 All Services are Subcontracted ! My work as manager and responsible for coordination and development (CEO) Subcontracted to the university of Umeå already in 1989 Successful (according to my own biased judgement) The function as technical coordinator (CTO) Subcontracted to the Technical University of Luleå Very successful Board secretary, administrative functions, etc Subcontracted to the Swedish Research Council Perfect arrangement Cheap, efficient and formally correct
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February 3 2009 - #11 International connectivity, etc. Subcontracted to NORDUnet A/S in Denmark International connectivity International representation on behalf of the Nordic NREN’s Coordination of network research related activities Network and eInfrastructure Services A success story from the beginning Good Nordic Cooperation Synergies Efficient use of scarce resources Politically correct (within the Nordic countries)
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February 3 2009 - #12 Operations Subcontracted to NUNOC NUNOC is the Operations organization established by NORDUnet. 24x7 Operates and supports Optical and IP network infrastructures Provides other networking services SUNET-IRT SUNET-DNS Domain name registration and IP number admin SUNET-news SUNET-distribution list service eduroam etc. Very successful Builds on experiences from KTHNOC A commercial company (Telia for first level operations)
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February 3 2009 - #13 Other services SUNET-CERT University of Uppsala The SUNET Archive (ftp.sunet.se) ftp.sunet.se University of Uppsala SUNET e-Meeting Service Technical University of Luleå Middleware development SWAMI - Swedish Alliance for Middleware Infrastructure eduroam SUNET SCS Swedish University PKI – SWUPKI Identity federation General Model for Authorization Information
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February 3 2009 - #14 Experiences The start of new service can be slow Select service provider Make agreements Develop Deliver Requires a dedicated person Management and coordination Formal reports No day to day contacts Innovation in existing services tend to be low Terminate service Easy and quick No formal responsibility for staff Low cost Competition Low overhead
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February 3 2009 - #15 Conclusion SUNET subcontracts everything It works well in the Swedish university environment We haven’t tested anything else
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February 3 2009 - #16 Questions?
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